{"id":11881,"date":"2025-11-11T19:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/a-good-business-vs-a-useful-idea\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:21:56","slug":"a-good-business-vs-a-useful-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/a-good-business-vs-a-useful-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"A good business vs. a useful idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ideas open doors, lead to connections and make things better.<\/p>\n<p>But not all good ideas are good businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Crop rotation is a good idea. So is sous vide cooking and the sport of juggling. But these aren\u2019t good businesses.<\/p>\n<p>A business thrives when it can charge a premium\u2013selling something for more than it costs. That means that there has to be a competitive advantage, an asset that produces value. Easy substitutions are a challenge for businesses, but useful ideas are often based on how easy they are to share.<\/p>\n<p>Create something of value. And then find a reason why people will eagerly choose your version and happily pay extra for it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>[Update: After 20+ years, the original RSS feed for this blog doesn\u2019t work any longer. The one to use is: <a href=\"https:\/\/seths.blog\/feed\/\">https:\/\/seths.blog\/feed\/<\/a>  I strongly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/seths.blog\/?s=rss\">RSS<\/a>, it\u2019s the best way to read blogs. Own your communications, don\u2019t let Google filter them.]<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">November 11, 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\/\/ Delaying FB pixel script to load after 4 seconds to not affect on initial page load.\n\t\tsetTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t!function ( f, b, e, v, n, t, s ) {\n\t\t\t\tif ( f.fbq ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tn = f.fbq = function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tn.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply( n, arguments ) : n.queue.push( arguments )\n\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t\tif ( !f._fbq ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tf._fbq = n;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tn.push = n;\n\t\t\t\tn.loaded = !0;\n\t\t\t\tn.version = '2.0';\n\t\t\t\tn.queue = [];\n\t\t\t\tt = b.createElement( e );\n\t\t\t\tt.async = !0;\n\t\t\t\tt.src = v;\n\t\t\t\ts = b.getElementsByTagName( e )[0];\n\t\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore( t, s )\n\t\t\t}( window, document, 'script',\n\t\t\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js' );\n\t\t\tfbq( 'init', '221651354884486' );\n\t\t\tfbq( 'track', 'PageView' );\n\t\t}, 4000 );\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas open doors, lead to connections and make things better. But not all good ideas are good businesses. Crop rotation is a good idea. 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