I’ve always had a good gut. When I was 5, I thought it would be a wonderful idea for a chain restaurant that JUST served fries. When I was 13, I couldn’t understand why places like Walmart or Target didn’t have fashionable teen clothes. Why everything “cool” was super expensive. Why gum, couldn’t help whiten or clean teeth. Now all of that has changed and I see that, I wasn’t crazy, I was just ahead of my time. There are a couple of more ideas that I have that I would like to put on the table. The business development of such enterprises is a bit beyond my area of expertise, yet as I would truly love to see these ideas come to life, I’m sharing. After all I can’t do them all and I would love to see them happen. If you’re reading this and know how to make these ideas happen feel free to ring us up for ways we can help.
1st: PureFeet: A business model that combines holistic foot spa treatments with podiatry, with a podiatrist on site to take a look and prescribe treatments as needed. This is no-brainer. Podiatrists are hard to reach. If they came out of their medical ivory tower (much like the ophthalmologists did for LensCrafters) they could gracefully tie together the concept of healthy and beautiful feet. I guarantee there is a tone of money to be made here (speaking from my trustworthy gut of course!)
2nd: CafeSur: A coffee house chain that brings everything that is romantic and colonial about cuba, Puerto Rico, DR, Mexico and other countries of Latin America. It could serve salt and sweet pastries and goodies from these countries, play old classics, serve alcohol (trattoria style) and bring all the nostalgia and magic to life that makes Gabriel Garcia Marquez an international best selling author. Think of how Applebees takes an eclectic mix of Americana and creates a uniquely authentic “American” experience and apply this formula Latin style. Non Latinos would find this exotic and refreshing, Latinos would find themselves home.
3rd CityWheels: Bikes & Vespas for rent in the city- ok this idea is a knock off. Big cities like Paris & Vienna have been doing this for a while. With gas prices what they are, I’m pretty sure us city folk would love this. Start with NY & Chicago – come on Zip car, broaden the model!
4th FlyMe: why can’t we fly more? I’m not taking about that dated system of travel we call airplanes. I’m talking low altitude, simple systems that use wind & sun power. Surely the returns are worth it. I’m talking something that could be sold between the bikes and the camping equipment at Walmart. Surely we can invest more on this front until we have the equivalent of a bike for the air.
For the record I’m not claiming that these are the most original ideas in the world.
I’m sure most are in somebody’s business plan somewhere. I hope this article serves to validate those plans. These things are not the product of great imagination, just observations and common sense. I’m sure they’ll all happen eventually. I’m just hoping I won’t have to wait another 15 years…!
Come on now. You must have an idea you’d like to see happen thats worth sharing. If you’re not going to do it, put it our there and see if someone else bites!