A lot of customers who choose to eat at these mid-high end classy resto's might also tend to enjoy the personal service of a waiter. It's sort of a tradition. There aren't many better ways to kickstart off a delightful night with your spouse when being greeted by a highly trained waiter/waitress and also to be empathized with a selection of foods recommended to you by them. This could easily be preferred at classier places than just sitting down and flicking through a screen or pressing a button for service. It's part of the fine dining experience, providing that the service at these places is optimized.

I was at my brother's place and he had this MTV show on where they pay people money to do silly stuff in public places (usually in a restaurant, coffee shop or some sort of business).

I thought the show was a bit corny and stagnant, and that the idea could really have some legs if it were done in a bit less organized and less restrictive place... a place like 2p2.

So... my idea isn't really for a business here, I just thought it might lead to some really funny moments if there was a thread where the community paid the lowest bidder to do things like this.

A logical start would be to start in major cities, where the person being paid to do silly stuff could be video taped by another person (who would then upload it to 2p2 for verification/lols).

Were you not around when TonyP ate a stick of butter for $100 (or thereabouts)?

Someone else chugged a bottle of hot sauce too, iirc.

Not bad.

Revise my idea to "more of this please."

Kazzle-

I think that idea is great, especially in lower to mid tier chain restaurants like applebees, olive garden, red lobster, bucco, fudruckers, etc. I don't see this as working at fine dining because the wait staff is so integral to the fine dining experience.

The screen becomes a direct link to a captive audience for upselling. You also could assign a card or a pin number and customize upselling to the individual, offering discounts and promotions targeted individually. Some retail and grocery stores do this already. The value is in the data. Mine the data by location, age, ethnicity, trends, and whatever else you can imagine. Yup, this could be a data goldmine.

70% might be a bit high, but looking at the grocery store club membership example you develop brand loyalty, generate more trips to your restaurant and all other matter of good things in addition to the data.

I like it.

Fun idea but huge liability issues when inevitably someone gets hurt.

http://moolta.com/

i'm interested in the nightlife industry, but i don't know what the pain points are.

Does someone whose owned a club have any ideas on what are the biggest inefficiencies within clubs (e.g. it can be a real hassle to order drinks sometimes bcuz of the long line)???

The next stage in this....

I had another idea for a website that pays gamers to play video games. Albeit not a ton of money but with all the games comming out that offer virtual achievements, why not make it possible for gamers to earn something tangable, and even flat $$ that they can xfer to their paypal account. Rewards could range from exclusive coupons not offered on discount sites, free meals @ restaurents (think subway, BK etc.. fast food mostly I guess), free PC gear (headphones, keyboards, vid cards) etc... could be tons of stuff.

I have a pretty clear concept of what i want to do with the site and how it could be implemented as well. Revenue could be generated from adds on the site and affiliates wanting to partner with us. Could possibly have companies pay a 1time fee to have their game listed on the platform. Also could force commercials on people's account that they have to cicle in order to claim their reward at the end of their session. Gamers could sign up via their CD key//email info which would be a 1 time use to prevent massive account creation. You wouldnt be able to earn like 18$/hr from this but it would be something like an alternative to a part time job maybe 100-200$/wk if you play 3 or 4hrs a day 4 or 5 days.

The way gamers make $$ now is by streaming, but you have to be fairly well known or offer something exclusive in order to generate any kind of decent revenue. I think this could be huge if implemented properly and sparks enough interests as most gamers spend several + hours recreationally on video games a week anyway.

Thoughts?//Comments?

After some thought about the website I think it would actually be better implemented as a platform. Think kind of like Steam. It would have games offered that people can buy directly, achievements tab only it would be real life stuff, friends lists etc..

Personally being a gamer myself I think it would be ***** sweet to be able to play like 40hrs in a month or so and say like.. I'll use my achievement and pick up that video card, instead of spending RL cash on PC gear I can use my cash to buy other stuff.

Your eyeballs are not worth as much as you think.

In the past, people have tried a few variations of this model of passing advertising dollars to users. The ones that paid out decently well, all died. The ones that paid out peanuts, mostly died or are on the very fringes.

So after playing for 40hrs in a month, instead of picking up a graphics card, you are more likely to get $5 for McDonalds... is that worth staring at intrusive ads for 40 hours?

sweet idea

Something very similar is certainly done. I just read an article about this kind of a platform. The developer was trying to bridge the cap to social poker.

Sadly i can´t find the article at the moment, as I have no idea from where i read it.

I had no idea where to put this "idea" so I guess this thread is worth a try. Might be long-winded and might also be the wrong place for it. if you can point me in the correct direction that would be helpful.

I am a 23 year old who is one quarter shy of graduating from a 4 year university. I will be graduating with a 2.4 GPA. I do eventually want to go to business school and/or law school, but with competition being fierce these days + having bad undergrad grades, I need to find a way to stand it in the application process.

I decided 1 year ago to start my own business buying, selling, and trading Magic: the Gathering trading cards. Thus far I have been successful with small amounts of earnings in the first year (which goes into growth for the business, I make no money personally yet). My question is: Is this sort of thing look good or decent to get noticed by professional schools when you apply, or am I doing it in vein? Any and all feedback is appreciated. Thank you.

-Julien

If you make a ton of money, people will take you seriously and respect your business venture.

If you don't, this just sounds like a hobby masquerading as business.

That said, I think your approach to getting into a good bschool is a sound one. I'm just not sure it selling Magic cards will be enough...

If I can get the backing or FTP paid me the money it owes me, I could grow exponentially quicker. I would also be looking to turn into a retail store online for games, which is insanely lucrative if done correctly.

I want it to just be one or two things on the resume, really. Realistically going back to school and getting a 2nd bachelor's degree though to show some academic improvement and maturity.

It can only help.

Just make sure to sell it properly.

Eg not "I sell magic cards and make a little bit of money"

Basically sell all the skills you've learnt in the process.

Yeah, I mean it's all about what you do with it.

I know a kid who had little experience in comparison, but also made http://www.thatone08.com/ and sold a few hundred grand in merchandise. Being able to show that you can execute on an idea and scale it is a big BIG plus.

Insurance, similar to FDIC coverage, for individual investors.

Lots of upper middle to upper class people invest their money with an independent broker or hedge fund or whatever. When they find out their guy is a Madoff, they lose everything.

The idea would be to require documentation from the financial advisor/broker/fund manager that would be very hard to fake, thus limiting claims and allowing for affordable premiums (less than .5% of assets under management).

This is pretty impressive.

Probably required superb timing, promotion and getting suppliers lined up.

I have an idea for a zombie movie called night of the living animals. Where instead of humans coming back from the dead it's animals. Jeneus I know. I see it as kind of a cross between night of the living dead, the birds, and maximum overdrive.

Will let you all know when I have my kickstarter page set up.

Looking at all the other crappy scripts on Amazon Studios, this has potential.

I have this idea for a website were companies/individuals buy opinions from people. It can be regarding anything and be in a survey form or whatever. The best opinions (according to the business buying the service) get paid which creates the incentive to really give good advice/opinions on what the company is requesting. sellyouropinion.com or something like that.

What does everyone think about "copying" start ups in other countries?

For example, I could look at the abundance of high growth start ups in specific countries or regions and then adapt them to another country before they even have the experience and capital to go international.

There are a lot of advantages IMO of doing this, such as:

- a proven market; save a ****load of $$$ on testing products/markets
- publicity; people from other countries may prefer to go with a local company if they are interested about the "original" company
- funding; I would assume that investors are willing to invest in a business where it has been successful elsewhere

Most businesses are not unique, so why not build a fresh and potentially high growth business?

Who gives a **** if its copying? I certainly won't when I am banking 10k/day

I can recite numerous examples of where this has happened, most commonly between US/Silicon Valley >> Europe