LllIdeas in Action! R. Wilburn Clouse, Phd vanderbilt University Ideas for Developing the Entrepreneurial Spirit



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European Airlines


Freed from constraints on the operation of domestic routes beyond their national borders, European Airlines can service all of Europe.  European Airlines’ vision is to make travel affordable and fun, offering low fares and travel to nine major European cities. -- Alison Asher


International Health Care


International Health Care is an American hospital company that operates in Mexico to take advantage of the lower costs of doing business.  The company will provide high-quality care at discounted prices.  International Health Care markets directly to insurers with the selling point being reduced cost as compared with competitors. -- Andrew Weiss

MPOWER Personal Media


MPOWER meets the need for a product to transport, manage, and enjoy media.  MPOWER is a small, portable device that combines a non-volatile, high-density hard drive with a digital broadcast tuner.  It will combine the clarity of digital broadcasts with the tremendous storage capacity now offered by today’s computer chips. -- David Rice

HCI L.L.C.: Human Capital Institute


HCI will be the forerunning practitioner in the field of Human Capital P&L statements and consultation.  HCI is able to put a financial bottom line on human capital using HCI Metrics.  Clients will be able to use this knowledge in order to invest their resources in specific target areas that will maximize their human capital Return on Investment. -- Michael Adam

J.O.P.: Just One Product


J.O.P. is an innovative electronics company that introduces an audio product that runs solely off of the movement of the human body.  The portable motion activated CD/MP3 player works by way of the perpetual rotor and is of minimal cost. -- Thomas Gunter

Inova Car Systems


Inova Car Systems is a company dedicated to providing superior technology in car audio systems.  The company’s purpose is to provide expertise in car audio systems while promoting new technologies at affordable prices. -- Elizabeth Hartenstein

A Domani Winery


A Domani Winery is dedicated to growing and harvesting the finest California grapes for use in the production of the red wine ultra-premium wine market.  The company grows mainly red grapes and will shift in the direction of a product line of lighter red wines.  A Domani Winery is currently the only winery in Napa Valley to offer exclusively red wines. -- Margaret Word

One Stop Pics, L.L.C.


One Stop Pics is a small business that offers a film processing center where customers can develop their film independently, view the picture, make copies, enlarge, or discard the photo all at one machine.  One Stop Pics provides a unique platform for taking advantage of the opportunity created by the growing market of film processing and digital photography. -- Emily Brown

Grandtravel


Grandtravel is a travel agency designed to meet the needs of grandchildren and grandparents around the world.  With selected activities suitable for both generations, Grandtravel will facilitate an educational and bonding experience through foreign and domestic travel. -- Mary McVearry

The Cross Topp


The Cross Topp is a hunting/utility boat manufactured from the highest quality fiberglass that is designed to fit on the bed of your truck and function as a camper top.  It may be put on or removed in under five minutes, and only requires to two people to maneuver. The Cross Top comes equipped with two removable chairs and a mounting bracket for a small outboard motor (25 HP).  It is also available in a number of colors and camouflage patterns. -- Bryan Lyster

           


UCMerchant


UCMerchant (Sole Proprietorship) will provide a forum for the students of University of California, Merced to conveniently and affordably buy and sell used textbooks online.  As the aim of the company is to provide its customers with a way to “buy for less, sell for more,” UCMerchant will emerge as the premiere online provider of used textbooks for the UC Merced community.  UCMerchant will derive its revenue from used textbook e-commerce transactions by charging a commission for each individual transaction. The company will also consider selling advertising space on its website.  In the future, UCMerchant may expand its scope of sale to include other used books. -- Chiara Riggs

Kimberlite Services


Kimberlite Services is a Sole Proprietorship Performance Management Services with an emphasis on value creation and spirituality. -- Laura Minteer 

      

Dynamics


Dynamics—(Partnership) The Vacuum Drill 3000 is a unique powerful tool that is simple enough for everyone to use and has the versatility to conquer many house improvement projects. Our company, Dynamics, is launching our business with this product because of high return on investment and potential growth. Technology has taken us from hammers to power tools to cordless power tools and now we are ready for the Vacuum Drill 3000, which gets the job done right the first time.  The Vacuum Drill 3000 is a cordless power drill with versatility in power and the capability to clean shavings while the drill is actually in use.  Customers of Home Depot are ready for this product to increase the efficiency of their work and our company is prepared to meet the demand.  Dynamics will form an agreement to only sell and market our products with Home Depot in return for start up loans and a share in profits.  Home Depot has had enormous success selling other home improvement products and there is no question that the Vacuum Drill 3000 will exceed previous drills’ sales. -- Ashwin Ramprasad

Vitality!


Vitality! (LLC) is a restaurant that will specialize in healthy, yummy fast-food. Currently, there are no nation-wide fast food chains that specialize in healthy fast food. Vitality! will fill this need as well as exceed customer Expectations.  It will be known for its fun attitude and community involvement in addition to the delicious food that it serves! People should know that eating well tastes even better! -- Susan Howard

Tosa Tavern


Tosa Tavern (LLC) is a Midwestern-style restaurant chain serving authentic, high quality food at low prices.  In an effort to create a family environment, the level of service will be beyond that at normal restaurant chains and servers will quickly become part of the family. The tavern concept will seek real estate that other chains look past, including smaller lots/buildings that penetrate deep into residential areas.  These cheaper locations will result in cost savings that can be passed through directly to the patrons. -- Joe Doran

Perfect Fit Movie


Perfect Fit Movie Database Perfect Fit (sole proprietorship) is a free, online database for all Internet users interested in movies. The database holds thousands of movie titles cross-listed for mood key words, ratings and genres.  Users can search the archives by selecting the mood they are in and can get suggestions for appropriate movies. This database eliminates time wasted browsing the aisles of video rental stores and helps make the decision-making process easier. -- Devorah Saturen

Rock City Lofts


Rock City Lofts LLC will construct the premier loft apartments and retail space located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. These lofts will include 100 individual units including studio, one, two and three bedroom plans.  Rock City will also include 20,000 square feet of retail space which we will market to chic, modern restaurants and retailers that cater to a younger, urban crowd. This project is to be located 307 3rd Avenue South, where the Rock City Machine Company currently operates. Currently downtown Nashville is in an important revitalization period.  There is much development both in commercial and residential market planned for the long and short-term future. With the right kind of product and a favorable location Rock City Lofts will be a successful real estate investment. -- Chris Weekley

GigLink.com


GigLink.com will be formed as a service provider to artists and concert promoters. Its founder has experience in concert booking from a college promoter's perspective, club promoter's perspective, festival promoter's perspective, and booking agent's perspective.  He is founding GigLink.com because there is a potential opportunity in a much needed service. The service that would be provided is a digital neighborhood that would house press kits for bands. When a band was interested in playing a venue, they would send the promoter a unique username and password to the site. When the promoter entered in the information, they would have a certain time period from the time they first logged on to browse the band’s information and listen to their record in its entirety. After that time period was over, the username would become invalid and the promoter would no longer have access. -- Brenden Mulligan

Ricochet


Ricochet (Sole Proprietorship) will evoke innovation and change within the restaurant industry.  This particular restaurant will combine elements of physics and sound travel to make dining out more enjoyable.  Ricochet will provide a pleasurable dining environment that will allow people to actually have meaningful conversations if they so desire. Each table, no matter the size, will have a specially designed copper dome-like structure hanging from the ceiling over the table.  These practical, yet trendy, domes will enhance the ability of customers to hear one another despite the typical and expected noise of a crowded restaurant.  The idea is that, like in famous domes around the world, sound will reflect off the surface of the interior dome so that people across the table can easily hear. -- Lindsay Oliver

Child Trax


“Child Trax” (Sole Proprietorship) is a unique, highly accurate transponder-based tracking system that relies on existing technology. This product/service was designed to provide detailed information regarding the whereabouts of young children who have been reported missing in crowded, busy settings. “Child Trax” alleviates the anxiety felt by a parent/guardian whose child has wandered off alone and is lost in a swarm of strangers.  The “Child Trax” program will be implemented on a trial basis in limited number of shopping malls in the Southeastern U.S. If the program proves to be successful (attracts a broader customer base by providing reassurance and a sense of security) in these “test centers”, the “Child Trax” service will be extended to amusement/recreational parks and other populous venues nationwide and/or worldwide. The concept of “Child Trax” is simple. Upon entering a “Child Trax” zone (such as the shopping mall mentioned above), a guardian takes his/her child to an information or security desk and provides the attendant with the child’s name, his/her own name and basic contact information. The attendant enters this information into a database and issues the child a personal I.D. bracelet (transponder) that can be used to link him/her back to the information provided by the guardian. The child’s lightweight bracelet, similar in shape to a medical I.D. band, contains a transponder device that transmits a unique signal. Sensors that have been fitted throughout “Child Trax” zones receive the inimitable signal emitted by each child’s personal wristband. Information about the child’s location is continuously monitored by these sensors and relayed back to a central unit (computer) at the information/security desk of the complex. The child wears his/her personal I.D. bracelet for the duration of his/her stay in the “Child Trax” zone. If the child should get lost, his/her guardian can go back to the information/security desk and ask the attendant to locate the child by consulting the “Child Trax” database, which provides a comprehensive description of the child’s exact location (“Michael Jones is in the Pet Land store on the second floor.”) The world is changing at an alarming pace. More and more activities clutter the schedules and minds of its inhabitants. Life is more hectic and chaotic than ever. Unfortunately, the hustle and bustle of everyday life has increased the likelihood that parents/guardians will be distracted and lose track of a child in a crowded area. This is precisely the type of common scenario that the “Child Trax” service targets and eliminates. While in “Child Trax” zones, rents/guardians are given the opportunity to request a tracking bracelet for each child under their control. In the event of that a child is lost, the attendant at the information/security desk of a complex can instantly and effortlessly locate the child via the signal emitted by the transponder in his/her bracelet. Hence, parent and child are reunited and potential disaster is averted. “Child Trax” provides peace of mind to the parent, as they have an additional resource to rely on when the unthinkable occurs -- Jennifer A. Potel

Character Education Consulting


Character Education Consulting (Sole Proprietorship) The purpose of this educational consulting company would be to go to elementary, secondary, and high schools, creating and implementing character development programs in these schools.  The curriculum would be catered to the socioeconomic standing of each school, and the transformation method at each school would be twofold.  First, it would involve implementing separate courses, describing the six pillars of character, positive psychology, and/or ethics (curriculum would vary based on school needs and interests).  These courses would be delivered independently and would fit into a time slot during the day (one solution might be extending homeroom and turning it into its own course).  Second, this organization would provide a teacher-training program, in which teachers would be trained by professionals (members of the educational consulting staff) on how to implement this character curriculum as a cross-disciplinary level (i.e.: English professors learning how to discuss character in relation to classic books). -- Morgan McCarthy 

Textbooks on Tape


Textbooks on Tape (Sole Proprietorship) Textbooks on Tape is a company that will make learning easier and more efficient for college students. The company will be a sole proprietorship with myself as the CEO. Tapes and CDs will packaged with existing textbooks and will be sold together for a price about $5 more than they currently are. Textbooks sold on the web will also come with these tapes because I am dealing directly with the publishing companies, not just the bookstore. -- Jason Schmidt

Suds & Studs


Suds & Studs (LLC) is an innovative pro-fitness gym that centers around the concept of combining all of the most state-of-the-art physical fitness equipment and programs along with practical, service-oriented facilities. Suds & Studs includes access to its extensive laundry facilities with membership.  Perpetuating its own business, it’s the place where customers dirty their clothes and get them clean.  The member has the option between self-service or, for an additional fee, full-service laundry that is ready when the workout is over.  The average workout lasts an hour, which is about the same time that it takes to do one’s laundry. Initially Suds & Studs would offer extensive laundry facilities alongside a multitude of top-of-the-line fitness equipment and programs.  In the future, however, we hope to expand our center to include a vast array of practical-minded services including: banking, email, hair dressing, postal services, automatic car washes, tanning beds, and food services.  The goal is to actually help our members save time by creating a “one-stop-shop.” -- Nicholas Gaxiola

Sweet & Sassy


Sweet & Sassy (Sole Proprietorship) is a full-service birthday planning service for young girls between the ages of 4 and 12. It includes all aspects of the party-planning experience: invitations, decorations, food, goodie bags, activities for the party and set-up/clean-up. The parties fall into three distinct themes from which the young girl and her family can choose from: Glamour Girl Party, Princess Party and Tea Party. The young "birthday princess" gets to make all the decisions on theme and decorations, food choices and invitations and goodie bag contents.  She can select from the options that we show her and she gets to feel like the center of attention the whole way through. -- Andrea Czerepak

U.S. Campus Magazine (LLP)


U.S. Campus Magazine is a weekly publication that covers international, national, and regional news, arts, and culture from a college perspective. The articles will be written by contracted college Students from across the country. The publication will be edited and compiled by a staff of professional editors, etc. -- Lena Basha

Kool Kegs (General partnership)


Kool Kegs is a neoprene sleeve which fits around any size keg to keep it cool and protected from the sun. The inner "core" layer is made of a reusable freezer gel, which can be kept in any home/commercial refrigerator. We also offer the option of adding designs and logos to the outside of the sleeve. This product will primarily be marketed to beverage wholesalers who sell/rent kegs, event vendors, but the general public can also purchase our product through a website. -- Hunter Burke

Yellow Mountain Outfitters


Yellow Mountain Outfitters (Sole Proprietorship) is an outdoor equipment company that focuses on innovative and cost effective products.  As a small company, its products include a heated water bottle for cold weather camping, and a line of dehydrated food products that actually taste good. -- Andrew Gilmer

Hey Church (General partnership)


Hey Church is a technology consulting company for churches. It will seek to provide innovative technology solutions for churches at a low cost. The organization will offer the employees both a fun and structured environment. The fun will encourage innovation and the structure will encourage a high quality of work. -- Billy Harvey

Spacetainment (LLC)


We will have a space theme. Upon entering the center, visitors will be informed of their mission, which is to save the earth from alien invasion. After being informed, they will be escorted to a "secret location" where they will suite up for their trip to outer space.  When the agents are dressed, they will get into a space shuttle, blast off, and enter space.  Finally, they will exit the shuttle to destroy aliens in an anti-gravity simulated atmosphere. -- Tearra Vaughn

Programmable Alarm Clock. (S-corporation)


After an alarm sounds, there will be a time delay and then your programmed schedule will be recited to you for that particular day. A set daily schedule can be programmed and then if there are additional notes that need to be reminded, there will be a secondary option that enables someone to add a note at the end. Another unique feature of this machine is that there are different alarm options. There is a choice of 2 different buzzers, a radio, CD, or a personal voice could be recorded to wake up any person that wants a gentle wake up. The actual device that would make this all work would be a small microchip. -- Lorielle Alter   

Time Release Compound


This is a compound that is combined with medications to prolong the release of the medication into the body. This allows the user to lessen the frequency of consumption as well as frequency of refilling prescriptions. Further progress will be made with the formula for the Time Release Compound in the future to make the release time even greater, thus keeping the product highly competitive, if not taking a monopoly completely with the use of patents. -- Melissa Kopacz

Batchelor and Co. (C Corporation)      


The E-Wallet- Batchelor and Co. has developed a "wallet" that will revolutionize the way that we pay for goods and services. It is called the E-Wallet, and it can be used by just about anyone who can use electronics similar to calculators. The E-Wallet is a multifunction organizer and money manager. Consumers will be able to pay for goods and services at the touch of a button, making shopping and managing money easier and more relaxing.  Credit card and checking information will be stored in the E-Wallet, and when a product is purchased all it takes is one click of a button. No messy paperwork, keeping up with finances has never been easier. -- Brian Batchelor

Electronic Pets


Electronic Pets (S Corporation) are going to provide companionship for those individuals who are unable to have live pets of their own. They will be a low-maintenance alternative to real pets. They are the latest in robotic technology. Just turn them off when there is not time for them. -- Cory Gerken

Mobile Satellite TV (Sole Proprietorship)


The mission of Mobile Satellite TV is to bring satellite TV to all mobile technology with an emphasis on automobiles, boats, and trains. First Mobile Satellite TV will put satellite television in cars and boats then later branch out to other forms of transportation. It is like satellite radio in the fact that there will be a small antenna you attach to your car, allowing you to watch TV in your car all the time. Most of the technology is already in existence; all that is left is to apply it using the right formula.  The idea is to market mobile satellite TV to large Corporations and industries that have the necessary capital like Sony, Panasonic, Sirius, Ford, GM, BMW, Honda, and Alpine. -- Nicholas George



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