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Some Business Ideas Are Just Plain Crazy Some Business Ideas Are Just Plain Crazy

Forbes: I was at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference looking for the wackiest, nonsensical start-up with an idea so wild that your jaw drops. A company so bad that, well, it may even be good. I give you Talk O’Clock. The “social alarm clock” with the tagline: “Let a stranger wake you up.” Instead of using [...]

 

Panning the Streets of NYC for Gold Panning the Streets of NYC for Gold

CBS News: Many people have come to New York over the years in search of fortune. It is not true that the streets are paved with gold, but the sidewalks might be. Sometimes, in tough times, people think up the craziest ideas for making money. Take, for example, 43-year-old, unemployed jewelry setter Raffi Steppanian. As [...]