Business Ideas Are Everywhere

How I ended up being called “the candy man” in school!

When I was in junior high (or middle school as we called it here in North Carolina), I was not one of the cool kids.

I wasn’t athletic.

I didn’t have any cool hobbies.

I hardly had any friends.

But I did have one thing that set me apart.

Business acumen.

Now, what sort of business acumen could a junior high school student have?

It’s the same kind of business acumen EVERYONE on the internet tells you that you should have:

Find a need — fill the need;

Or in other words,

Find a pain point — address the pain point.

What was the pain point I discovered?

Paying too much for candy at the school store.

I realized I could buy a box of Airheads at a local warehouse store for $5, sell the candy for half of what the school store sold it for, and make tidy little profit.

Heck, I even ended up being called “the candy man” by some of the kids on the school bus.

The moral of the story?

You can find a business idea anywhere, even on the school bus.