Category: Entrepreneurship The Ass Wiping Business
I was having some delicious Ryowa ramen with a friend in Mountain View today when he asked me questions about an LED business his friend runs. I immediately quipped, it’s no ass wiping business. Oy vey, here goes Noah again. What does that mean?
People will ALWAYS need to wipe their asses regardless of the economy. My friend was a bit surprised but I said I only want to be in businesses now and for the near future that are always going to be needed. People won’t always redecorate, buy new cars and other things when times are tough. Things like toilet paper, making others money, food (always tough to do), some entertainment, public transportation and a few others will always be needed.
What kind of businesses do you think will always be needed?
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23 Responses to “The Ass Wiping Business”
February 19th, 2009
2:45 am
Contraceptives
February 19th, 2009
6:07 am
Girls. Music. Beer.
February 19th, 2009
9:00 am
Water, electricity, clothes, time hahaa
February 19th, 2009
10:08 am
Essential utilities
Medical
Cost-effective recreation/entertainment alternatives
Food-related
Government contracts
February 19th, 2009
10:36 am
Alcohol consumption actually goes up during a recession.
Clothing consumption goes down because people hold on to old clothes for longer. A lot of restaurants close in recession because people don’t go out to eat as much.
I bet gov contrax actually go down too. recession = less tax revenue.
Medical also goes down because fewer people can afford insurance and use alternative treatment methods. interesting and slightly horrifying article recently about that in the nytimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/nyregion/18insure.html
February 19th, 2009
10:40 am
Vices. Insurance. Education.
February 19th, 2009
11:34 am
Yeah, but all these things (the real world calls them “commodities”) don’t get to set their prices the same way a car maker can (in other words: profit).
February 19th, 2009
1:24 pm
paul,
good call.
titanium:)
so true, im part of the problem with drinking.
February 19th, 2009
1:30 pm
Seriously thats the second time I have heard that in two weeks
Slightly off topic but I believe Cinema/DVD rentals are in line for a huge upturn
Ages since I commented here
hope all is well Noah
February 19th, 2009
6:18 pm
The funeral business… bit hard to put of dying during a recession/depression.
February 19th, 2009
7:00 pm
let’s see I was drinking before the shit hit the fan and I’m still drinking while it’s hitting the fan and I suppose I might celebrate with a drink after it stops hitting the fan. That’s a lot of drinking and a lot of shit to clean up. I recommend a bidet over toilet paper!
February 20th, 2009
12:53 am
Dreams. People need them and they sell well.
February 20th, 2009
10:35 am
re: noah being part of problem
nah man, have an extra beer to do your part for the stimulus
February 25th, 2009
3:02 pm
Noah:
I couldn’t agree more. Check out what we’re up to at Alice.com. It is a great time to be selling t.p.
February 26th, 2009
2:07 am
Alcohol and girls! -))
March 1st, 2009
7:14 pm
I now cannot think of a single solitary thing that commentators have not already mentioned here! But this will set me thinking all day…
March 8th, 2009
2:59 am
It’s interesting that Alcohol consumption goes up during recessions. People are probably drowning their sorows.
Nice picture!
March 9th, 2009
8:13 am
I agree DVD rentals will go up, but the internet is a vast and relatively cheap resource for entertainment. And education! To retool and to bring the dreams duly noted above.
April 6th, 2009
9:17 am
Anything that saves time to let us enjoy our lives more. Be it sports league management, making a more effective toilet paper, or a more intuitive interface. I sort of disagree on your stance, as there is a lot of money to be made in being versatile and open to the economic swings. I prefer to be in the business of innovation.
Innovation is always necessary.
April 6th, 2009
11:47 am
a few other quick economy stats
dentistry is up – more cracked teeth due to nightly grinding
shark attacks down – fewer vacationers
vasectomies up – kids are pricey!
porn rentals down – although I bet porn watching is up
May 1st, 2009
8:37 am
How about dating business. During the economic turmoil some of the companies that saw increased revenue and profitability were the – dating business.
Human emotion – it will sell no matter what. Think of a situation/condition or whatever when a single don’t like to have a date.
May 29th, 2009
10:20 am
Haha this is the same TP pic I used for my Twitter page… ahh the Internet…
December 6th, 2009
10:54 am
i am happy as dentistry is always working even if peoble passing hard time, sure the earnings is deminished if the economics are slow but we still have a running bussness as dental pain is not related to economy
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