Comments on: Finding Small Business Success From Unusual Ideas

By: Martin Lindeskog

Martin Lindeskog — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:18:00 +0000

Great inspiration for my future development of my start-up business idea of a new type of meeting place. Think “third place” for small business owners, business minded individuals, organizations, etc.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:23:54 +0000

Wow! I’d love to go root around that place for a while! I’ve heard of it before but didn’t realize that it was a single man’s vision . . .

By: Arthur Bland

Arthur Bland — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:49:03 +0000

Ideas without actions are dead. So to really get started in business and aim for success-we have to lay down the course of action for our ideas to be applied and used in our small business venture.

By: Georjina Sinese

Georjina Sinese — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:12:08 +0000

I’m always amazed by people who take a simple idea and run with it instead of thinking it to death.

Another entrepreneur that took something simple and ran with it, 37 years ago mind you, is the Australian company Bellview Corporation. They’ve manufactured hosiery and socks for 3+ decades and there seems to be no end in sight. Their website url is simple too, socks.com.

When was the last time you even thought about your…socks?! It just goes to show you, it doesn’t have to be the latest techno-whiz to succeed in business. It just takes a bit of elbow grease, an idea that’s simple for customers to understand and the determination to run with it.

Great post.

By: Miike Myatt

Miike Myatt — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:59:42 +0000

I enjoyed your post. However as much as possessing a great idea is not a bad thing, in and of themselves, great ideas do not guarantee success. I have found that ideas don’t equal solutions, and that ideas are also not to be confused with innovation. You might be interested in reading my thoughts on this subject which can be found here: http://www.n2growth.com/blog/turning-ideas-into-solutions

By: Don

Don — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:04:40 +0000

Who would ever guess that people would pack such valuable jewelry or goods in suitcases and never claim them. If I had thousands of dollars worth of jewelry in my case and it got misplaced, I wouldn’t rest until someone found it. Kudos to Doyle for realizing he had a goldmine on his hands. Very smart indeed. Not only is his family business successful but it’s also fun. His family must have blast looking thru cases. It’s like a treasure hunt, you never know what you’ll find. Good for them.

By: Rose Anderson

Rose Anderson — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:12:58 +0000

Precisely. It requires a lot of creativity for someone to put up a business. If you just copy somebody’s idea or from existing businesses-you’ll have the hardest time to compete especially when your competitor’s name is very well established.