Business a Week
Mar 15th, 2008 by Bethany
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My husband is a man of many talents and lots of energy, and at the end of last year he started a cool project he dubbed “Business a Week.” Colin constantly has ideas for new businesses, and for improving other businesses, and he loves working in start-up companies where he gets to do a little bit of everything. So, he decided he would start one online business every week for a year as a possibly profitable way to channel this impressive ability of his.
He’s keeping track of all his efforts on his blog, www.businessaweek.com. By keeping the businesses web-based, he minimizes overhead costs and maximizes his ability to keep 52 projects going at once. So far, he’s focused on businesses that he has some significant past experience with and subjects that he really likes: like karate, latin tutoring, and wedding invitations. It’s kind of a numbers game–if he starts 52 businesses, it’s pretty likely that most of them won’t take off (at least in a big way), but it’s also pretty likely that one or more of them will take off (hopefully in a big way). Fun idea, no?
Today he put up business #12, UnionStatesman.com, a site where he discusses the most popular news of the day and makes money by placing ads on the side and by driving traffic to his other business sites. I’ve found that he always has a lot of unusual and insightful things to say about about the news on any given day, so I’m guessing that this one will be entertaining and interesting.
If I had to pick a favorite of all his businesses right now I’d have a tough time choosing, but I think I’d go with business #5, ENFPConsulting.com. It’s a relatively pretty site, and I think it’s the perfect job for Colin–helping other businesses grow and improve using his unique insights and abilities. His education and interests line up perfectly with the “product” and I’ve seen him provide significant ROI for people and companies who have hired him for projects in the past. A close second would probably be #6, TheInvitationsExpert.com, just because I think it’s fun to talk about wedding invitations. But really, all of his business ideas so far are quite well thought out and definitely creative.
Nice work, Colin!
