This is a first among many to come of a collection of quotes that have inspired me.
Today’s quote is from the authors preface of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, perhaps the first popular writer of the personal success literature genre of books.
Achievement, All Earned Riches, Have Their Beginning In An Idea
A few days ago I wrote about a business idea to setup a amazon.com proxy business to save on shipping. Turns out there are some alternatives stores that are even better if you want specific things like books.
I’ve just discovered Booko, a book search engine and price aggregate for Australians. You type a search query, pick a book and it generates a list of the best prices for you from hundreds of stores around the world with shipping and exchange rates calculated for you. Why couldn’t I find this last time I wanted to buy a book? It looks like a new start up so word hasn’t spread about them yet.
I think this is great entreprenuerism. The creator found a niche problem in the market, solved it and from a first impression, solved it well. He wasn’t too ambitious like other price aggregates around that ultimately fail because they search for too broad a veriaty of products for too broad an audience and end up being too slow and don’t provide enough information about specific products.
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