{"id":4734,"date":"2017-01-18T12:56:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T12:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2022-10-14T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T04:55:10","slug":"stupid-business-ideas-successful-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/stupid-business-ideas-successful-money\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Stupid business ideas that actually became successful (and made millions!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Only two things are infinite \u2014 the universe and human stupidity, and I&#8217;m not sure about the former.&#8221; &#8211; Albert Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had business ideas that were so bad, they were good? But you probably just laughed it off and thought, \u201cof course not, that\u2019s ridiculous!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, some people just went ahead and took the plunge with their crazy business ideas and today, their businesses are making millions and are super popular around the world! And you&#8217;ve probably bought one of these at some point.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re bringing you this list of weird business ideas to prove that ideas doesn&#8217;t always have to seem brilliant at the beginning. What matters is working on it to create an amazing product that solves a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of ridiculously stupid business ideas that became successful:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Cheating on your Spouse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23985\" style=\"width: 2880px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison.png\" alt=\"ridiculous business idea\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison.png 2880w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-1536x874.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-2048x1165.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-380x216.png 380w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-800x455.png 800w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ashley-madison-1160x660.png 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashleymadison.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleymadison.com\/cheating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashley Madison<\/a> yet, let us tell you how this business thrives on a moral flaw \u2013 infidelity.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Madison is a social media website\/app that caters to people that want to <strong><em>cheat on their partners<\/em><\/strong>. Only married people or those who want to date married people can sign up on the site and hook up, anonymously!<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, a happily married man (or is he?) is the founder of the site. The site\u2019s slogan? \u201cLife is short, have an affair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley Madison went on to become a million-dollar company. As of 2014, the website reported a revenue of $115 million.<\/strong> However, it lost its reputation for discretion in 2015 when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/I-created-an-Ashley-Madison-account-and-it-was-worse-than-I-imagined\/articleshow\/49160992.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cyberattack exposed data of 32 million users<\/a>. The website has regained its function and users can sign up to get help with their infidelities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. Goggles for your Dog<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23986\" style=\"width: 2880px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles.png\" alt=\"doggles\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles.png 2880w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-2048x1156.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-380x215.png 380w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-800x452.png 800w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/doggles-1160x655.png 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doggles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Bow-wow!<\/strong> Just like the <em>dogs<\/em> chilling in \u201cWho Let The Dogs Out\u201d, there\u2019s a business that manufactures specially designed goggles for dogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doggles<\/strong> was the brainchild of Roni Di Lullo, a programmer for HP. What started as a personal experiment to protect her dog\u2019s eyes, went on to become a large scale business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hadn&#8217;t really thought of it as, &#8216;This is just a product I&#8217;m going to sell a ton of. &#8216;&#8230; It really was for fun, but once I did it, I realized there really was a market for this,\u201d Di Lullo said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/consumer\/woman-built-business-selling-sunglasses-dogs-n524431?cid=sm_fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Slinky<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23987\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slinky.jpeg\" alt=\"slinky business idea crazy\" width=\"564\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slinky.jpeg 564w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slinky-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slinky-380x250.jpeg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The slinky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most popular toys of the previous century, the idea for the slink occurred to naval engineer Richard James when he accidentally knocked over a spring in 1943. Inventing a toy out of it seemed like a silly idea. But the slinky made over <strong>\u00a3180 million in profits<\/strong> and went on to become a very popular toy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Slanket<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23988\" style=\"width: 2880px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket.png\" alt=\"slanket\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket.png 2880w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-1536x874.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-2048x1165.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-380x216.png 380w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-800x455.png 800w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/slanket-1160x660.png 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slanket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A slanket is literally a blanket with holes in it!<\/p>\n<p>The creator of the product, Gary Clegg, decided to cut a hole into his blanket so that he wouldn&#8217;t have to remove his hand from the covers to change the channel with his remote. Garr then decided to mass produce this weird invention of his.\u00a0 It was made into a blanket with sleeves.<\/p>\n<p>Within a few months, he sold thousnds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theslanket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slankets<\/a> across the globe and made around \u00a3350 million in profit.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. Pillows in the Oven!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4864\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4864 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pillow-791696_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pillows in the Oven\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pillow-791696_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pillow-791696_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pillow-791696_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pillow-791696_1920-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pillow-791696_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corn Pillows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We know what happens when you put corn in the microwave. <strong>But what happens if you put corn in a cotton bag and put the bag in the microwave? You\u2019ll have a soft, soothing pillow!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim Lavine, founder of Wuvit\u00ae stumbled upon the idea of making microwaveable pillows while watching her husband feed deer. She thought the pillows would make for a nice gift for her children. <strong>Little did she know the idea would go on to make more than <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2005\/03\/prweb221400.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2 million dollars in less than 3 years<\/a><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>6. Smiley Face<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4865\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4865 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smilies-1731855_1920-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"Smiley Face\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smilies-1731855_1920-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smilies-1731855_1920-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smilies-1731855_1920-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smilies-1731855_1920-960x676.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/smilies-1731855_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smiley Face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did you know the smiley face, which is a billion-dollar business today, was the invention of Harvey Ball, a commercial graphic artist who <strong>just got paid $45 for patent rights<\/strong>? He designed it as a part of his company\u2019s friendship project and came up with the idea in less than 10 minutes!<\/p>\n<p>Two brothers Bernard and Murray Spain bought rights to the design and started using it on every product possible in their novelty store. They opened a dollar-store chain and made millions. <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/blogs\/daily-ticker\/8-ridiculous-ideas-made-people-ridiculously-rich-20110322-154408-053.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">They sold it off to Dollar Tree for $500 million in 2000<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>7. Pet Rock<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23989\" style=\"width: 1538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23989 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock.png\" alt=\"pet rock stupid business idea\" width=\"1538\" height=\"1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock.png 1538w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock-1024x668.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock-1536x1003.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock-380x248.png 380w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock-800x522.png 800w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pet-rock-1160x757.png 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1538px) 100vw, 1538px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pet Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pet rock took the world by a storm in the 90s when Gary Dahl came up with <strong>the genius idea of packaging a stone, setting it in a nest of wood shavings and placing it in a cardboard box with holes along with a training manual full of puns and jokes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea was to have a pet, without having to take care of it. What better than a stone? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/deal-pet-rocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dahl sold 1.5 million rocks for $27 million<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Talk about turning stones to gold!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you have some crazy business ideas? Need some motivation? Start something big today!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/small-business-ideas-entrepreneur-india\/?utm_source=imblog&amp;utm_medium=interlink&amp;utm_campaign=business_ides_entrepreneur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Small Business Ideas from Entrepreneur<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Crazy doesn&#8217;t mean no potential!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The reason why we compiled this list of ridiculously crazy business ideas is because we wanted you to know that having an idea that seems crazy initially does not mean it would fail.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just remember, if you ever come up with a business idea that felt stupid, others came up with even crazier ideas that actually worked. So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/99-inspirational-quotes-for-entrepreneurs-and-small-business-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encourage the entrepreneur in you<\/a> and get your ideas flowing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Looking for an online store to bring your business ideas into reality? Get started on Instamojo and create the business of your dreams.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"mb-button mb-style-flat mb-size-default mb-corners-default mb-text-style-default \" style=\"background-color: #2bc470;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/online-store\/?utm_source=imblog&amp;utm_medium=interlink&amp;utm_campaign=online_store\">Create your online store<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Only two things are infinite \u2014 the universe and human stupidity, and I&#8217;m not sure about the former.&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[398],"tags":[393,396,168,4177,397,394,395],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>7 Stupid business ideas that actually became successful (and made millions!)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you think your business idea is stupid? 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