FORTY CONCEPTS FOR A SMALL BUSINESS
An Existing Business
Buy an existing business
Buy a franchise
Franchise your business
Identify opportunities arising from your current business
Identify the full scope of your business
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Take Advantage of the Market
Take advantage of a market switch
Capitalize on a growth trend
Take advantage of new fashions or fads
Cover market gaps or shortages
Imitate a successful product or idea
Find a good product that has failed
Transfer a concept from one industry to another
Invent a new product or service
Create a market demand
Serve unique client groups
Take advantage of circumstances
Find people with under-used skills
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Ideas for Manufacturing and Assembly
Locate a patent opportunity
Manufacture and market under license
Improve an existing product or service
Assemble a product
Recycle an existing product
Become a supplier
Replace imports
Cater to discarded markets
Target a small part of a large market
Add value to existing markets
Substitute materials in existing products
Find uses for waste materials
Combine components
Package or unpackage existing products
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Become an Agent or Distributor
Become an agent
Become a distributor
Become an import distributor or agent
Become an export distributor
Market someone else's product
Expand market areas
Service/Retail
Offer discount goods for resale
Plan and promote events
Provide a consultation or information service
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Small Bizz Workshop
Starting with a good Idea
Exploring Business Opportunities
Forty Concepts for a Small Business
Evaluating Your Ideas
Protecting Your Idea |
