My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Amish Farm Model - Create exclusivity and scarcity around alternative products
Why It Works
Exclusivity and slight illegality create strong word-of-mouth and community bonding around shared 'secret' knowledge
Prerequisites
How to Execute
Create genuine product differentiation
Build scarcity through limited capacity or regulatory positioning
Focus on quality and customer experience over scalability
Let customers discover and share organically
When It Fails
When product quality doesn't justify the hassle, when regulatory issues become too risky, when trying to scale too quickly
Real Example
“Amish farm sells raw milk and grass-fed meat through word-of-mouth network, parking truck at street corners for 30-minute windows, creating exclusive community of buyers”
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