I have a great idea for a business, or even a large scale corporation. I’m reluctant to share it, but I should have my bases covered by placing a copyright symbol right here: © by Keighl. A truly original idea is hard to come by these days; it seems to me that the wheel can’t be re-invented any more times. Therefore, it makes more sense to me to simply re-invent the way people look at the wheel. I’m done with metaphors now … I will explain the idea. 

There are tons of regulations for all kinds of products, right? Like, there’s a limit on how much lead you can use when building a toddler’s playpen. Similarly, there are also regulations that make sure people are aware of things about the product. For instance, a little tag on the playpen might read: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer. 

Now … someone has to decide what these little labels say. More importantly, someone has to decide that things actually need labels.

Here is where my venture-capitalist scheme kicks in. This company would, in practice, develop regulations that require certain labels to be on things. Manufacturers cannot be too careful. Coffee cups have a label that says, “Careful! Contents are extremely hot!” However, I feel that the consumer will be even further protected with an additional label that says, “This is a cup.”

So, the corporation is really just an advocate for the consumer. However, we need to turn a profit. What good is a safety label is no one is required to use it? 

Easy. We’ll just lobby the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) to adopt our new safety measures. In order to be compliant, manufacturers need the labels. But they need to be official labels only available through … our company!! Brilliant!! Maybe our labels can utilize an ultra-thin semilectron frequency bypass adhesive juts to drive up the price. 

Here a few primitive concepts that I imagine could be viable: