STARTING POINT FOR FINDING IDEA'S

• Knowledge of an industry, looking for unsuspected  opportunities in a field you know.
• Knowledge of a sport, game or pastime, seeking ways to supply others with that interest profitably.
• Knowledge of an occupation or profession, supplying erstwhile colleagues with some service they need.
• Looking at things for sale on eBay, seeing what strange opportunities exist to sell almost anything.
• If you have contacts in retail or manufacturing, buying cheaply ends of ranges and seconds.
• Getting a job in an SME (small or medium-sized enterprise) and learning how they work.