In a world where entrepreneurs thrive on wild concepts and disruption is the name of the game, one visionary has taken a bold leap into uncharted territory. Meet Chad Innovatus, the self-proclaimed “Idea Whisperer,” who has launched a company that promises to do nothing short of revolutionizing the business landscape. His brilliant concept? Selling business ideas to people who run out of ways to think themselves.
Yes, you read that right. For a modest (or depending on your pockets, immodest) fee, Chad’s groundbreaking venture, ThinkSold, offers an array of pre-packaged business ideas ready for deployment into the wild world of commerce. Addressing the problem that once you’ve come up with a gym that doubles as a coffee shop or a ride-share app for dogs, where do you turn next?
Chad explains his epiphany: “I was sitting there, sipping a latte with my cat, Mr. Whiskers, obligatory on my lap, when it suddenly hit me. Why are people breaking a sweat trying to come up with lucrative ideas when I could just sell them mine? The world is full of people desperate for a great idea but tragically short on imagination.”
His company gives customers access to an Idea Buffet—a tantalizing smorgasbord of concepts promising prosperity and possibly an article in Forbes. From apps that automatically pair socks after laundry (working title: SoleMates) to a delivery service for artisanal-French-toast-themed greeting cards (called Toasty Greetings), ThinkSold guarantees an idea for everyone and everything, except the kitchen sink (which has its own meritorious disruption waiting to emerge).
ThinkSold even offers a premium service: Idea Customization. For an additional fee, Chad himself will hone an idea precisely to your demands. Say, for example, you want to combine llamas, yarn, and motorbike maintenance—rest assured, Chad will knit together the perfect scheme.
Critics, however, aren’t taking the venture as lightly. Some say encouraging such effortless acquisition of business plans fosters impatience and stifles genuinely creative entrepreneurship. Chad, however, dismisses this notion with a wave of his hand, stating, “In today’s fast-paced world, if you’re not outsourcing the think-tanking, you’re basically in the Stone Age, chiseling out ideas and waiting for a sabre-toothed tiger to pounce. And that’s so last millennium.”
Financial analysts are feverishly debating the potential market shares for such innovation. Will Chad’s company pave the way for a new era of brain economy or just serve as an expensive hobby for people with more money than vision? Whichever way it goes, you can bet that Chad will have a business idea for that, too.
As ThinkSold takes its formidable first step into what Chad fondly calls “The Decade of Imagination,” the world watches with bated breath—and perhaps somewhat lighter wallets—to see if the mad genius will sell the idea of buying ideas itself. After all, as some astutely ponder, could ThinkSold, by definition, sell itself? If it does, one wonders; does it then disappear into thin air or loop indefinitely in a paradoxical startup twilight zone? Only time, and possibly Chad, will tell.