hahaha... Then I guess you're in this for the $10M, aren't you?

I might have stolen this idea from a movie:

1. Make an energy drink called Average Kok.

2. Sell it to the masses. Use a very low entry price so everyone buys it. It doesn't matter if it's not profitable at this stage.

3. After everyone drinks Average Kok, rally a group of celebrities for a presentation where they all receive 1,000 Koks with their name on it. These are no Average Koks, these are unique :)

4. Tell them to give their 1,000 Koks to their rich, cool friends (post Instagram pictures with it, etc) so everyone wants one, but they cannot buy one at the store.

5. Sell some stores these unique Koks on one term: they can only sell these to people who bring in an empty bottle of the exact same Kok. E.g.: You can buy a Kok with Taylor Swift's name on it only if you bring in an empty bottle with Taylor Swift's name on it.

6. Now everyone wants these unique Koks. Make the price really high and profit!

Thanks Neville.

Going after big companies is certainly a more stable long term option. But to get things kicked off in a month, I still think a-list celebs would be the lower risk option. With a celebrity you have one, maybe two decision makers at most, and one of them is *personally* at risk. At a large company, it would be hard to get in touch with the decision maker in a month, let alone be vetted and signed off on by said decision maker (or likely, committee of decision makers). And if you did get ahold of them, they have teams of security experts and contractors who they could task for the same job. Certainly once you navigate that process it could be more lucrative, but then you're still left competing against every other IT security firm in the world.

Offer a trade but ask for a $1,000,000 kicker.

I should have seen this thread from the start, but I didn't.

In keeping with current events, I'd run for election and raise a ton of money by appealing to a core group of political nutjobs with money. I would tell them that so-and-so on the other side wants to take away their (fill in the blank) if they get elected, but I'll support their rights to have (fill in the blank.) Then after airing some commercials and spending part of the money (through an ad manager that just so happens to be a newly formed corporation that I am the CEO and sole employee of) I would suddenly drop out of the race citing personal reasons, and as the CEO I would pay myself a big $1,000,000+ bonus and declare the company bankrupt.

It may not be honest, but 1. it gets the job done, and 2. It's a time proven method.

In reality, I would hope I could come up with something a little more honest than that. I always felt that two items kept me out of politics - my inability to lie with a straight face, and this tiny little item called a conscience.

Dude.

If i compiled all the comments and made it a premium course from the very first post

it worths more than a millon dollars

Find a way people are making $10k a month and sell the method for a $100 commission to 1000 people.

(works 1x, but potentially could work longer if I could also sell the re-sale method along with it for future commissions)

(Okay, now I have to ask myself wtf am I not doing this?)

Brilliant!

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Thanks for your post,i'm very much interested in it so how will i go about it?i need the money to start up my poultry farm.

Well, first of all... What's a 'NevBox'? I mean, I would think the first half of this item is named after you (duh, right?), and everyone knows what a box looks like, but then again, boxes can also come in a variety of ways, such as your 3-, 6- and 8-sided polygons (aka: triangles, hexagons and octagons) but what is it, really? You'll have to tell me exactly what's in it? Perhaps, I may be ignorant due to the fact that this is my first time reading the most interesting bit of information you've provided (to me, at least). So, I'll plainly apologize to you now and to your readers, some of whom I'll agree when they say that I'm having a brain-fart or that I'm dit-dee-ree-duh! LOL

Well, if I had to come up with that kind of money within 30 days, I would do it illegally. I mean after all, this is one of my kids you're talking about and what parent wouldn't go above and beyond to get their kid back, right? Now as far as illegally, I certainly wouldn't tell anyone because I'd get caught doing it - duh! LOL

Thanks Neville for this amazing exercise..Loved it!!

i am thinking about the idea, will surely come up with good one and let you know..

Was wondering how many of you guys are really executing..

Tony.

I'm a lawyer and broker.

Track me down and let's go into business!

@techshizzle

I'd use my ESP to win at poker. I'm worried about karma; using my powers for personal gain, but in a "Taken" type situation it wouldn't be for personal gain it would be to save lives/a life. Yes, the "what goes around comes around" is completely true. I'm not sure why; fate or whatever, but whenever I use my powers when it's not necessary or just in good fun, things turn to shit. Bad stuff happens. People get hurt in some way; physically sometimes emotionally because of a domino effect I accidentally triggered; after so many times I just sorta quit using them altogether; not even sure if I could stir it back up if I wanted to. Meh, I'm sure I could it's not that complicated. It's just sort of an innate fear of using them now and so I tell myself I can't.

Hair loss

Yes, but wouldn't you be left with a debt of 1,000,000 dollars to the previous business owner?

Hey, I am a high school kid. I am wondering how would I make money without getting a job . I am obviously not allowed to buy real estate or stocks. Got any ideas? I know one of my classmates made a game that makes him 2000 every three weeks. (no ideas like babysitting or dog walking I want a business idea)

Hi Chuck, there are 4 simple ways to make money:

1. Buy and sell stuff for money.

2. Make and sell stuff for money.

3. Provide a service and sell it for money.

4. Learn a skill and tell people about it for money.

On top of that you have:

5. Invest money on the promise of a return. - You need money to get into this.

From what I understand, Nev started with number 1 (light up and glow), then moved into 3 (copywriting), and then 4 (consultancy).

I started with 2 (making silly little websites for a company) then gradually moved up to 4 (training and consultancy).

The key thing is just to start with something. You have to learn to hustle. Buy gum wholesale and sell it at a profit, mow lawns, go house to house, buy antiques at boot sales and sell them at a profit, buy electrical goods on Black friday and sell them at a profit. Buy umbrellas from the 1$ store and sell them when it's raining for $3.

All of these things will build your persistence, character and confidence in your entrepreneurial ability.

The thing is, ideas are cheap and plentiful, everyone has ideas, but not everyone has the bloody minded persistence to take them through despite hardship, stress and uncertainty.

Best of luck with it.

I think that I would team up with those friends who are good at creating Android Apps and programming, then I would look up and find out which Apps and games do people like the most, after that we would design a viral App that could stay at the peak of play store for at least 25 days...

this is the best idea I could think about

OR

learn how to hypnotize very rich people and persuade them to transfer 1,000,000 $ to your account ;-) :D

please TRUST me, the best thing you could do is to start learning programming for windows or Android, then try to design a VIRAL App like Angry birds, after that you could put an Ad on your App and gain millions!!

OR

try to become very good at some science or special skill.

OR

try to become famous and well known

That would indeed be a good thing to do. There is a massive shortage of competent programmers. If you get really good at programming you will likely always be rich and successful.

Don't underestimate the difficulty of creating a viral app though. Angry birds didn't just happen. For every successful app there are hundreds of credible flops that get a few downloads and then disappear forever. That doesn't mean it's not fun to try.

If you want to go the programming route, you could do worse than starting with web design. Plenty of people need a website, and will happily pay some kid $200 to build it for them. You'll learn about HTML, CSS, maybe Wordpress. It's a good foundation that can lead to bigger things.

If you're highly skilled and credible, and have a track record, you can easily sell a website for ten to twenty thousand dollars. If you're good enough you can probably build that site in under a month. That's a pretty decent wage.

It's a long term strategy though.

Best of luck with it.

You kidnapped my kid? I will go for crowdfunding.

I hang his cutest photo, probably in a family scene and a text like "Please help me save my kid!! I have 30 days to get 1million" I'm pretty sure people will help. Although it's not a business but you have your million $.

I know this post is old, but I would play the game bigger or better and try to trade 1 to 2 times a day until I got something worth $1,000,000. Then I would sell it.

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Just saw this. Here's the plan. People who make a living kidnapping are not too smart - retirement comes early. Explain to the thugs that anyone who deposits $1M in a day, or even over a month of days, draws the Fed's serious attention. You can even show them the law that shows banks have to report the deposit. You are going to deliver the funds and do them a favor. Purchase a high-yield, high-risk stock/bond with a $1M payout in, say, 30 years. Show them some market that has consistently made say 12% APR per year. These are difficult to find going forward but easy to find looking backward. Now you have reduced the cost to about $28k (assuming monthly compounding) or about $1k per day - chump change by comparison to the $1M - and the thugs run less risk of getting caught for the next 30 years. Everyone wins - and you can probably find the thugs if they register the stock/bond.