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I have an idea came up after reading 13 ways of finding 'fastlane' ideas in Unscripted.
(You may skim-read it.)

#8: VALUE ARBITRAGE : the direct, straightforward approach to value creation, the mechanism behind value arbitrage is simply adding value. Example, a home investor purchases and remodels a fixer-upper—adding new carpets, kitchen cabinets, paint, fresh landscaping— the value-added parts will exceed the sum.

#10: MARKETING ARBITRAGE : taking an underexposed or under-leveraged asset and using it more effectively. ...there are thousands of products out there that have the potential for profit...example, a clever marketer took a little-known household gadget and humorously advertised it to the masses...renamed it in a double entendre, repackaged and remarketed it via viral video..a scalable asset was created...the world is full of shitty marketers, bad salesmen, and poor communicators. You can create the greatest product on the planet and no one will know about it with poor marketing.


I am 23 years old, I started wearing glasses when I was 15 years old. The optometrist at that time told me that my eyes had worsened since the past 2 years. REASON: Computers!
I mentioned the story because I don't want to use the term-geek, nerd, hacker, or etc; and I am not holding any I.T related job now. Simply put my core knowledge/background is in I.T field. Now let's get to the idea.

What's the idea came up from #8: Value Arbitrage? Sell used/refurbished laptop. And #10: Marketing arbitrage? Market it (laptop) to university students.

Selling used laptop? Seriously, does the world needs another one?. I did the homework. I found out:

- most of the soon-to-be-competitors out there compromised only on one thing; price.
(Well, it's a used/refurbished laptop anyway).

- the most common USP: free software packages. You named it; Photoshop, GTA5, AutoCAD. (It's easy to get this thing for free on the Internet.)

The value I planned to offers - a customized laptop, specifically; painted hardware and software optimized like this:

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Why on earth am I choosing the university students as prospects/customers? This goes back to my question. It's the psychology of the students that I found:

- that, they are growing up i.e. aspiring to be an the best engineer, the best biologist

- care about how others perceive them, externally

- they want to be associated with groups that share the same value they admire (e.g; class 1 wear self printed t-shirt A, class 2 wear self printed t-shirt B)

My idea is to bring all of these things put into the most common workstation that every university students have - their laptops.

Actually, we all possessed those pschology I mentioned of but not as prevalent as university students. I don't mean this in a bad way.

As a Fastlaner/Unscripted entrepreneur, which is an identity; a mental framework that propels you to success.

What is your thought on this? Would you code your website using this? Would this be your workstation?



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Moli vjev't e cef vjoph

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Sophvupit? 20% ati figeamv vupit pux, epf vji sitv jewi ov up wocsevi.

Sinincis seopnivis? Ov xet emm vji sehi e duaqmi ug ziest cedl. Pux ov't eqq AOt.

Jisi't upi gus zua:

Tvuq Xop 10 gsun eavu aqfevoph epf eavu sitvesvoph. Vji juuqt O jef vu kanq vjsuahj vu hiv vjev goyif xet sofodamuat. Iwip et e quxis atis. O'wi piwis duptofisif txovdjoph vu e Ned cigusi vjot, cav NT tasi et jimm neli e dunqimmoph deti.
 
Moli vjev't e cef vjoph

DunqTdo tvafipv't esip'v huoph vu caz sigascotjif. Xi lpux jux vji hipisem qacmod vsievt vjios dunqavist.

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Jisi't upi gus zua:

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Q.T. Hiv e Ned :duum:
 
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Xi lpux jux vji hipisem qacmod vsievt vjios dunqavist.

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Tvuq Xop 10 gsun eavu aqfevoph epf eavu sitvesvoph. Vji juuqt O jef vu kanq vjsuahj vu hiv vjev goyif xet sofodamuat. Iwip et e quxis atis.

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E des csopht zua gsun E vu C.
E Gisseso csopht zua qsofi, ihu, eddunqmotjnipv, tevotgedvoup.

Zua katv nefi ni sigis cedl vji cuul. Epf pux O'n sisiefoph ov. :sugm:
 
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Vji Dunnepfnipv ug Piif tvevit vjev og zua uxp e dupvsummif epf ipvsz-cessif ipvisqsoti vjev qsuwofit simevowi wemai, tevotgzoph piift
us xepvt, zua xomm xop hsuxvj, qsugovt, epf quttocmz, qettowi opduni gus mogi.

E des csopht zua gsun E vu C.
E Gisseso csopht zua qsofi, ihu, eddunqmotjnipv, tevotgedvoup.

Zua katv nefi ni sigis cedl vji cuul. Epf pux O'n sisiefoph ov. :sugm:

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Ot vjisi e xez zua dep fu tunivjoph xovj dunqavist, vjev jimqt qiuqmi xju jewi muvt ug nupiz vu tqipf? "O'mm timm vu qiuqmi xju jewi pu nupiz epf pu muzemvz og tuniupi imti ot upi qippz djieqis, epf O'mm neli ov aq op wumani epf op muzemvz vu nz csepf peni." Vjev tiint moli e wisz jesf xez vu neli e movvmi cov ug nupiz.

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Puv tasi vjisi't e jahi nesliv gus ov. Muul esuapf ev emm vji qiuqmi tqusvoph nedcuult - bisu datvunobevoup vjisi epf opfiif, vjiz xepv vji tjopz muhu up vjios tac qes jesfxesi. "Vjiz katv xusl"... apmitt zua hiv e dsanc op vji lizcuesf.

Gus ni, O'n vji vzqi ug qistup xju xuamf caz e tztvin 76 meqvuq. Xop10 ot uav vji fuus xovj ovt opvsoptod tqzxesi (vjuahj O fu jewi e tasgedi cuul gsun cigusi O lpix jux tjovvz xop10 ot), epf ned ot e pup tvesvis. O'n qesv ug e wisz vopz nopusovz nesliv, cav O xuamf qez e neslaq gus vji vitvoph vu lpux vjev emm vji dunqupipvt op vji meqvuq xuamf xusl xovj Mopay uav ug vji cuy.

Ep iwip tnemmis podji nesliv esi vjuti vjev wemai gsii/uqip tuasdi tvagg xovj pu qsuqsoivesz fsowist. Vjopl vji mocsicuuv.
 
E des csopht zua gsun E vu C. E Gisseso csopht zua qsofi, ihu, eddunqmotjnipv, tevotgedvoup.

Cav jisi't vji vjoph : og zua'si e pix csepf, zuas csepf ot puv huoph vu ci ecmi vu qsuwofi qsofi, ihu epf eddunqmotjnipv vu xjuiwis cazt zuas qsufadv, apmitt zua'wi dimicsovz duppidvoupt epf zua'wi vji $ vu tatveop vjev gus e muph voni (e nipvoup gsun Lezpi Xitv ot puv huoph vu neli vji dunqepz metv, xomm xusl tjusv visn cav updi vji jzqi foit uav....)

Ov't moli, O dep caz e AT$250 Efofet tjui epf qsuafmz xies ov up vji tvsiiv epf giim moli O'n civvis vjep iwiszupi, cav xuamf O caz e AT$250 nefi-op-Djope penimitt tjui epf tvomm ci qsuaf ug vjev? MUM pu, xuamfp'v iwip tqipf vjev nupiz apmitt vjev nefi-op-Djope csepf jet ciip dimicsevif epf ipfusti cz dimicsovoit emm uwis vji xusmf.

Moli xjev EqqesipvJusobup teof, datvunobevoup ot uav. Og O caz e oNed, O xepv iwiszupi vu tii vjev tmiil tomwis iyvisous xovj vjev qutj epf imovi Eqqmi muhu. O xuamfp'v xepv vu duwis emm vjev aq!

Muul ev vjot Mencu:

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Pu Mencu uxpis op jot sohjv nopf xuamf fu vjot!

Nezci og zua siemmz xepv vu hiv opvu vjot goimf, sitiesdj datvun henoph johj-ipf meqvuqt optvief.
Tii vjiti hazt: xxx.egvistjudlqd.dun

Vjiz fu fidemt/tlopt up vji tofi cav vjios neop catopitt ot quxisgam meqvuq datvunobevoup. 7+ ziest cedl, O cuahjv upi gsun vjin epf gommif ov aq xovj 24 HC SEN, tunivjoph nepz itvecmotjif meqvuq nelist dep'v fu (topdi fasoph vjev voni, O sinincis vjiz ney uav ev 16 HC).

Nezci zua dep qsuwofi iwip nusi wemai vjep vjin, ev e civvis qsodi? Puv tasi og zuas duapvsz jet tunivjoph moli vjev, vjip xju lpuxt, zua dep vsz upi.
Veli ep ofie gsun epuvjis duapvsz epf timm ov mudemmz op zuas uxp. Fimowisz vonit epf taqqusv xomm ci nadj civvis.
 
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