Thread: Whenever your oversees, do you get new business ideas while there

Originally Posted by bizboy

Whenever your oversees, do you get new business ideas while there?

While I was in Eastern Europe this year, I received couple of new business ideas.

Does the same happen to you when your overseas?

Yes. Back in November when I got back from an overseas trip I was very close to just picking up and moving there to implement a business idea I had for there from ideas from my trip. Even Kenric(biophase) was telling me to just do it, and I was really close, but ended up deciding I wanted to stay in the country.

Definitely a good idea. I came across a site called www.Springwise.com that tracks and reports new business ideas and has been very helpful in looking for new product lines for us to carry. It’s a big world out there and there are a lot of ideas that can be translated into the North American market.
Just make sure that you do you due diligence and determine that there is a viable market for that business here (what works in Germany or elsewhere may not work here).

Yeah im in lebanon and had so many new ideas!

When you are overseas:

You are away from the "daily" life stuff - - - so you mind is a little emptier. You have the space in there to create new things.

You are seeing new and unusual things. You are more alert to all the "stuff" around you.... thinking less and observing more. Again, I think that opens the "creative" side of your brain.

Not only overseas, but just out of your own normal living metro! I'm in Lake Tahoe at the moment and it is outside my normal territory .. just being here makes me see things differently including opportunities ... being in a different country has got to be many X more intense.