Saturday, December 15, 2007

Making millions with Rubber pebbles

Children loves to play outdoor. They often fall and get injuries. The founder of RubberECycle.com thought of making rubber pebbles to replace the rocks. Rubber pebbles are soft and elastics. It's great for covering the floor of playgrounds. When children falls on it, they don't get injured.

Problem: Children loves to play outdoor and they get injured alot from falling on the cement floor
Idea/Solution: Rubber Pebbles + Soft + Outdoor + Children's Playground
Site: http://www.RubberECycle.com/

Friday, December 14, 2007

Web Recipe Central

One of life pleasure is eating great food. Americans are always in a hurry and don't have much patience to create a great recipe. The founder of Epicurious.com created a website filled with delicious food recipes, articles, and guides. We can create an account on the website and share recipes and cooking techniques with others. The site makes cooking great food easier.
Problem: Cooking is complicated. Many people struggle to cook good food. Finding good recipe is difficult and time consuming.

Idea/Solution: Website + Recipes + Guides + Forum + Video instruction + Resource --> make cooking good food fun and efficient
Site: http://www.epicurious.com/

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Web Photo printing center

The digital camera are getting cheaper and affordable to alot of consumers. The quality of digital camera is increasing rapidly. Nonprofessional consumers are able to take really great pictures with their digital cameras. But, the price of printing great quality pictures is still costly due to costly ink and special paper. The founder of Shutterfly.com saw the opportunity to centralize the printing process. The economy of scale allows Shutterfly.com to print photos inexpensively. It's so much cheaper for us to print quality picture at Shutterfly.com comparing to printing ourself. Shutterfly.com is making millions.

Problem: Print photos is very expensive due to the expensive ink cartidges
Idea/Solution: Website + Great quality + Low price printing + photo products
Site: http://shutterfly.com

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Moving meeting to the web

Internet is an essential part of life in the 21st century. We communicate with each other over the web via email. The founder of Webex.com saw the opportunity in having meetings on the web. It provides the software platform for companies to have meeting and conferences on the web. The employees of companies do not need to gather in the same location for meetings. Cisco acquired Webex.com for $2.9 billions.

Problem: Employees are not in the same location for meetings and conferences
Idea/Solution: Website + software + conference and meeting capability + easy to have web conferences
Site: http://webex.com/

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A store catering to pets

Many people all over the world loves pets. Some people say, "Pets are better than people. They don't complain and they are always royal to you." The founder of Petsmart.com saw the opportunity in helping pet owners get their pets' need met easily. Petsmart.com sells food, toys, and pet accessories. The company is making billions.

Problem: Shopping for pet is difficult and time consuming
Idea/Solution: Store + focusing on the need of pets + variety of products and services --> One stop shopping place for pets
Site: http://www.petsmart.com

Monday, December 10, 2007

Web Photo and Video storage

Digital videos and photos are getting very popular. These files are very big and it requires alot of storage space. Some large files cannot be sent via email. The founder of PhotoBucket.com saw the opportunity and created a web storage space. We can upload many photos and videos with large file size on to the website and share with friends and family. PhotoBucket.com is on its way to making millions.

Problem: Digital Photos and Videos have large file size and difficult to share with friends and family
Idea/Solution: Website + Storage space + Photos + Videos + Easy upload + Easy sharing
Site: http://photobucket.com

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Billions in Candles and Scents

The sensation of scent is an important part of being human. Scents can bring up old memories. Some scent gives us special feeling and emotions. Some scents turn on good emotions, while other scents turn on bad emotions. The founder of Yankee Candle company makes it easy for people to control our environment with our favorite scents. It produces candles with scents ranging from Potpourri, Tea, Vanilla, and alot more variety. The company is making billion dollars in sales.

Problem: Scent triggers our emotions
Idea/Solution: Candle + our favorite scent + good emotions
Site: http://www.yankeecandle.com