I've been thinking seriously about business oppurtunities and for some reason there is a general conception among many people that a business idea has to be new and original.  I've got news for ya' brotha' there ain't nothing new under the sun.  Well there is but the these ideas are few and far betweena and they are mostly improvements on old ideas. 

Hence the point of this post.  Pick a business, fiind a way to do it better, faster, cheaper etc then make money.  Recently I read an article that reinforced this belief:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/AardvarkMidtermReport.html

Joel came up with an idea for an improved remote computer assistance software.  The key word is improved, not new, just better. 

Now to the point, I've been kicking around the idea of a sort of cross bread between a certain electronics shack, a certain big box store and a cell phone dealer. 

We will handle small personal electronic items and networking of digital appliances whether these are cell phones, pda's, pc's or a fridge that has a NIC card.  The emphasis is on small high margin devices which are wireless.  The key to this goal is service.  We will out service any competitor.  All employees are A+ certified or equivalent and customer friendly which means no rude high school kids!  We will not carry low margin big box merchandise.  Our customers are SOHO (small office home office) and individuals.  Our goals is to make the customers digitial devices work together to increase value (see Metcalfes law).  

This is the template to move forward with.  The working name is Gadget Tree.  To be continued...