Have you ever thought about a TV programme from the past and wished someone would bring it back again? Well in Sweden, you can do something about it.
Through website Reupp, you can search a database of old shows which have stopped running and pledge money to bring them back again. If nothing happens the campaign just keeps running, but if a decision is made to bring the show back, the crowdfunded cash is donated to the producers. The idea isn’t to fund a whole series, which would be impossible, but rather to provide a platform for a display of strength of support.
It’s an interesting idea and one with wider applications. Could you set up a site to crowdfund the reformation of bands or for inactive (but popular) authors to write new books or songwriters to write new songs? Perhaps something to think about.
Getting The Boot
You might be excused for thinking that the now ubiquitous Ugg boot is a relatively recent development. Not so. It was invented in 1973 in Australia by a chap called Shane Stedman as a product to keep surfers feet warm between waves. He sold out to US Company Deckers in 1973 for £10,000. Today the brand is worth over 3 billion dollars.
Perhaps Mr Stedman could be excused for feeling a little bitter, but it’s heartening to hear that he doesn’t. You see he recognises what most inventors simply never grasp…that an invention is little or nothing without the marketing and brand building expertise that builds it into a fortune maker. In his own words, “to make my Uggs the number one brand, I’d have had to move to the US, and work my arse off in a suit and that’s just not me.”
So few inventors and product developers realise that they simply never had what it took to make their idea into a real money maker, and spend a lifetime begrudging those who had the skills and abilities to do so. If your skills are in invention and design, there’s no reason to think you can turn your work into cash without a great deal of help and talent of a different kind. Should you sell out or team up? That’s ultimately a decision for you.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL FAST CAR DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streetwise Customer,
“OMG, Ludlow 3:45…two horses to back. Bott N Brown WON at 25/1 !!! Average odds taken on Betfair exchange 80/1. I backed for £12 winning me £960. Can you please thank Bill for me.” G.B – 6th February 2020
“Many thanks. Thursday OMG Newcastle 5:30. Special Lady WON 50/1. Won £500.” G B – 7th February 2020
A couple of weeks ago we wrote to you about The Hermes Strategy, a unique approach to horse racing created by Bill Burrows. I’ve reproduced word for word, two emails I received recently from one of our customers who tried the strategy for the first time just a few days ago.
He just won £1,460 in two days!
Needless to say, he’s pleased!
Now we don’t get 80-1 and 50-1 winners every day (although it looks like we do at the moment!) but because this strategy looks at the whole thing from a VERY unusual angle, long odds winners come along pretty regularly alongside more mundane wins.
It all adds up to a great second income for anyone able to spend 7-10 minutes a day putting the strategy to work. For full details visit…
www.streetwisenews.com/herm
You could very easily be up and running and copying Bill within a few hours of reading about this. Everything you need is at your fingertips.
Kind Regards
John Harrison
Streetwise Publications
P.S. If you can find 7 minutes a day, you can do this for yourself.