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6 Creative Ways to Figure Out If You’ve Got a Good Business Idea

Up and Running

“I figured that this would be an easy and cost-effective way to assess the demand for these products in my local area. This was the green light,” he says. Be your own guinea pig. Some business ideas require a human guinea pig or person willing to volunteer to use the product or perform the service.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

We wanted a conference room with a standing conference table (~$950 on up) and anti-fatigue mats , but so far we haven’t had the audience demand. Install artwork of landscape paintings featuring green vegetation, water, and animal life , all from a view from the high ground (which is innately appealing aesthetics).

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

During my senior year of college I had to write a business plan for a construction business as I had a “dream” of starting my own business in the future.The love of the outdoors, as opposed to working in an office environment, propelled me to enter the green industry as an entrepreneur, when the opportunity presented itself. I was tired.