History records, many entrepreneurs are performed with simple ideas and humble, so that it can effectively transform their business into a giant.
Call it names like Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and Mark Zuckerberg is considered by most people as characters who managed to turn an idea into a source of money. However, to be able to be like them, people do not need to live in Silicon Vallet or Seattle to turn ideas into money worth billions of dollars. The following are some of the unexpected that can actually make money to millions of dollars as quoted by page CNBC.com .
Firehouse Sub (firefighters bernuasa food shops)
Chris and Robin Sorensen is a firefighter in Florida, USA. With experience as a struggling family in the world of fire fighting for 200 years, they bring up the idea to build a tavern.
Through a loan from brother-in-law Robin, they decided to open his first shop decorated with various knick-knacks around the fire brigade. In fact, they named a number of food-inspired fire extinguishers are like Hook & Ladder and Engine Company.
Currently, Firehouse Subs has become a franchise that was exploding. License Firehouse Subs is now used in over 514 locations throughout the United States. The company also plans to expand the business by targeting regions in the United States. In 2011, Firehouse Subs US grossed $ 284.9 million (Rp2,56 trillion) of their total sales.
Two Men and a Truck (Business transporting waste)
Mary Ellen Sheets never imagined that the habit can deliver a trash hauling company owner worth millions of dollars.
In 1980, Sheets son, Jon, and Brig Sorber, became involved in the work of hauling garbage around the region. However, when the two children are stepping college,
Mary Ellen decided to hire two employees and bought a truck for $ 350.
Initially, the activities carried Mary Ellen is just a mere hobby. However, as time went on, he decided to work on the business seriously. He began to franchise trash hauling business.
Currently, Two Men and a Truck operates in 224 locations and spread across 34 states. Brig Sorbes appointed as chief executive officer to replace her mother, Ellen Marr who sat as a member of the board of directors. Meanwhile, Jon Sorber act as an executive. In 2011, Two Men and a Truck has operated as many as 353 761 times with a total sales of $ 220 million (Rp1.98 trillion).
Life is Good (Business gift with cartoon characters Jake)
Bert and John Jacobs first introduced sweatshirts t-shirts in 1989 and sold it along the east coast of the United States and within the university in Boston. However, success is up to them.
Until five years later, both are thought to use a cartoon design, named Jake with the motto Life is Good. Society seems terpincut with a brief message such optimism. As a result, sales of jerseys T-shirts and hunted them more and more attractive retail company.
Currently, Jake is not only a cartoon faces attached to the stocking. Bert and John are now beginning to use their cartoon characters on towels and coffee mugs and even a dog leash restraint. In 2011, the business recorded Life is Good has brought money and $ 100 million (900 billion).