100 Great Business Ideas: From Leading Companies Around the World (100 Great Ideas)

34 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS Established businesses often struggle to achieve industry-leading growth rates because their secto ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 35 selling concrete as a product by the yard, to selling timely delivery of a commodity. Delivery was ...

36 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS departed from the traditional method of selling their time to selling services on a “no win, no fe ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 37 A deep-dive process is a focused, team approach to developing solutions to specifi c p roble m s o ...

38 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS In practice IDEO, a prominent American design company, believes that there are several stages in d ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 39 Reducing, and virtually eliminating, hierarchy. Involving people, generating a sense of play, and ...

40 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS The finest place to develop a profi table business, and the best way of building success, is often ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 41 luxury” hotel in central London, he commented, “The Hoxton is an experiment. We’ll see if it works ...

42 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS The importance of providing information to the client should not be underestimated. Information en ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 43 strong sense of corporate identity and commitment to customer service, Ryder ensured that there we ...

44 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS Instead of allowing other companies to eat into your market, consider bringing in new products to ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 45 feel that people wanting a coffee may be prepared to get it from anywhere). It also works when peo ...

46 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS Competition requires a large amount of effort and business acumen: most businesses will, at some t ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 47 -^ Constantly looking at all competitors: this keeps the business lean and focused on what matters ...

48 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS By setting up in “industry centers” where similar businesses are clustered together, fi rms gain i ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 49 by locating near the studios. Further north there is the example of Silicon Valley—a cluster of te ...

50 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS Products should have at least one USP: a factor that differentiates and elevates them above their ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 51 limited knowledge of cars and a desire to project a certain image of themselves in society. Consta ...

52 • 100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS Increases in production allow workers to become more experienced—and fi rms with experienced worke ...

100 GREAT BUSINESS IDEAS • 53 Nevertheless, the experience curve has valuable lessons for every company, even those that cannot ...