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Five Ways to Find the Perfect Business Idea

One of the biggest struggles I had in starting my business was actually coming up with the idea.  I wanted something that was scalable as well as needed in our society.  I combed through hundreds of ideas before settling on my current venture.  Through this discovery period, I uncovered what I believe are the five most important concepts in determining what makes the perfect business idea.

So, what is a perfect idea?  Each individual entrepreneur has their concept of the perfect business.  While Google is a great business for the founders of that company – it may not be a great business for others that are non-tech savvy or who do not want to run such a large organization.

Therefore, each perfect business is defined by the business owners.  Keeping this in mind, let’s start on my five concepts of finding the perfect business:

Number One – Understanding your customer:  This might seem strange to start here as how do you know your customers before you have a business idea in place.  The answer is simple – your customers make the business, therefore without customers there is no business.  If you have a business idea don’t try to develop the idea around what YOU think potential customers will like or need, but find out what your customers actually desire.  Too often business owners get an idea in their head and jump right in with both feet.  However, they soon find out that their target market does not want what they are offering.  Spending both time and money on a project just to see it languish is not the perfect business idea.

Moreover, let’s say you don’t already have an idea – getting out and understand consumers (those who will eventually become your customers) may lead you to the perfect idea.  Knowing what potential consumers need and building products to meets those needs will get customers beating a path to your door – that is a perfect business idea.

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Still Searching for that Million Dollar Business Idea?

The idea of starting a business is alluring to so many people.  There is the vision of wealth, providing opportunities and security.  Also there is pride and purpose- knowing what you’re doing is for you and your family.  And of course, one of the most appealing reasons is the freedom of being able to work from home and choose your own hours.

These visions are wonderful and, in many cases, attainable.  In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, there are over 17.6 million businesses with one or more owners but no paid employees.

So why are so many aspiring entrepreneurs left on the sidelines?

It turns out, there are three reasons.  One, as you can imagine, is good old fashioned fear.  Fear of the unknown.  Fear of failure.  Believe it or not, fear of success.  The second reason is a lack of knowledge.  “Where do I start?” “I don’t have enough resources.”  “I don’t know anything about marketing.” And the third reason, which I will be discussing in this article, is about the business idea, itself.

Business Idea Paralysis

What is business idea paralysis?  Quite simply, it’s a condition that prevents people from starting a business because they get held back in the idea generation stage.  Basically, they are stuck in neutral.  Below are the two most common reasons why:

The Pet Rock Syndrome

In 1975 a gentleman named Gary Dahl created a product called the pet rock.  Many of you have probably heard of it.  In case you haven’t, it was nothing more than a rock set in a box on some straw.  Within 6 months, Dahl had sold over 5 million of these pet rocks for $3.95 each.  It cost him less than 30 cents to produce the rock.  So, when you do some basic number crunching, he made over 15 million dollars in just 6 months – selling rocks.

What does this have to do with anything?  Well, quite a bit actually.  Imagine how much your life would change if you could sell something as simple as a rock and become a multi-millionaire in just 6 months.  Pretty tantalizing isn’t it?  Unfortunately, it has tantalized people so much that they never end up starting a business.  They only end up chasing their own “pet rock” gimmicks that never catch on.

The reason is simple.  Some people just haven’t been blessed by the idea gods.  The gods have failed to spring upon them the multi-million dollar idea that they believe they need.    No matter how hard they try to come up with the next pet rock, they can’t.  If you don’t believe me, take a look at how many get-rich-quick schemes are being sold today.  If people can’t think of the next great idea, then they will buy the idea from someone else.  Well, guess what?  It doesn’t work.  Mr. Dahl was an aberration.  He hit the winning lottery ticket.  Chances are you won’t.

After you have wiped the pet rock syndrome from your head, beware of the next, equally as paralyzing syndrome that can keep you from getting to business with real, tangible ideas.

Peace, Love and Happiness Syndrome

On the other end of the spectrum we have the peace, love and happiness camp.  This group is a little more realistic in their pursuit of a business idea.  Their problem, however, is that they love too many business ideas.  In fact, they love them so much that they can’t decide on the best one.  They become paralyzed by trying to figure out which idea is best, and ultimately, never try any of them.

These types of people, I have found, are extremely visionary.  They love to explore all of the different business angles and long term visions.  The problem is they don’t take action because their heads are filled with amazing ideas and forecasts for success.

If you fall into this camp, I have bit of advice.  Stop it!  You need to choose an idea and then let your mind run wild within the boundaries of that idea.

How Do You Find the Right Business Idea?

There are two schools of thought on how to come up with the right business idea.  I’ll discuss them below:

The Traditional Approach

The traditional theory for finding the right business idea states that you should find a need and fill it.  In other words, you need to pay attention to your surroundings and look to see where there might be an opportunity to offer a new product or service that people may need.  Once you do, that’s what you will build your business around.

There is no question that this method of generating business ideas work.  It has led to many great inventions and innovations over the years.   It is for this reason that pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars.  They develop new drugs to satisfy a need, such as a heart condition.  You can also see the traditional approach at play with today’s green technologies.  New, “green” businesses are trying to fill the need for clean, renewable energy.

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All business that has staff is required to have a payroll solution situated so that they will be positive that their workers are being paid on a regular basis. In most situations you might be able to have a individual in your company do all the necessary calculations and transmit their checks, you could hire a outside vendor to finish this task for you. Now with web-based payroll, you should have less payroll headaches.

With planning to do online payroll you will take care of the first set up and you run pay stubs every pay period, but the software will takes care of the complicated task of finding how much taxes you can subtract. Then now after you can have your basic set up with an free payroll software doing the total process is now a simple chore of entering each employee’s hours worked and making sure that the amounts. This whole process will take just a few minutes instead of the long hours it was taking before.

Electronic payroll is a complete service that will let you take control of your financials quickly and you can also have the choice of paying workers by paychecks you can print, or via deposit. Every little thing is operated on the internet, because of that there is absolutely no installation. All you have to do is pay your representatives is an fast speed online connection. Using the web based payroll service is a easy process. When you utilize such payroll programs, you get all the advantages of a good payroll system to help pay for employees without the hassles that usually go along with one. Many of the best features of such a service is that now all the difficult taxes are done for you, including the annually W-2s.
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As all of us eat and drink to survive, self-styled businessmen have long been attracted by the company’s food and beverage industry. While this may be the essential need for us, remember that it is necessary to take into account the complex and interrelated issues to consider when purchasing a business issue around the existing restaurant. Did you know that 10 usually buys only one going on? As such, it is necessary to properly evaluate and be very careful if you want to survive against these factors.

One of the basic skills you need, when you’re ready to buy a restaurant business is an opportunity to decipher the information and communication. You will need a series of meetings with the seller and do not be surprised if the first show some basic facts and figures. And naturally, the vendor must be a little ‘protection and you want to assess your enthusiasm, and see if they are really serious and qualified prior to the disclosure of confidential information.

There are some facts and figures for only then can the project of your data in the future. What kind of food at the business and the number of tables in a restaurant there? How many dishes or covers are sold in a week or once a day, and if you have a specialized menu, how much there is a supply chain contracts and suppliers?

Work is the main cost of business, especially here. Learn how to cost allocation, and the validity of various activities based on skills and a strong personal background data, including the chef. One could not expect to much finer details in the process, not the seller often wants to avoid a possible sale of the News staff before.
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