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The Terrible-Idea-For-a-Start-up Guy
He's been working on something. He's lining up investors. On a campus near you.
Crunchy nutty taste
MBA programs are great incubators for the next level of business formation. Of course, they’re also a garden where even the worst ideas can flourish for a few semesters before they shrivel and die upon entering the real world. The problem for this poor sap is that no one bothered to sit down and tell him that his life’s dream is really incredibly stupid.
Who?
The Terrible-Idea-For-a-Start-up Guy
Resume to date?
Computer Programmer. All those hours in front of a screen gave him the chance to develop his cockamamie business model without even a modicum of critical feedback.
Commonly found in?
Entrepreneurship Seminars, trying to convince the guest lecturer that his own idea for a new business isn’t, in fact, bat shit crazy.
20 years on?
Still a computer programmer – but just really bitter now.
Most likely to say?
“Don’t you think there is a place in the market for [nut flavored gum/three wheeled cars/voice-operated watches/etc.]?”
Least likely to say?
“I’d really like to get your input on this.”
Blows his loan on?
Building “the first prototype”.
Drives?
Minivan large enough to hold “the prototype”.
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By Ian Priest10/08/2009 Tags:
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Kellogg School of Management
Start-up
On a Campus Near You
I can confirm that it is really international. My class has 15 nationalities out of 30 students and the average age is 30 years old.
from Jean-Patrick TSANG KWONG U
from Jean-Patrick TSANG KWONG U
There's actually a patent for this, and the abstract is quite hilarious - "superior mouth feel" :D
Patent title: CHEWING GUM COMPRISING NUT PIECES
Inventors: Tania Kjolhede Porsgaard
"The present invention relates to a chewing gum comprising nut pieces originating from different kinds of nuts and methods for preparing such chewing gum. The chewing gum is provided with a new flavour profile, superior mouth feel, and with nutritional, therapeutic and pharmacological properties. The invention further relates to different uses of nut pieces in chewing gum."
source: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090017159
Tian Ng
I still can't figure out why Dr Pepper Worked! (I love it btw)
Sunny Li
who would have thought "Beast Brew" or "Blue Bubblegum" flavored soda would work - but MyJonesSoda seemed to have pulled it off... maybe walnut gum's not so crazy?
Anonymous