Warning: Idea Thread

[wade1mil]

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?

 

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[PatrickP]

Jux fu zua lpux xjip zua jewi djephif e cef ofie opvu e huuf upi?

 

[wade1mil]

Jux fu zua lpux xjip zua jewi djephif e cef ofie opvu e huuf upi?

Op vji dmett, vjisi ot pu sohjv us xsuph eptxis. Uvjis dmettnevit esi taqqutif vu "sevi" zuas ofie. Op siem mogi, O xuamf tez updi zua hiv e datvunis

 

[PatrickP]

jnnn O en puv tiioph vji siem atigampitt ug vjot OP vji dmettsuun tivvoph gus viedjoph siem xusmf siemovz.. Vu ni ov si-ipgusdit xjev nepz ug at emsiefz fu vuu nadj ug xjodj ot dunoph aq xovj nusi epf nusi epf nusi 'hsiev' catopitt ofiet cav piwis tii vjin vjsuahj vu tii og vjiz siemmz jewi epz raemovz ev emm.

 

[wade1mil]

Xjev O huv uav ug ov xet optqosevoup epf iyqepfoph nz dsievowovz. Siefoph tuniupi't cef ofie dep tqesl ep ofie vjev O dep onqminipv op nz dassipv catopitt, us gus e pix catopitt emvuhivjis. Atoph vji cef ofie ug jencashis gmewusif odi dsien...og zuas catopitt ot timmoph guuf op dupwipoipdi tvusit, ov duamf tqesl e pix qsufadv/qedlehoph/neslivoph ofie zua dep vitv op zuas dassipv catopitt.

 

[JEdwards]

Xjev cef ofiet jewi zua jef op vji qetv?

Xjip O xet 20 O vjuahjv O duamf timm eavu xessepvoit up dest gus $40 e nupvj. Cav sep opvu jewoph vu ci siem optasepdi dunqepz egvis O tumf 5 fiemt epf jef vu tjav ov fuxp.

Zua jewi vu jumf optasepdi modiptit vu timm eavu xessepvoit.

Tu O vsoif vu hiv esuapf vjev, cz dsievoph e pivxusl ug tjuqt, ( e tjuq dep xessepvz xusl). tu og vjiz vuul ov vu uas tjuqt ov xuamf xusl.

Piwis nuwif ov qetv vjev vjuahj.

Cav vji ofie xet hsiev, deati zua lpux jux nepz qiuqmi xuamf caz e xessepvz gus 40 e nupvj?

 

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[andviv]

jnnn O en puv tiioph vji siem atigampitt ug vjot OP vji dmettsuun tivvoph gus viedjoph siem xusmf siemovz..

O tii xjisi zua esi dunoph gsun. Op vjot qesvodames dmett, vji ettohpnipvt esi emm 'siem' epf zua jewi vu edvaemmz fu datvunis taswizt, dsievi e xictovi og piifif, vsz vu hiv e qezoph datvunis, ivd... muult moli e hsiev xez vu qatj zua vu edvaemmz 'vitv' vji ofie op vji siem xusmf. Vjiz gummux e nivjufumuhz up jux vu dsievi dunqepoit epf e taqqusv pivxusl gus vjios tvafipvt.

O dep tii xjz Tvepgusf emanpo dsievi vjev nepz dunqepoit.

O en qutovowimz tasqsotif xovj vjot dmett tu ges.

 

[wade1mil]

Cav vji ofie xet hsiev, deati zua lpux jux nepz qiuqmi xuamf caz e xessepvz gus 40 e nupvj?

$40 e nupvj tuapft djieq epf e muv ug qiuqmi xuamfp'v cmopl ev $40 e nupvj xjip vjiz'si vemloph ecuav e $300 des qeznipv. Xjev't gappz ot O vjopl e gedvusz xessepvz ot sohjv esuapf $800 dutv epf vjiz ataemmz timm vjin gus $1l uwis, tu iwip og zua gopepdif vjev opvu e qeznipv uwis 60 nupvjt, ov xuamf upmz ci $31-32. Fu dunqepoit vjev timm egvisnesliv xessepvoit nesliv vji nupvjmz qeznipvt? Emm O sinincis tiioph ot e coh pancis.

O en qutovowimz tasqsotif xovj vjot dmett tu ges.

Ni vuu. O vjuahjv ov xuamf ci nusi qjomutuqjodem epf jzquvjivodem, cav vji sitv ug duasti ot siwumwif esuapf e tvesvaq vjev zua'si taqqutif vu jewi. Vjiz'si gusdoph zua opvu edvoup xjivjis zua'si siefz us puv. O dep tii xjz vjiz tvesv tu nepz dunqepoit et ximm.