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Buying Cash At A Discount

If you could buy £1 coins for 80p, do you think you’d make money? Of course you would, but who would be foolish enough to sell you £1 coins for 80p. Well before you answer, consider the following story from Havana, Cuba. 

Alongside the queue for one of the busiest bus routes in town is a man with a large tin box, and he is buying 1 peso notes for 80 cents. He has plenty of customers. Why? Well the bus fare is 40 cents, but you can’t get change.

So if you don’t have the exact money, the only alternative is to put in the whole peso…60 cents more than is required. By accepting 80 cents for the peso, passengers are able to save 40 cents while the vendor makes 20 cents. 

There are a couple of lessons here I think: 

If the circumstances fall into place, it’s often possible to persuade people to do some totally counter-intuitive things.

You can find some pretty astonishing win-win deals if you think outside of the box.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Work gives you meaning and purpose. Life is empty without it.”

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Stephen Hawking


Alternative Quote Of The Day

“My hamster died today…he fell asleep at the wheel.”

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Will Ferrell

Better Beetroot 

I’ve read a number of reports recently, about the health benefits of beetroot juice. But I haven’t bought any because I really don’t like the taste. Perhaps Unbeetable provide a solution.

The US based company manufacture a Beetroot based drink which they say has all the health benefits, but with a much more palatable taste. There are a couple of things to take from this I think. 

Could you create your own ‘Better Beetroot’ product. If so, there could be a big UK market for it.

Western consumers are increasingly health conscious, but the things that are good for us are rarely those that taste the best. There has to be a market for anyone who can produce an improved taste version of the things that are said to be good for us.

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Burgers, Beers And Shears

This is another example of how combining three commonplace elements can create a whole new concept. We’ve all been to a restaurant, a bar and a hairdresser, but not an establishment that combines all three.

Moe’s BarBar Shop (Geddit) is another innovative US idea. It’s part bar, part restaurant and part barber shop. It’s a place, according to owner Lance Lumpiesz, where a man can “cut his locks and have a scotch on the rocks.”

Will it work? I don’t know, but there’s a lot to be said for creating a business where one element feeds off the customers for the other. If you use the bar/restaurant I think you’re far more likely to also have your hair cut there and vice versa.

I really like these combination businesses and the number of combinations is almost endless. That doesn’t mean that a cup cake and fishing tackle emporium would work out, but there have to be plenty of combinations that would.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“I don’t judge others. I say if you feel good with what you’re doing, then do it.”

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Sarah Jessica Parker


Alternative Quote Of The Day

“In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.”

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Groucho Marx

Flat Flowers

On the occasions I have arranged for flowers to be delivered, one thought always dominates – will the recipient be at home to receive them?

It’s a common problem, and the issue behind the business idea of Bloom and Wild, a company that deliver flowers in letterbox sized packaging. The advantage is obvious – the recipient doesn’t need to be home to receive the flowers.

I don’t know exactly how this works , and it must certainly restrict the flowers that can be included, but it does overcome one of the big problems with sending flowers, and may well encourage to use the Bloom & Wild service rather than a competitor.

So are there other products which could be redesigned or repackaged to fit through a letterbox? And if you did that, would it prove a competitive advantage? Something to think about.

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Miss Army Knife

It’s not always necessary to start from scratch to create a winning product or service. Sometimes all you need to do is take an existing product, and adapt it for a new market.

We’ve all heard of the Swiss Army Knife. The Miss Army Knife looks very similar, except it’s pink and when you open its blades you find things like tweezers, nail files and safety pins.

The Swiss Army knife is mainly bought by men. The Miss Army knife uses the same idea but applies it to the other half of the population. Not a bad market.

I think it’s worth looking at products which are primarily created for, and sold to, one sex or the other, and then thinking about whether a version for the opposite sex might find a ready market.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

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C S Lewis


Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”

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Frank Sinatra

Divorce Invitation

We’ve all received a wedding invitation at some time or other, but I doubt there are many of us that have received an invitation to a divorce. If an idea from Japan takes off here, that may be set to change.

A new business has been set up in Tokyo, which helps people to celebrate their divorce in much the same way that we currently celebrate weddings. At the moment, Japan and South Korea are the only countries where untying the knot is marked by some kind of ceremony.

Is this something I’d recommend you dive into here? Probably not at the moment (Given the number of fights that start at weddings, a divorce reception hardly bears thinking about!) but who knows in the future.

In any event though, I think it’s an idea which would be guaranteed to generate a huge amount of free publicity, and that could be a worthwhile outcome in itself – provided you have other businesses or projects which could benefit from the exposure.

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  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months then now is the time to take a look. 


  Available now for the first time as a fast digital download. 

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Streetwise Publications

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First Class Coblers

There are some very good reasons why I don’t read The Guardian – most of them linked to my blood pressure and stress levels. But recently, I came across an article that originated there, and was reprinted in another journal.

The writer was seriously putting forward the view that the Government should have the courage to increase the taxes on the rich because ~ wait for it ~ the ‘middle classes’ are being made to feel poor and inferior in comparison. That’s right, she wants the government to raise taxes on the rich so her mates won’t feel quite so jealous. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the politics of envy demonstrated so blatantly or clearly.

I really don’t know where to start with this, but I’m going to have to start somewhere, so here goes…

Let’s start with the ‘middle class’.

The writer, Jenni Russell, clearly considers herself to be middle class. How do I know? Because she calls herself Jenni rather than Jenny. That would be far too common. So I think we can assume she has a vested interest in all this.

It may be just me though, but I find the whole notion of describing yourself as ‘middle class’ abhorrent and outdated. To do so carries with it two unacceptable and unpleasant assumptions…

Firstly, that there is another class above you, to whom you are inferior for no other reason than an accident of birth. And secondly, that there is another class below you, to whom you are superior by virtue of the way you each earn your living.

To me, the idea that someone is of a higher or lower class by way of their parentage, schooling or occupation is outmoded and just plain wrong in the 21st century. If you MUST divide people by class in 2020, then do it in a relevant way…

1. The working class 

Anyone who earns their own money, or is part of a family financed by someone earning their own money, is working class. The short-term unemployed would be included here, and people who can’t work through no fault of their own. It doesn’t matter what they do for a job, where they went to school, who their parents are or whether they use the word napkin or serviette, settee or sofa. If you finance your life through employment or a business, you’re part of the working class.

2. The non-working class

These are people who don’t work, but are self-supporting. Retirees would fall into this category ~ along with anyone else, not working, but not living off the state.

3. The Underclass

Scumbags to you and me. People who choose not to work. People who choose to live off the taxes paid by the working class.

Jenni Russell clearly doesn’t agree with me though. She obviously makes a differentiation based on HOW people earn their own money. And she says that the middle class (civil servants, academics and managers according to her) have a legitimate expectation of a comfortable life as a result of their social position. This expectation is being undermined by the fact that the new rich have more money, and make them feel relatively poor. They’re trying to play catch up, she says, and it’s personally damaging.

The solution? Let’s take some money off ‘the rich’ so that the middle classes don’t feel relatively poor.

It’s the same old Marxist garbage that used to be put forward as an argument for making the ‘working class’ less dissatisfied with their lot. But it’s just been upgraded because ~ horror of horrors ~ even Guardian journalists are starting to feel poor.

The truth of course, is that the ‘middle classes’ are no more entitled to expect a comfortable life (and to feel economically superior) than anyone else who works for their money. The needs of society are constantly changing, and those changing needs are reflected in the money paid to, and accumulated by, different occupational groups within that society. Just because what are described as ‘middle class’ jobs guaranteed a comfortable lifestyle in the last century, doesn’t mean they should guarantee the same in this one.

And it definitely doesn’t mean that the old order should be supported and shored up by state-backed confiscation of the money of members of society more valued by the current market – just to redress some old-fashioned baseless balance.

As for me, I consider myself to be completely immune from being pigeonholed into any manufactured social grouping…

People have been telling me I’ve got no class for years.

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John Harrison  

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Calculated Profits

It’s not unusual for groups of consumers to have quite transient needs, and when this happens, a business opportunity often opens up. Students are one such group. They often study a subject for a short period, and are required to source quite expensive resources, which they will only need for a short period of time.

Previously, we’ve talked about services set up to rent books to students, thereby negating the need for them to make an expensive purchase.

A Canadian company has spotted another need they can satisfy in a similar way – by renting out expensive graphic and financial calculators. Students often need these for just a couple of classes and can save 70% by renting rather than buying. When the rental period is complete, they simply mail them back to the company.

I don’t think this is a fortune-maker, but it could certainly be a solid business. As far as I know, nobody is doing this in the UK yet, so perhaps something to copy?

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

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Bruce Lee


Alternative Quote Of The Day

“A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Bypass. Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for 16 hardened criminals.”  

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Peter Kay

Drop ’til You Shop

Drop Till You Shop is an internet retailer with a difference. At any one time, the site has three items for sale and the price of each is dropping by the second. The catch is that the products are in limited supply and site users have to decide how long to wait before jumping in. Wait too long and the limited supply may be sold. Jump in too early and you could pay too much.

The site seems to be pretty addictive amongst bargain hunters, with statistics showing users staying around for an average of 30 minutes, and coming back later to check new deals. Nobody is told how limited supplies are, so that all adds to the tension.

This seems like a great way to whip up a buying frenzy amongst customers while ensuring that products sell at the best possible price. The regular retail model is inefficient in that it results in some customers buying at a lower price than they would have been prepared to pay, and other people not buying at all, even though the price they would be prepared to pay would still yield a profit.

There’s food for thought here I think. Is there a way you could offer your products or services on a fluid pricing basis? It’s not easy to do without annoying those paying a higher price, but if you can pull it off, it can certainly have a positive effect on profits.

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Dear Streetwise Customer, 

     This is not illegal. Perfectly legitimate. It’s all perfectly above-board. 


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   I have no idea. Anyone can. You just need to be bothered. Anyone could, but most people don’t, because they either aren’t motivated, or don’t know how, or are too sceptical by nature to believe it’s possible. 


  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months then now is the time to take a look. 


  Available now for the first time as a fast digital download. 

  For more information on something that’s simple, and easy to use from the comfort of your own home CLICK HERE. 

  Very Best Wishes, 

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  John Harrison
Streetwise Publications

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