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What startup ideas might work if gas was $0.06 per gallon?
Just throwing this out for discussion. It's not an entirely theoretical question. Assuming you could operate within the Venezuelan regime, that is. You might be able to pull this off if you stay small enough not to be noticed and nationalized.
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2013-02-13/highest-cheapest-gas-prices-by-country.html#slide61
- benologist 14y agoIf you have to grossly limit your revenue to stay unnoticed by a hostile government then why bother?
- arbuge 14y agoKeeping your revenue below $250m or so might be enough. Happened to HSBC and Chevron as I recall. I hardly consider that as a gross limitation given what most people on this site will realistically achieve.
- sharemywin 14y agoWhat about the obvious one. Buy gas at 6 cents and sell it on the black market.
- arbuge 14y agoThis is actually done: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/07/venezuelans-cro.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/07/venezuelans-...
- tagabek 14y agoAnything that has any connection with transporting anything. That goes for all of the businesses that I can think of.
- KenL 14y agoI'd give it away as an incentive. Imagine you went a restaurant where as you ate, the valet not only parked your car, but filled it with ... for free. A 15 gallon fill-up would only cost 90¢, plus valet time. Bring on the carne mechada. That, or something to do with cheap explosions.
- joonix 14y agoBut if gas was widely available at 90c per tank, it wouldn't be a big deal. People don't flock to restaurants now because they give free tap water.
- KenL 14y agoTrue, but there'd be a window where it was nice perk. The first businesses to offer "free wifi!" or unlimited miles on a rental car had a first-mover advantage.
- KenL 14y agoTrue, but there'd be a window where it was nice perk. The first businesses to offer "free wifi!" or unlimited miles on a rental car had a first-mover advantage.
- shail 14y agoI would do my first startup in the airline industry :).