In class we had an opportunity to listen to Erik Hanberg talk about his entrepreneurship experiences. I found it fascinating to learn about the difficulties and ups and downs that he had to face. His story really put into place in my mind the value of starting small and being willing to build up what you have. This is mostly focused on his business with writing books and selling them online. I have enjoyed writing books myself and it was a good insight on how to handle it.
The information that he provided really makes one also realize that owning your own business is indeed a lot of work at least in the beginning. It will have a lot of ups and downs with some insecurity in knowing exactly what your financial situation will be.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
My Completely Unoriginal Business Plans
1) So I have been thinking of what kind of business I would like to create if I could. The one that I have constantly thought about has to deal with the game Warhammer by GW and its other products. Where I myself do enjoy the game I am not always in the mood to just paint all the figures. I have seen another business or two out there where people will do this but what they offer always feels so limited to me. If you order from them you can only get the basic setup when they build the models though you can have more freedom on painting.
What I would do differently is offer the same services of building and painting models though I want to take it a step further. One of the joys of the game for me are the custom looks that can be provided to the models. By using a website I could see other options being given for customers to select from. Providing pictures of different components and their angles, a customer can select and build custom models. There could be additional options such as putty though how this is handled would need to be considered.
2) Having several friends who are into brewing their own mead, we have talked about going into business together in the past. Further thinking about it I could see an opportunity to create their own business and incorporate technology into their business to help with sales. When creating the mead one can put many different types of ingredients in it to change the flavor. Expanding upon this, one could sell over a website and depending on popularity, one would be able to also have an option where they can take custom orders for flavors that a customer would like to try that they do not offer.
3) My third idea for a business is for a company that is involved in localizing games from other parts of the world and bringing them to the united states. There would be a lot of difficulty with this with getting other game companies to allow it, but there could a market for the items. Often I see titles that are offered in other countries that are not shown in the united states that look highly interesting.
What I would do differently is offer the same services of building and painting models though I want to take it a step further. One of the joys of the game for me are the custom looks that can be provided to the models. By using a website I could see other options being given for customers to select from. Providing pictures of different components and their angles, a customer can select and build custom models. There could be additional options such as putty though how this is handled would need to be considered.
2) Having several friends who are into brewing their own mead, we have talked about going into business together in the past. Further thinking about it I could see an opportunity to create their own business and incorporate technology into their business to help with sales. When creating the mead one can put many different types of ingredients in it to change the flavor. Expanding upon this, one could sell over a website and depending on popularity, one would be able to also have an option where they can take custom orders for flavors that a customer would like to try that they do not offer.
3) My third idea for a business is for a company that is involved in localizing games from other parts of the world and bringing them to the united states. There would be a lot of difficulty with this with getting other game companies to allow it, but there could a market for the items. Often I see titles that are offered in other countries that are not shown in the united states that look highly interesting.
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