When I talk to people about to undertake and create an innovative business, the vast majority tend to go to complex ideas. But the truth is that almost always, there are big business in simple ideas that are simple and are all around us. Many times not even something new, I was just there and someone noticed.
I often think of a performance that saw years of comedy duo Faemino and Tired. In one part of the show, ironized about the criticism they received for years about the simplicity and originality of his little humor. I remain engraved the following sentence which read: “Yes it’s true, but it happened to me first.”
And that’s it, that’s the idea no further. I mean not to be a genius to create a profitable business idea. The idea of attaching a stick of candy and Enric Bernat gave rise to the Chupa Chups is also very simple, but do not want to know the amount of money reported to its inventor.
And by that I get to another idea is nothing new, almost as old as man himself, but that is undeveloped and which I believe has great potential. I’m talking about time and knowledge banks. It is not inherit or otherwise deal with the weather like in the movie In time, but an idea that is based on the barter of services or knowledge. I tell you that I thought about the potential.
You’ve heard that that time is money right?, Well, a time bank monetizes the time of the people through the exchange of skills or knowledge.
Although time banks that exist today, are mainly a social focus, the time bank concept has a number of elements that can make the idea a great business. Especially if you join online.
It is paramount for a business to succeed there is a market. In this case the market thanks to the Internet may be global and massive.
Second, the time bank idea in itself is a trade or exchange in the making. And if no trades, no business. Then I will tell you how.
The third is that the perception of users, it’s FREE. Because it costs money, but you pay a price in time and knowledge. Continue reading




