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A Man, a Van, a Business Plan

NPR’s Planet Money has a rather hilarious story about two men who decided to profit off of the inefficiencies of government bureaucracy:

It started simply enough. Adam found out he needed a visa to travel to China. He went online. Filled out a long, complicated form. And Adam showed up at the Chinese Consulate only to find out that he had filled out the wrong form.

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Everyone, it seemed, was facing the same problem he was. And this is when Adam Humphreys had his big idea. He called his buddy Steven Nelson. And they rented a van.

A large Penske cargo van.

And they parked it in front of the Chinese consulate. Right in front of the exit door, where frustrated visa applicants wandered out into the sunshine wondering what to do. These lost souls, like Adam a few days earlier, would now be greeted by a sign on the van: Lucky Dragon Mobile Visa Consultants.

I think the best part about that is the name.

Posted by: Phire on January 25, 2012 |
Tags: business, business idea, lulz, planet money, start-up
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