A new take on "borrowing from your friend's closet"

The "sharing economy" has been hot in the start-up world for awhile.

Here's a few:

• Airbnb: Renting your apartment
• RelayRides: Renting your car
• Rent the Runway: Renting a dress rather than buying
• FlightCar: Renting your car (out of the airport)
• PlateCulture: Renting out seats at your dinner table (we are a test kitchen!)
• Loosecubes: Renting out desk space

I'm all for the idea!  

There is a lot of latent inventory out there in the world (think your extra bedroom, your apartment while on vacation, your closet full of unworn items).

Shouldn't we want our "things" to be used more?  Production of "stuff" is a burden on the environment, let alone our mental health.

That's why I like this new start-up: Le Tote.  Instead of amassing even more clothes and accessories, you can pay $49 per month for 3 garments and 2 accessories chosen by a 'personal stylist' to be delivered to your door.  Once done with them, you return and get a new set of items.

I won't be able to try this out for two reasons: 1) I live in Singapore, 2) I'm super tall (I doubt the garments are meant for 6'1" chicks).  Otherwise, I think it's a cool idea!

Discovered by YouTube

Marquese Scott can dance.  You can find 100+ of his dancing videos here.

He came to Google today, and I think I like his story as much as I do his videos.

He started dancing at age 12 in a skating rink in Indonesia  and quickly became engrossed.  After high school, he joined the US Navy for four years sailing around the world, but dancing still consumed his every other thought.

After finishing his service, he knew what he needed to do.  He moved to Atlanta with hopes to dance professionally.  He made videos dancing in parking lots, mostly to rap & hip-hop music (see here) and put them up online to get critiqued.  He usually got a few hundred views from other dancing fanatics.

On Sept 23, 2011, he put up this video and his life changed. 

Overnight, it received 200K views.  It now has 94M on YouTube -- that's more people than the total population of Germany or the Philippines.

He became, literally, an overnight sensation:

"Simply mind-blowing" - CBS

"Incredible" - Ellen Degenres

"Seriously, this guy makes Michael Jackson's moonwalk look like a stroll in the park" - Perez Hilton

He now invests in others.

He bought a house in Atlanta where he lives with 13 other "high potential" dancers.  He covers all their living costs so they can practice dance full-time.

Isn't that nice?

PS - If you wanna dance like him, check this site out: http://danceinayear.com/