If you could run any business, what would it be?

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...I mean, come on, what would it really be?

I think that, while most of us enjoy our work, we're still limited to what we can do. Without millions of $$$ to start up, it seems we're limited to what we know rather than what our heart tells us.

So, if you had unlimited money and resources, what would you be doing?

If there was one business you could run purely for the fun of it (forget market potential, current trends etc), what would it be?

I'll go first....

Following my passion of aviation, I'd be running a friendly regional airline.

Or, just for the sheer fun of it, I'd run a Beatles-themed pub.

You?
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    I'd run Disney, because Disney World is literally my favorite place ever.
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    • Profile picture of the author JimMichael
      I worked at Disney World for a year (Epcot) many moons ago.

      Met my better-half there, got engaged there a few years later, returned for honeymoon etc.

      I'd certainly never work there again (you think you work a lot of hours in Internet Marketing?!?!) but running it would be awesome!
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      • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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        Originally Posted by JimMichael View Post

        I worked at Disney World for a year (Epcot) many moons ago.

        Met my better-half there, got engaged there a few years later, returned for honeymoon etc.

        I'd certainly never work there again (you think you work a lot of hours in Internet Marketing?!?!) but running it would be awesome!
        I worked for a few months in Animal Kingdom myself. It was easily my favorite job ever. I don't mind the long hours at all, it wasn't really work to me.
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  • Profile picture of the author jenniferlne
    Well that's easy, I'd TOTALLY LOVE to run Apple. Hanging around with those creative minds all day, I'd be sooo fascinated... Okay enough, I sound like a giddy school girl...lol
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  • Profile picture of the author jbnet86
    I would feel good about running the PGA ...As long as there was time to actually play every day!! ;o)
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  • Profile picture of the author Slade
    Clothing business. I hope to achieve this goal someday. Most likely not any time soon but you know, someday maybe.
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    • Profile picture of the author nelram
      Probably a brothel.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jager
    A concoction of Apple and Virgin.

    To the former, it has culture and really top-grade everything. Early on it would've been awesome to be the late Steve Jobs.

    To the latter, I always loved the idea of a holding company, and Richard Branson's buccaneer spirit is an inspiration for me. He just goes out and has adventures and it makes him money.

    Both great men and a lot of learn from.
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  • Profile picture of the author jayman
    I would love to run a chain of international hotels. Finding new and best way to serve is my passion
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Chicas
    I would produce movies... got 100 million I can borrow? =D
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  • Profile picture of the author Norfolk
    I would either run a theatre or a movie studio. I am trying to break into acting and it's a loooong way. I'd be totally buzzed working in that industry every day, 100% without distracting myself with something else that pays the bills.
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  • Profile picture of the author Expert35
    A casino would be my choice... That seems pretty fun and glamorous.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by Expert35 View Post

      A casino would be my choice... That seems pretty fun and glamorous.
      I change my answer! I want to run a network of savvy criminals that pull off Ocean's 11 style heists. Expert35, we're coming for you. :p
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  • Profile picture of the author VancouverSEO
    If I could run any business it would be a business that automatically deposited 1 penny into my bank account everytime somebody did a search in any major Search Engine LOL... can you imagine?!!

    Nah, seriously... I actually really enjoy being a SEO Consultant because of all the interesting people that I meet and the various businesses and industries that I get to learn about.
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  • Profile picture of the author aeri
    I would love to run an animation movie production Something similar to Ghibli Studios or Pixar, but that will definitely be...in the very long-run. Otherwise, my other business I would love to run is a video game company and remaking some of my old favorite games (if the original company grants permission, of course!), one in particular that was popular in Japan but wasn't released in the U.S.
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  • Profile picture of the author medosabry
    I would run charity business, that's one of the reason why I want to make money more than my own needs
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim_Carter
    I would still be a one man operation. I would be the guy that arranges the bubbles on the bikini models.
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by JimMichael View Post

    So, if you had unlimited money and resources, what would you be doing?
    Same thing. Telling people what I think, wandering around being an attention whore, broadcasting my opinions all over the place.

    I'd just live in a nicer place and wear better clothes.

    Something in crushed blue velvet, probably, with lace and ruffles. Totally 17th century stuff. Or maybe something more in the 15th century vibe, along the lines of Captain Morgan's outfit on the rum bottles. But blue, instead of red. Maybe with burgundy highlights.

    And I'd drink a lot more absinthe, and a lot less boxed wine.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by CDarklock View Post

      Same thing. Telling people what I think, wandering around being an attention whore, broadcasting my opinions all over the place.

      I'd just live in a nicer place and wear better clothes.

      Something in crushed blue velvet, probably, with lace and ruffles. Totally 17th century stuff. Or maybe something more in the 15th century vibe, along the lines of Captain Morgan's outfit on the rum bottles. But blue, instead of red. Maybe with burgundy highlights.

      And I'd drink a lot more absinthe, and a lot less boxed wine.
      I pictured this when you said that:



      The resemblance is uncanny.
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      • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
        Originally Posted by Joe128139 View Post

        I pictured this when you said that
        I do like the "uncocked hat" look, but I was thinking more along these lines:

        Pictures & Photos of Malcolm McDowell - IMDb
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        "The Golden Town is the Golden Town no longer. They have sold their pillars for brass and their temples for money, they have made coins out of their golden doors. It is become a dark town full of trouble, there is no ease in its streets, beauty has left it and the old songs are gone." - Lord Dunsany, The Messengers
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  • Profile picture of the author ArwenTaylor
    I would own a coffee shop/bookstore. Cliche, I know, but I love coffee and books.
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  • Profile picture of the author feliciayapsl
    I would love to run a movie production house.
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    • I would run Playboy...
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
        Originally Posted by Jacob Tudor Baruch View Post

        I would run Playboy...
        I'd own PlayBoy whilst Jacob is running it.
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  • Profile picture of the author joshrod
    Well, currently I run my own business. It's JEMCreditCards.com and I love it! I do a lot with charities as well, I hope you will go to see my Choose Your School Program!
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    My own gym.
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  • Profile picture of the author James Schramko
    What is stopping you from creating your dream business other than
    your presupposed acceptance that you currently cannot?

    I would run my own business. And I do.
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  • Profile picture of the author webmazter
    lol I would still yet choose entrepreneur there's nothing better than being your own boss in your pajamas
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  • Profile picture of the author Henry White
    This is it! I can take this anywhere I want, go as far as I want, and NOT be forced give up any of the other options! That's sort of the whole point!
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  • Profile picture of the author Eddie Titan
    I wouldn't mind running Google.

    I'd love to take a look at that algorithm of theirs.
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    • Profile picture of the author steppinonup
      (1) I would find a way to privatize the public school system.
      (2) I would change the over-all design of their teaching and approach they have to the students.
      (3) I would tweak the courses for at least a 95% success pass grade of 85.
      (4) I would exercise a respect = respect system
      (5) I would find a way to enroll underprivileged students.
      (6) I would engage a top-notch counseling staff with superb response time.
      (7) I would have regular parent teacher meetings at least monthly for those in need.
      (8) I would have unlimited courses available to engage any post High School education in the world.
      (9) I would welcome the founder of this great country who has been much ignored and thrown out. That person being God.
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  • Profile picture of the author downunder57
    I would love to run a Comedy company.
    I always enjoy a good laugh.
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  • Profile picture of the author fin
    I'd run a blog.

    Guess that's why I'm here.
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    Id run google

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  • Profile picture of the author asrorul
    I do love to run a movie production.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    New answer. I would run the forum; and then you would all be my puppets. Dance, puppets, dance!

    ...Forget you read that.
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  • Profile picture of the author patgon5
    Fly my own airplane to golf tournaments.
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  • Profile picture of the author RachelLily
    Training unemployed and underemployed folks from disadvantaged circumstances to work in domestically IT shops. Make the case that by using my services instead of outsourcing to India and elsewhere, you not only get the same or better service, but you make your marketplace stronger. Making more potential consumers of your product or service.

    It seems we forgot what Henry Ford figured out. If you want to sell your product, you need a workforce that can afford to buy your product.
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    I would like to open my own gym
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Ooh, have never noticed this thread before someone bumped it today ...

    Originally Posted by JimMichael View Post

    If there was one business you could run purely for the fun of it (forget market potential, current trends etc), what would it be?
    A combined shoeshop, art gallery, bookshop and Mediterranean café, of course. Who wouldn't want to run that kind of business?
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Ferguson
      A business where I got paid to watch sport.
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    Charity in developing countries
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    I would run and own the Miami Heat.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucian Lada
    A men's clothing shop (on Savile Row ), a lounge where people would have to leave their shoes at the entry, with dim lights and preferably at the top of a building, a fine-dining type of restaurant and a wine shop, for me.
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