Breaking Free

Here is a question from a Breaking Free reader that I though others might find useful (my response below)…
Brian,
I would like some feedback on a business idea…
I’m thinking about a 3D scanning and 3D printing service with a website to solicit business.
A 3D scanner is around $3,000, and a 3D printer is about $15,000, so [...]

Here is a question from a Breaking Free reader….
Dear Brian,
Your book inspired me to start up my own business based on your Start Breaking Free model.
I was a lawyer working 80 hour weeks at an international firm, doomed to spending the best years of my life behind a desk. I was depressed and my confidence [...]

I met up with a few entrepreneurs from Dublin, Ireland this week in Buenos Aires.  They have a web business based around the voiceover industry.  If you don’t know, the voiceover industry is a bit like acting or modeling in that people typically have agents – except they get hired to record their voice for [...]

Students in this entrepreneurship class at Stanford were given $5 and two hours to see how much money they could earn.
Some of the ideas will surprise you.  Great example of thinking outside the box (especially the last one)!  The video can be viewed here or click the image below.

The 37Signals guys launched a new site this week called Haystack.com.  Here is their post explaining the launch.
It’s a simple idea: create a directory of website design companies so clients can quickly find a good one to work with.
The idea is not particularly brilliant and original, but they absolutely nailed the execution on this project.  Let’s [...]

I’ve noticed a trend of sites coming out recently that are built around the idea of taking short, funny, user generated content.  Often users can submit them as text messages or emails.  Sort of like Twitter but on a particular topic.
It might sound stupid, but some of these sites are getting over 1 million unique [...]

I’ve been in sort of a holding pattern the last few weeks since I’m between projects and the ones I have are all running on auto-pilot.  For the most part I am well rested with nothing especially urgent to do and this has given me some great time to think.
Some people call this taking time [...]