Pitch your business ideas

Originally Posted by CalTex 

Someone gives you their idea and you become the next billionaire. lol

Originally Posted by mmmmpay 

This certainly doesn't require 100m, just some time. Regardless, this seems like a neat place for feedback.

Does editorial consulting for small business have any legs? Most successful people can write well enough to not embarrass themselves, but what writing I see could still use a lot of work and has awful style. So I would charge hours for revising any important non-legal documents--letters to investors, for example, or, as I've been doing a bit of, business proposals and introductory documents for start-ups.

The general response I get from most people is that they don't need it. I suppose this comes from a broad tolerance of mediocre writing among most small businesses. But I also believe that good writing can make a difference of some kind. Older men I know complain that their new hires cannot write a sentence, and that ineffective writing hurts the firm's image or wastes the time of people who have to revise that work. I've imagined that, should I be able to acquire some clients, I could also come in to teach a few short classes to a sector of the business that aim to break bad habits and offer quick tricks for improvement.

So, not a million dollar idea, but something I've considered putting a lot of time towards this summer. How obvious is it that I'm an English teacher who would like to earn more?