Best Business Ideas of 2005

Business Week has selected what it believes are the most innovative and important business ideas of 2005. Regular readers of FutureWire and similar blogs will recognize many of them, including the Long Tail, the breakdown of geographical barriers, the creative economy, mass customization, designer pets, podcasting, the use of social networking among young people (what BW calls "Generation @") and many others. Some ideas have become well established over the past year, while others are still in their early stages.