Great Ideas from Korea
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Business and art ideas inspired by my recent trip to Korea…
Services
- combined vet, pet barber, pet daycare, pet hotel, and (human) cafe/co-working space. Bring your pet in for services but also get work done.
- sneaker washing and drying machines in laundromats
- tufting store (make your own rug); call it “Hey Tuft Guy” or “Edward Tufty”
Cafes/Bars
(themes: combined retail with cafe; “destination” cafes with some hook (animals, poop, etc.))
(all of the below exist in Seoul, except for the chiguiro cafe)
- skate store + cafe
- fashion store + cafe
- poop cafe
- chiguiro cafe (AFAIK, doesn’t exist in Seoul, but they exist in Tokyo!)
- raccoon cafe
- instagramable cafe
- record (LP) bars
Food
(theme: fusion cuisine)
- Burrito Gimbop (put carne asada, al pastor, etc. inside gimbap and serve with chipotle remoulade)
- mung bean pancake food truck
- mango makgeolli
- makgeolli + pulque
- makgeolli making kit
- korean snack subscription box (sweet/savory options, vegetarian options)
- korean bagels
- squid ink and cheese
- bonito flake cream chesse
- kabocha cream cheese stuffed bagel
- sandwiches
- mango smoothie shops
- ordering kosks re: labor shortage
- corn ice cream
art/fashion
- k-pop star mosaics (on skateboards)
- ceramic bolo ties
- traditional pottery with anime figures scratched on surface
- laquer (mother of pearl inlay) skateboards
- Korean cosmetic/beauty product subscription
miscellaneous
- chinese/korean character LED backlit pushbuttons on synthesizers
- incense vending machine (with altar where you can light incense to Buddha, etc.)
- K-pop videos, but with chiguiros
- airsoft target range in an empty retail storefront somewhere with high tourist foot-traffic. No human silloutes, only targets
- book on the lives of the Korean martyrs, and what western Christians can learn from their examples (specifically: a lay-lead program of evangelization and catechesis, dedication, …)