THINK LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR SERIES … Advanced Business Tips #2

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Let’s count it down.

Here are February’s five advanced business tips for over-50 entrepreneurs. We are counting down to #2.

One Man’s Trash: [READ THIS. DO THIS. YOUR WISE, EXPERIENCED, CALCULATING BRAIN WILL BEGIN TO SEE VALUE WHERE NO ONE ELSE CAN.]

Two decades ago, my friend used to fly to Alaska, wait for the big fishing boats to come in, and then get their throw-away eels and baby sharks for FREE. He then shipped them back to Texas, manufactured custom eel-skin and sharkskin Texas cowboy boots, and sold them at an astronomical price.eel boots

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. This process of moving from trash to treasure is called recycling. This is big all over the world.

  • KITTY LITTER
    Certain brands of cat toiletry products are made from recycled newspapers, sourced from local centers whenever possible. On top of being green, because this litter is not clay-based, it also has the added benefit of not kicking up unpleasant kitty dust storms. 
  • SOAP
    You may be surprised to learn that hotels don’t always throw out your mostly intact bar of soap left in the shower. Instead, services can clean the bars and send them to foreign countries where cleaning supplies are more difficult to come by. 
  • ROADS
    The next time you’re cruising down a freshly paved highway, you might want to thank your renovation-obsessed neighbor: Discarded roofing shingles are a growing resource for asphalt manufacturers. The old pieces are ground up and used to improve the quality of pavement. Recycled glass can also be used to help the reflective properties of highway markers. 
  • TROPHIES
    Regional sporting achievements or corporate accomplishments can now be recognized in an environmentally friendly way. Several companies are using recycled glass and even newsprint to make trophies. 

(Listing from Mental Floss)

All around you are lucrative sources of trash just waiting for some innovative entrepreneur to turn it into valuable treasure.

When you look at this video, tell me what you see.  There is only one real answer for the over-50 entrepreneur …. OPPORTUNITY.

Let’s GO!!!

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