Category: Ideas Compendium

71. Organises river or coastal boat trips. Start a venture which organises river or coastal boat trips for: Business parties, wedding receptions, anniversaries, birthday parties, etc. Your service would do things like: organise transport to the boat, booking catering services, hiring entertainers and hosts or hostesses. 72. Earn money by providing background music. If you [...]

61. Model paper products for dolls. Begin an enterprise which makes model paper products for dolls and dolls’ houses. These might include: Newspapers, money, stationery, napkins, paper hats, Christmas cards, etc. Sell these products by mail order to doll makers and collectors. 62. Write a book about a hobby. Write a non-fiction book which may, [...]

51. Begin a business which deals in old and new American and British comics. This business might: 1) Sell comics by mail from a catalogue. 2) Operate a comics of the month club for specialised collectors and 3) Run a comics stall at fairs and markets. 52. Be a home visiting wig salesperson. By visiting [...]

41. Pop Lyrics to Music. Start a service which arranges for people to have their original pop lyrics set to music. This service is to satisfy the vanity of lyricists. Offer clients a complete, low cost package. Attract custom by placing ads in the music press. 42. Devise quizzes. Devise quizzes which test a persons [...]

31. Cinema, Arts, Acting, Producing, Holywood. Produce ‘Add-One’ drama video cassettes. Professional actors and actresses perform a play on video. However, there is one character missing from the video. This character is played by a viewer of the video. The viewer learns his or her part and becomes part of the play at home. 32. [...]

11. Art on rocks- Customise paperweights, doorstops. Paint attractive art on rocks to make souvenir paperweights and doorstops. The art might take the form of abstract pattern, traditional pictures or tourist scenery. Call your rocks “designer rocks”. Add a rubber base to paperweights and a rubber edge to doorstops. 12. Sleep aid services. Create a [...]

21. Home improvement business -Tudor style. Set up a home-improvement business which modifies the exterior of houses to give them a Tudor appearance. Your service will include the fitting of ornamental oak beams, giving exterior walls a white covering and adding metal grids to windows. 22. Make wooden noughts and crosses games. Drill nine holes [...]

1. Produce Christmas cards. Produce Christmas cards which are printed on the front with, for example, “Happy Christmas from the Smith Family”. Or, instead of the name ‘Smith’, pick one of the dozens of other popular surnames. Sell packs of these cards by direct mail to people listed in telephone directories. 2. Rent A Toy. [...]