Monday, December 29, 2008

999 Business Ventures: 17-24

By Sqiddy Blizz

17. Start a manufacturing business which is devoted to making doorstops. These doorstops might range from the humble wooden wedge to the more exotic and unusual. Package them in polythene bags, staple on a printed card and get them stocked at gift shops.

18. Put together a spoon bending act that is inspired by Uri Geller. Get yourself an agent and earn moneyfrom performing at a wide range of venues such as clubs, pubs, theatres, private parties, etc.

19. Set up a home-improvement business which modifies the exterior of houses to give them a Tudor appearance. Your service will include the fitting of ornamental oak beams, giving exterior walls a white covering and adding metal grids to windows.

20. Start a mail order business which sells X-rated books. Canvass publishers at home and abroad to see ifthey can supply you with any books which fall into this category.

21. Publish an 'ideas' newsletter for photographers. Focus the attention of the newsletter on ideas for saleable photographs. Use ads in photography magazines to sell subscriptions and emphasise that the newsletter aims to help people to earn money from photography.

22. Publish a newsletter which has the title "Ambitious Persons Way to Wealth" or "Clever People Don't Work Hard". The contents of your newsletter might be in a vein similar to Joe Karbo's "The Lazy Man's Way to Riches".

23. Set up and run a school of window dressing. Organise one-day or two-day seminars for established shopkeepers who want to learn more about this aspectof their business. Also provide courses fro those who would like to take up a career as a window dresser.

24. Set up a mail order business which sells books and products related to ventriloquism. Produce booklets and cassettes which give instructions about ventriloquism and ideas for stage acts. Also sell props and dummies. - 15254

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