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PS to the last...

Anyone see a distinct business possibility in what I have described previously? If you do, let`s talk!

A searchable, specialized database is a hint. (The person that posted about the proposed "Nifty Fifties" book might want to take this on... the "method" only slightly post-dates A. Bell and his wonderful(?) invention.)

There is another grand "source" for biz-ideas that I haven`t mentioned that might even be more valuable than the one that I did...

Nick

The problem here would be a database that allows many keywords in one field. I remember Q&A for DOS had a single keyword field, where it allowed any words or phrases, separated by a semicolon. Then you could run a "keyword report," where it listed every record, sorted by each keyword in the overall database, with a break after each keyword (or phrase---whatever was between semicolons).

I`m not sure that any other Windows database (inexpensive) allows for this. But if you had to put in X number of fields to allow for key phrases, it would be a major problem.

A custom modified DB is just a part of the cost of doing business.

The ONLY hard part is putting in the records, but at $10/hr. or so, no big deal there either. Even a caveperson (gotta be politically correct, eh?) could do that easily enough....

I`m pretty sure that an online start-up could be done for under a few grand, depending upon the skills and talents of the partners.