Driven to Business with Eddie Mayfield

Nicole Fallon wrote an article for Business News Daily listing 15 business ideas for 2015. Not all of her ideas appeal to me, but it’s an interesting article, and the topic of our discussion this week on Driven to Business.

In the first place, this is an exciting time to be an entrepreneur. Opportunities that never before existed are out there to be seized. At the same time, we’re in one of the most unstable times my generation has seen. Obamacare, the devaluation of currency, a huge increase in the dependent class, and the subsequent rise of class envy has eroded much of the American dream.

Here’s how I look at that; no one can predict the future with certainty. Even the New Testament warns against this in the book of James, saying: “Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow”

So, we live until we die, and the worst thing anyone can do is hunker down in a hole and await the apocalypse. But all that being said. I remain an optimist.

Here is a sampling of Ms Fallen’s ideas..

• Kid Friendly Apps.. Reminds me of when Apple began supplying computers to elementary schools so kids would grow up liking Apple computers. ANYTHING you can do that appeals to kids AND their parents is probably a good business idea.
• Freelancing.. figure out what a business manager hates to do, and learn to do it for them. Outsourcing is huge, driven in part by businesses leery of adding employees due to regulation, insurance, and instability.
• Translator.. don’t laugh.. IF you are fluent in languages other than English (and are fluent in English) many businesses need you. Heck, even if you don’t speak another language, you can still start this business and simply hire those that do.
• Traveling beauty and nail salon.. admittedly, not for me, but with an aging population still wanting to look good. Mobil services like this can fly.

There are more, and we discuss them and more on this edition of Driven to Business..   give it a listen..

Driven to Business hosted by Eddie Mayfield is heard every Saturday morning on Atlanta’s Business Radio.. BIZ1190. The show is streamed live on biz1190.com and podcast on eddiemayfield.com and itunes.

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