Business Idea #2

Business Idea #2 - Bradford Bollywood Cinema Times

Idea Date: 2000

This was a straight forward idea. At the time of my idea the Bollwood boom was not in full flow. Bradford, UK was at the forefront of providing bollywood entertainment at it's cinemas. There were also a few independent cinemas that showed bollywood films on an ad hoc basis.

Problem:
It was difficult to find out about the films that were on in a particular week in all the cinemas

My Solution:
I thought that it would be good if people could go to one place, on the web, to find information about all the bollywood films that were being shown in the Bradford area.

What Happened:
As with a lot of my ideas, this idea didn't work. I think the main reason was that I was too late with the idea and the major cinema chains started to promote their bollywood films more so that it was no longer difficult for people to find out about cinema times. There was also other sites that were showing all cinema listings based on city or town

Business Idea #1

Business Idea #1 - PegBags.com

Idea Date: 2001

Hi and welcome.

As my first business idea I have choosen to blog one of my earliest ideas.

This idea involved the help of my mum, Joginder Kaur.

My mum is great at making Punjabi Suits. One day she bought a peg bag ( used to store clothes pegs when they are not being used) she looked at the peg bag and realised that she could make a peg bag for herself. She reverse engineered the peg bag (unstitched the bag and saw how it was made) and then made her own design. The design was of a dress. All of my relatives that saw the peg bag wanted one just like it. So my mum started making peg bags for relatives.

My idea was to sell these peg bags on ebay then eventually on the a website. I got my mum to make a sample that I could try to sell on ebay. The first time on ebay I put the peg bag on an auction with no reserve and a starting price of £1. It didn't sell. I tried it again with no reserve and a starting price of £0. It still didn't sell. I got abit dishearttened and left the idea there

The beginning of a long journey

Hello everyone,

This is a blog to record all the 'Great' business ideas that I have ever had. All these ideas seem to be great at first, however after a while they seem be done before or unfeasable or daft or all these things in one.

Here's hoping that I get that illusive 'Great' idea that stays great even after thinking about it...