{"id":9127,"date":"2013-07-24T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/?p=9127"},"modified":"2022-11-10T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:22:27","slug":"got-a-business-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/business-advice-and-news\/got-a-business-idea","title":{"rendered":"Got A Business Idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got A Business Idea? How do you know if it’s any good?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’ve ever been buying, ordering or using something and suddenly had that ‘Eureka’ moment when you’ve thought in a moment of perfect clarity, ‘I could do this better,’ then depending upon what type of personality you are, how determined, some might even say foolish you are, you might just end up trying to make money out of it.<\/p>\n

Some of the best known companies have been founded on the back of this type of thinking. Regus was started by Mark Dixon in Brussels<\/a> as he observed that business people were frequenting coffee shops to conduct meetings and from this initial observation, the global company we know today was born.<\/p>\n

Friends Reunited, although now long surpassed by Facebook in the world of social media, was a business idea developed by Steve and Julie Pankhurst, as they wondered about the fate of their old school friends. That curiosity coupled with the burgeoning internet of 1999 resulted in one of the early household internet companies, which was eventually sold to ITV in 2005 for approx. ~150 million.<\/p>\n

So, if you think you have the next Amazon or Twitter as a business idea then have a look at some of the bullet points below; you might find them inspirational, useful or thought provoking. Have a read and let us know which.<\/p>\n