Author: Kathy Crockett
Ideas are the lifeblood of any business, whether you're running a small home-based business or a large multi-national. So entrepreneurs are always on the lookout for places they can search for new business ideas.
It's smart to look for new ideas in totally unrelated industries, and the good news is this: When you explore other industries for new business ideas, it's called borrowing, not cheating.
Plenty of start-up business ideas, as well as new business breakthroughs, come from outside their industry. Did you know that one of the 'necessities' of modern life - the roll-on deodorant - was inspired by ballpoint pens?
Or that drive-through fast food windows were originally inspired by bank tellers? That simple business idea revolutionised the entire takeout industry!
And who would have guessed that the whole science of fibre optics came about because of aerospace research, not because of the telecommunications companies which now use the technology daily.
If an idea works well in one industry, who's to say it might not also work well in another, unrelated industry? Take Fedex, for instance. Fred Smith borrowed the company's revolutionary hub and spoke distribution system from the Federal Reserve bank.
You might not think an airline and a theme park would have so much in common, but British Airways talked to DisneyWorld when they were trying to solve queue problems.
These examples are instances of real business breakthroughs. The breakthroughs have come about because people have looked at totally unrelated industries and asked themselves three questions:
1. What makes this company successful?
2. What is the lesson or idea here for my own business?
3. How can I implement that lesson or idea?
When you borrow successful processes and unique selling points from other industries, you're simply doing what great thinkers have always done. You're broadening your mind, making yourself more receptive to new ideas and inputs. Looking, listening and thinking about a broad range of industries and businesses opens your mind to new possibilities for your own business.
"Adapt or adopt," recommends internet marketer Jay Abrahams in his series of enlightening teleseminars on Business Breathroughs. "Don't get boxed into traditional norms, and don't settle for mediocrity."
Any time you're trying to solve a problem, or come up with a new idea for your own business, it makes sense to figure out how other industries have solved similar difficulties.
In much the same way as Leonardo da Vinci designed musical pipes based on the structure of the human larynx, smart entrepreneurs are always stealing ideas from one place and making them work in another.
Pennsylvania-based Jonny Glow is a company which manufactures a glow-in-the-dark tape designed especially to fit around a toilet bowl. Believe it or not, clever marketing has made this unusual idea a must-have product for those who wish to avoid night-time mishaps in the bathroom. The product inventors spotted a new use for an existing tape and they've cleaned up, literally.
The story of Jonny Glow features in my business brainstorming bible "227 Unusual Business Ideas" (http://www.227unusualbusinessideas.com)
So the next time you've got a business problem to solve, or you're searching for ways to get the jump on your competitors, take a good long look around you. Check out a few different industries and figure out what you can steal for your own business. When ideas are the lifeblood of 21st Century commerce, it really does make sense to borrow.
By Kathy Crockett
http://www.227UnusualBusinessIdeas.com
About the author:
Kathy Crockett is co-owner of 227 Unusual Business Ideas - the business brainstorming bible.
http://www.227unusualbusinessideas.com
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Online Homeowner Loans - Internet To Promote Convenience
Author: Steve C Clark
Online homeowner loans are rapidly gaining momentum in UK financial market due to the large scale acceptance of Internet. The use of Internet has made the loan process easier than before. The World Wide Web technology has become the new connecting link between the borrower and the homeowner loan providers. Now you do not need to call a loan agent or go to his office for the loan. Everything is just a click away. A computer savvy borrower can easily operate the whole system.
The new age web browsers and search engines can lead you to the world of information in few seconds. Just type your key word in the search engine page and the result will be there in front of you. You can get a number of online options for homeowner loans providers in UK. You can verify the information and choose the right one as per your need.
There is abundant advantage of the online search for homeowner loans. You can understand the market situation and the availability of new offers within your range. You can also cross check the statistics and features provided by different homeowner loan providers. Doing so, you can set your own benchmark. All these factors can easily analyse your requirements and the market standards. In this run, the uncommon features are easily discarded.
The online loan calculators also guide you to find the loan provider who offers cheapest interest rate on homeowner loans. Every loan provider in the net claims a cheapest but your own analysis helps you to choose the right product. The repayment calculator is another option to determine the borrower's eligibility for a specific homeowner loan. This calculator is a computer based program and has option to calculate the repayment installment amount. You can choose the product as per your repayment capabilities.
The online websites offering homeowner loans provides you links for different offers. You have to click on the link to fill a simple form. The latter part will be taken care of by your loan provider.
The online homeowner loans process is faster than the traditional loan system. The process is so simple that in many cases, the borrower is in their final stage of loan sanctioning but they have never met the loan provider. This is not a healthy practice.
The online homeowner loans system confronts with certain unavoidable disadvantages. It is quite difficult to access the credibility of a particular loan provider. The borrower gets less scope to find out the good service provider since everyone puts a heavy weight on his or her offers on the net, though this problem persist in other kinds of loans. By making frequent contacts and visiting a particular lender for a period of time, you can access his credibility. However, in case of online homeowner loans, this is a missing factor. Some times the loan providers have some hidden costs like service charges, extra charges etc. which they never mentioned in the website.
Despite shortcomings, the online homeowner loans are promising as it saves money, time and energy.
Steve Clark can tell you how to look better, live better and breathe better by giving you tips to improve your finances.He writes on loans. His ideas can help you rejuvenate your money.To find Secured homeowner loans,bad credit homeowner loans,online homeowner loans visit www.easyhomeownerloans.co.uk |
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