It is possible to create and maintain a successful business through the internet.  One success story is a powerful app which is giving the well-known Foursquare a run for its money, and that is Gowalla.  This latest offering from a company based in Austin, Texas, and offers functions such as a personal scrapbook, travel guide, and a social networking capability which is geo-specific. Gowalla also gives its users the ability to check-in at bars and restaurants and other similar points-of-interest all over the world using its GPS-enabled mobile devices.

Another success story with appeals to the universal love of baked treats like cookies and cakes and our desire urge to also help whenever possible. Combine these two things and you get the wonder of the traditional bake sale, where bakers create their delicious concoctions to raise money for good causes.  A woman named Emily Dubner took this idea to the next level, and brought the traditional bake sale to the internet. Purchase your baked goods on-line, receive a yummy treat at your doorstep, and know that 15% of every purchase goes to a good cause.

People love to save money, and one of the most beloved ways is with coupons. So what do you get when you mix a modern mobile app with the old fashioned coupon? You get Yowza!! the mobile coupon solution.  This cute little app, which has already been downloaded by over one million iPhone and iPod Touch users searches the users immediate vicinity with its GPS capability and tells the potential bargain hunter what great deals he can get right in the neighborhood. The storekeeper then redeems the discount using the Yowzaa!! barcode just like a paper coupon of old. Pretty nifty.And thrifty.