In 1993, eight-year-old Abbey Fleck and her dad, Jon, invented Makin Bacon, a microwaveable bacon cooking plate. The story of how them came up with this idea was very fun to read. When they ran out of paper towels to sop up the grease, Abbey suggested they hang the bacon strips up like laundry and let the grease collect below in a plate. It worked well. Jon took really serious of their innovation. After researching on microwave-safe plastic and materials collecting, he found a factory that would make the dish. The Makin Bacon business was officially started. It went on a hot sale. It’s very amazing that even though a tiny creation in daily life may become a business. And we should never easily let any creative idea go. Moreover, their story taught me that to successfully turn a small idea into a business, you need to have a good partner who specializes in different domains. Take the father and daughter example. Abbey came up with the idea with her imagination, and her dad did the whole planning of the business.Moreover, different people would bring the team different angles when addressing the same thing. This is very helpful for an entrepreneurial team to make rational decision when coming to important turning points.
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