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No, not that kind of idea. This is better. In the Entrepreneur Technology class that a few people on this forum are enrolled in, we had an assignment to come up with five good startup ideas and five bad startup ideas. The next assignment was to take someone else's bad startup idea, figure out a way to make it good and create a commercial selling their product or service. The funny thing is, I could come up with a way to turn almost every single "bad" startup idea into a business. Our team picked the most ridiculous startup idea and made something that I could actually see existing. It's a game that is placed in toilets at a bar that gives you points based on your accuracy. We tied it into a leaderboard shared by multiple bars, and you pay per use with a preloaded card (similar to how you pay for go-karts). Prizes are awarded when milestones are hit. Because there are tens of thousands of students, there are thousands of ideas in the class.
What "bad" startup ideas have you had? List some of them here so others can see. Even if nobody does anything with the idea you think is a bad one, it gets your creativity flowing like crazy. It gets you thinking about possibilities you never would have thought of. Some of the "bad" startup examples in the class were:
1) Air conditioning system for polar bears
2) Selling moon dust or real estate on the moon
3) Umbrellas for cars so they don't get dirty when it rains
4) Hamburger flavored ice cream
I bet you somebody could come up with a good business even from these bad ideas. For example, I bet there is a market for the ice cream because Jelly Belly's have nasty flavors like that. Can't you see an ice cream parlor selling 2-3 gross flavors and people daring other people to try it? Add some ants for toppings? Do you think your ice cream parlor would stand out from the other 50 selling vanilla and chocolate? USP and unconventional at the same time.
What bad ideas have you had in the past?
What "bad" startup ideas have you had? List some of them here so others can see. Even if nobody does anything with the idea you think is a bad one, it gets your creativity flowing like crazy. It gets you thinking about possibilities you never would have thought of. Some of the "bad" startup examples in the class were:
1) Air conditioning system for polar bears
2) Selling moon dust or real estate on the moon
3) Umbrellas for cars so they don't get dirty when it rains
4) Hamburger flavored ice cream
I bet you somebody could come up with a good business even from these bad ideas. For example, I bet there is a market for the ice cream because Jelly Belly's have nasty flavors like that. Can't you see an ice cream parlor selling 2-3 gross flavors and people daring other people to try it? Add some ants for toppings? Do you think your ice cream parlor would stand out from the other 50 selling vanilla and chocolate? USP and unconventional at the same time.
What bad ideas have you had in the past?
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