and the lightbulb goes on

Brilliant ideas from this week:

1. [note: cheating is dishonest and not at all condoned by the author of this blog].
Cheating by Braille
Requires: access to a Braille typing machine
Ability to read Braille
–Can’t figure out a way to sneak your notes into that huge exam? Hello, type your notes in Braille, and tape them to your leg. Then, wear pants of a thin material… and no one will think twice about you putting your hand on your leg.
Pulling it off factor:high
Feasibility factor: low

2. Umbrella rental service
Requires: The usual start-up funds for any small business
Climate with unpredictable rainfall
–How often are you surprised with showers and without an umbrella? Since you have 50×10^3 umbrellas sitting around at home, you don’t want to buy another… but it’s so stormy…
Enter the rental umbrella.
Customers pay full value (deposit) on umbrella, use it, then return it for a close to complete refund (say charge $.75 per use). That way, if the umbrella never comes back, your costs are covered, but if it does you can rent it out again.

Any takers? I know these are some risky business ventures…

~ by Liz on February 22, 2007.