First snowfall

It felt cold to get out of bed this morning. As Lucas slid his feet into the slippers he wondered if the weather forecast had been right and it had snowed during the night. Peeping through the curtains he saw that it had. Coffee, I need hot coffee, Lucas said to himself and headed for the kitchen.

He had come across a promising contact while surfing on the social media. And now his business idea was starting to take shape. Lucas got dressed and went out to do the snow work. He was whistling.

Lucas felt that he could do anything, as making contacts was so easy through services like Facebook and Twitter. It was like first snow, lots of promises of fun, but still too fragile to stay...

Getting on with the idea

Lucas was making prototypes based on the idea he had developed earlier. He had decided to make few variations just to see how they worked and what would be the best material for the final version. He was also writing down all costs and the availability of materials for each prototype. Sustainable consumtion and material effenciency were important issues for Lucas, and he wanted to follow these when ever he could.

Good imagination is essential when inventing something new. Courage to try something nobody else has done before is another important factor. This doesn't mean foolhardiness, mind, the realism is good to keep in mind. Lucas knew that these were qualities he needed to keep developing at all times because if you don't believe in yourself why should the others do.

Any business ideas?

The first morning of the course for future entrepreneurs had come. Over 25 participants with different backgrounds all expressed their expectations towards the content. It became evident, that the financial depression was forcing all of the participants to rethink about their future and this course had high hopes for it.

The course was mainly based on self development and practical tasks. Once the basics had been taught it was time to find a business idea that could be developed further. Lucas wrote several ideas for himself.

---A copy of Lucas´notebook--

• production of ice cream or frozen yogurt several of my friends are producing milk and eggs that could be used for this.... No - to many are trying the same.
  
• use of recycled materials for something else well, what would be the thing here..
  
• delivering of fire woods would this be rewarding enough
  
• garden planner trendy idea, but could I really do it
  
• logistic dealer for local food a lot of investment and networking.. needed but difficult
  
• ...