yeah, I guess you could say from birth until 16-18 or beyond, depending on the kid, they grow fast.

My brother has 2 daughters. One is 16 and one is 11. I swear every time I see them they are taller and look older.

I had a friend in college that used to dive in a lake at the golf course to retrieve golf balls and then resell them to the golfers at a discount, they would actually buy their balls back.

Are they similar to cupcakes? I ask because the cupcake business was/is doing very well. I always thought of it as a fad though like Krispy Kremes. But if you can get a few good years out of it why the hell not?

They are like little cupcake balls that are various flavors and dipped in different types of frosting and decorated. There are already Dunkin Doughnuts & Honeydews all over the place up here, so these fit right in as an alternative and but they serve better coffee and so on.

Those sound good.

a friend of mine is a chef. She went to work for a small place that sold coffee during the morning and afternoon and is a wine bar at night. One afternoon she was talking to the owners and suggested they make some small appetizers for people to munch on while they enjoy their wine. The place has a small kitchen in it that had never been used so they let her do her thing and agreed that she could have a portion of the profits from what they sell.

She made some basic pasta dishes and a few kinds of salads along with some basic appetizers and it took off. Now every Friday and Saturday night they do a dinner where she comes up with a very basic menu and they serve the meal in four courses with a different wine for each course. The place is small and can only seat about 20 people, but right now they are booked two months out for those dinners and their margin on those dinners is crazy.

It is pretty wild how one little thing, like those cakes or a few food items can change a business around.

Setting up donation boxes for power wheels and aquariums right now

There are some very significant studies commissioned by companies like Target that show pregnant women and women who have recently given birth are especially susceptible to advertising and are more much willing to spend money than they would be at any other point in their lives. It's such important data that companies now spend many millions of dollars to successfully predict which of their customer is recently pregnant or mostly likely to become pregnant.

This is one of the most fascinating articles ever written... and reading it has already made me plenty of money. It's longer than the kind of thing usually posted on GFY but it is worth reading every word of it more than once to get ideas on ways you can incorporate human psychology into your own business models: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/ma...anted=all&_r=0

Enjoy :2 cents:

Yeah, Forbes saw the NYT story and cribbed their own 'article' from it for people who only want to know 5% of the whole story ;)

Currently killing it in the used restaurant equipment biz.

I had always wondered about that. I know that stuff is very expensive new and you can make some good money selling it used. When I bought storage units I found a couple of pieces of industrial cooking equipment and made some nice money on them. It seems like if you had a way to regularly get that stuff at a good price you could do well with it.

There's an endless supply of failed attempts. Must travel a lot for the deals but it's worth it.

That is a very solid business idea. Especially since 90% of people who want top have an aquarium gave up on having one when they realized what it took to maintain it. Still others don't want to spend thousands to purchase one in the first place.

Not that it's a big concern, really, but are they able to insure these or anything?

That's stupid

I could not believe when I found out about that shit
LoL
That is genius

2 words:
Body Rubs

I think the most hilarious one I ever read about was renting out space for business cards. Anyone ever see that shit? It's like a gumball machine looking thing where you charge motherfuckers for a space. Supposedly they get up to $1000 / month in some areas. Even if you got $25 from each moron, that'd be pretty good.

I'll believe anything after seeing this http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/...p-dog-in-town/
And I'm pretty sure there are some that go for a whole lot more now too

This dealer. He sells coke. I heard he does awesome.

Do they service in California ? That is really cheap, is it including fish ?
I'd take that for my home and office at that price...

Looking at their brochure it appears they are basically in the midwest.

The cost includes fish. It also says they are building their own aquariums and aviaries now.

That's a good question. I will drop them an email today for the answer. If the one we have coming sprung a leak in the lobby it would qualify as a minor disaster.

http://www.woktowalk.com/franchise/why-wok-to-walk

These guys.

They took over a corner building in a busy shopping street here that had one shop/restaurant after the other. For some reason everything failed there.
Now everytime i walk past their little restaurant i see a gold mine. It's ridiculous. While across the street a whole street full of restaurants has hardly any customers these people can hardly handle all the orders they get per minute.

Good lord
Might be worth having a floor drain put in, just in case
Well
Might be

I meant to ask if they're able to insure themselves against losses in case the tank gets damaged, but, it'd also be interesting to know if they carry any liability insurance or if they have you sign off on releasing them from any liability or what

Shut up stupid

Now that stupid mentions it though, I always thought one of these near a college campus might be a good investment http://wingzonefranchise.com/

Rainbow - Roboclean vacuum
 

There's only 1 good mainstream bizz opportunity: RAINBOW or ROBOCLEAN vacuum cleaners. I sell 10-12 per month and I do only work 20 hours per week... 924 EUR (about 1100 US $) per... machine... That makes around 13K US $ per month... on top of my income from adult... Who else sells RAINBOWS of ROBOCLEANS???

What do you spend on lead generation?
If you're selling one every other day door to door you're fucking amazing and I don't believe you

segway rentals..

Good thinking, I saw this place in kissimmee on the 192 and they always seemed pretty busy

don't think this is being done in Canada yet.. saw in the US, it's genius cause everyone wants to try, but no ones got time for that

so..

Hahaha
That's funny
And I agree

I have a special way to do the leads. I am NOT selling door to door! I do 30.000 KM (something as 22000 miles?) per year with my car as it is NOT door to door! I won't tell you for free as it took me several years to figure out (I tried everthing!) but in fact it is very very easy and very very effective. And when I tell you that I have about 4000 leads per year (NOT from the baby Rainbow, ONLY from MY program (no it is not the COCA COLA/PEPSI program or anything else that is common for RB) (And I cannot do them all, I do only 20-25 demos per month (my main job is in adult where I still make more but perhaps within some months/years I have to do more demos as adult is going to shit (each year decreasing)) and I do only the best houses, the rest are for my recruits (and my income from my recruits is not mentioned, only from myself!!!) And I can tell you that my recruits are doing way more then me! (I have only 424 EUR per sale on my recruits but they make much more sales (it is a numbers game just as in adult)). But when I should tell you that I make more then 25K per month from RB sales you would NEVER NEVER NEVER believe me! I know as I would NEVER NEVER NEVER believe it myself when I was not in that bizz too! I select the homes of my 4000 leads per year via GOOGLE MAPS and I select where I am going. These 4000 leads are from MY program. Very very easy but I have to invest about 1600 EUR and 10 days of my life per year (only from 10 am - 5 pm) and I can do demos for 1 year (I can give as much demos to my recruits as they require but I take the best quality). In my 4000 leads (I select only 150 houses for myself per year but this is the best of the best and Quality!!!) I did not mention the referral program (with the Baby Rainbow!)... From my selection I do about 1:2 sales. My recruits are all doing 1:3.... My worst recruits are doing 1:4 or 1:5 and I did not mention their parents or family! This is from MY leads. Family demos are usually 1:2 or even 1:1. Sometimes I sell 10 out of 12 fro my leads, sometimes only 1:4, but on average I do 1:2! And my recruits stay with me as I can provide them with leads all the time!

To be honest: in the country where I live it is VERY VERY VERY difficult to get refs from SALES or NON SALES. Most of the peoples here DO NOT give refs. That's why most RB salesmen STOP doing the job:due to lack on demos. But with my special program I have leads enough and it is ME selecting the places where I am going and the selection for my recruits are also top! I am NEVER NEVER NEVER going to places without carpets, and I am NEVER NEVER NEVER going to folks below 50. I do only 1-2-3 demos in the evening per month. I do not like to work in the evening or during the weekends!

And on top of it: it is ME picking the DAY and the hour of the demo! When my adult income went down I started looking for opportunities and this bizz (it is NOT new (1936?!) I know it!) is one of the best (if not THE best)!!! Income is TOP and the product itself is also TOP! Every customer that had purchased from me is still happy (even after several years!)

If you or anybody else can tell me an opportunity to make more money, just tell me. I am in Belgium, Europe... I have a sales network as (part time) office director but I am open for EVERY opportunity! I just want to stay working in adult for 30-40 hours per week...

We had a similar concept open near me. I ate there almost everyday until they closed. I loved it but it takes a bit of work to get the food.

I can tell that you actually do what you're talking about
If you're really that good at lead generation, wow, and if you're really that good at qualifying leads- even better- that is what most people fail miserably at. In my mind, the fucker is interested and is asking YOU questions instead of being pitched. THAT is a good lead- when the customer is eager to hear more about what you're hustling. Fuck wasting time pitching shit to motherfuckers who can't make up their stupid minds. Get whatever it is out the door. Fast.

Yeah it is a good point...

Do they have tropical fish or freshwater?

Are the prices for bird cages much higher or lower?

Bird cages? I don't think I would want to fuck with birds, I think they're A LOT of work. I mean to say- fish are, as well- I use to have a 220 freshwater and I had several 100+- before that AND I maintained a 1200+++ gallon indoor pond so I know fish are work, too, but you don't have to fuck with them CONSTANTLY

Damn interesting, great for them!

Socks you guys looking for investors? What's your email addy?

Checked to see about costs on birds and they start at $124.95 a month. The fish we are getting are freshwater. They have saltwater too, but my only experience with a saltwater tank didn't end well.