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Show Your Changing World The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, May 18. 1986 F5 Going Into Business? Find a Need People Have That Is Unmet' Q. By Edwin Cornish Id like to set up a business them, walk their dogs and entertain their children The acute desire to save time helps explain the tremendous success of microwave ovens, dishes packaged dinners, throw-awaand speeded-uaudiotapes that let you hear twice as much in the same time. Anyone who can figure out other good ways to save people's time stands to maybe make a fortune. of my own. ytbat sort of businesses Hill do best in the future ? A One way to find good business opportunities is to identify the emerging needs of our y p g society. Today there are people making good money because they found a way to meet a need that most people had never even thought about. Here are some actual examples: Lots of people like to fish for trout, but can't easily get to a trout stream. So a man in Montana has gone into business building trout streams for people who want one in their backyard. Meeting people and making friends is difficult in today's big cities. So some enterprising New Yorkers give parties for profit. "Don't know anybody in town? No problem. Just come to our party. The only catch is you have to pay to get into the party. The breakup of the telephone company has led to multiple telephone companies, services and instruments and much confusion. Many people cant even decipher their phone bill any more, let alone figure out what kind of telephone services they should have. So now there are consulting firms ringing up big sales by helping people solve their phone problems. It may be too late to get in on the ground floor of those businesses, but there are other emerging needs that still arent being met very well. Here are some candidates for Biggest Emerging Needs of the 1980s and Be- Electronic Privacy. snooping has become almost commonplace. A private conversation by two people in a boat on a lake can be picked up by a listening device a mile away. A hidden tape recorder carried by someone you are talking to may be capturing every word you sav. A videotape camera may record your romantic activities at the office without your knowing it. Whenever you buy something with a credit card, make a deposit at your bank, stay at a hospital or ask for information at a trade show, your name and other information about you will wind up in a computer. Your competitor or your nosy neighbor could find out a lot about you. So protecting peoples privacy will likely become a big business in the future. Office buildings may have safe rooms where executives can feel confident no bugs" have been planted. The encryption of documents may become routine. Conversations may be filled with all kinds of code words designed to throw off possible eavesdroppers. What can you come up with to protect peoples privacy? Quiet. Noise pollution has become perhaps the most irritating gaum of pollution in cities and at beaches and other recreation areas. The sputtering lawn mower, honking car, blaring radio, whining chain saw, pneumatic drill and TV set create an endless cacophony that irritates and distracts. Can you think of ways to tone down the racket? Land. Population is rising al- - yond: Time. Nobody seems to have time for anything anymore. Go-gschedules lifestyles and souped-uleave us little time to write letters, play with our children, or chat with friends. Already, busy people are paying to have someone shop for o p most everywhere, but the amount of land available to us remains essentially the same. There is a growing need for better use of the land available. still is getting dirtier Where land is scarce, such as in downtown areas of major cities, the standard solution has been to build up. Skyscrapers are a highly visible measure of the value of land. Now there is another approach: Many cities have built substantial underground malls. In Montreal, for example, you can walk and shop for blocks beneath the streets of the city. - READER NOTE: if you have o Question about the future that you would like to see onswered In this column, send It to Edward Cornish, P.O. Box 30369, Bethes-da- , MD 208U. The Hunt's breakfast, traditionally served the a.m. Friday, June 6th night before. 11:00 p.m.-1:- 00 and Saturday, June 7th. The Roof Restaurant The Westin Hotel Utah Anniversary Weekend. Meanwhile in other areas people down forests to make way for farmland, roads and houses. But if forests become scarce as a result, that could lead to new problems. Do you have some ideas for balancing the need for land in big cities and sweeping countryside? are chopping June 6-- 9. Clean air. Despite major efforts and good proto reduce pollution the world's air gress in many areas Canyon View Park Subdivision Aw ' ,v . fy' park ib'n oo' Os- - I si - c t - r; O Qi- - s AREA . n i Os- V VC . 9 0 " h ui4 2800 EAST 4C' v? - 9 IK i M ' 1 ' OC i) KENNEDY DRIVE gs. oo-- yfr. - oqt oi (1000 South) Bid FP15 Bids will be received on the remaining five lots (lots 2, 3, 4, 7 & 10) until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 1986, in the- offices of the Purchasing and Property Management Division, 451 South 2nd East, Room 320, Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake Broker ERIC THORPE - Participation Encouraged 535-630- Corp. reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. City previous offers on lots be available for this bid. lf levels of 1983s second quarter, when 63 percent of new issues went up 10 percent or more in their first day, but it should give investors pause, the magazine said. - Once you have identified an emerging need that is unmet and found a good way to help people fill it, you could be on your way to success in a profitable business. Good luck tm Forbes Says Hot New Issues May Cool Off NEW YORK (UPI) Investor fever for new public issues is heating up again, but buyers should beware, warns the current issue of Forbes magazine. Nearly half of the 71 new issues in this year's first quarter rose 10 percent or more in price on their first trading day. That figure is below the frenetic It s a good bet that people are ready to spend lots more money to breathe clean air So the way is open for a lot of clean-ai- r entrepreneurs 5, 6. 8, 9 1, & 10 fail to close, these lots 8 G. L. FAILNER. 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