Venture tourism
Prospectors for gold or other forms of instant big wealth are gone. But they were replaced by today’s venture capitalists.
They are not rampaging cowboys on big horses, with their brawns and courage out there to stake a mining claim or with guns blazing, riding to rob a bank in a remote town.
They now come with brief cases or sitting in flashy offices waiting for those who needs their services. Their stocks in trade are their brains and big money of their own or of others they represent.
Most of them in the US are in Utah. If you have a bright idea on how to make money, present it to them and if they see something in it worth taking a risk for, they just might raise the money as capital for the venture. Even better, they just might buy the idea outright.
Bright ideas or inventions are what these people are waiting for. A new machinery or a new production process that would save a lot of money would get them wide-eyed.
Where to find such inventors or geniuses?
For this I came up with the term, tourism as venture hunting. This came up while visiting UP Los Banos. Many brilliant minds blossomed there and their outputs might just be what you are looking for to implement or as seed idea for a business venture.
It might be worth combing through promising scientific papers submitted by graduate or even undergraduate students that have some potential of being used for profit.
Did somebody ever think of an efficient tractor never appreciated or thought of before? Can we dust it off and come up with a prototype or a modified one?
Did somebody ever come up with a natural technique to preserve food so these can last forever?
Did somebody ever come up with a method or product to make fertilizers become more bio-available to flowering plants in a faster and more efficient way?
The questions are innumerable which can lead you to shout “Eureka!”
All STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) based universities like UPLB, CLSU, BSU, ETC., are gold mines if you are on the hunt for “venturable” ideas and inventions.
An added bonus are the tourist spots you can appreciate in their campuses.**APP
