Comments on: Oops! How Blunders, Bloopers, and “Accidental” Stupidity Could Make You Millions http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-right-actions/oops-how-blunders-bloopers-and-accidental-stupidity-could-make-you-millions/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Michalowicz http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-right-actions/oops-how-blunders-bloopers-and-accidental-stupidity-could-make-you-millions/#comment-339 Mike Michalowicz Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:29:32 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=67#comment-339 One of the biggest "advertisements" was an undesirable accident that happened on TV. Remember "Don't Taze Me Bro!". The heckler who got tazered. Well that one video, captured by an amateur camera resulted in millions of dollars of sales for Tazer. Sometimes accidental publicity, that truly is accidental, should be relabeled as luck! - Mike One of the biggest “advertisements” was an undesirable accident that happened on TV. Remember “Don’t Taze Me Bro!”. The heckler who got tazered. Well that one video, captured by an amateur camera resulted in millions of dollars of sales for Tazer. Sometimes accidental publicity, that truly is accidental, should be relabeled as luck!

- Mike

]]> By: Chase Barfield http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-right-actions/oops-how-blunders-bloopers-and-accidental-stupidity-could-make-you-millions/#comment-338 Chase Barfield Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:10:59 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=67#comment-338 Nice approach. Have the lemonade first and have everyone believe you only have lemons. Engineering the Oops. Love it! Nice approach. Have the lemonade first and have everyone believe you only have lemons. Engineering the Oops. Love it!

]]> By: Corrie Wilder http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/the-right-actions/oops-how-blunders-bloopers-and-accidental-stupidity-could-make-you-millions/#comment-337 Corrie Wilder Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:19:03 +0000 http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=67#comment-337 When I was accepted into art school, my stepsister wrote to me in a card "may all of your accidents be happy." Not until I started my first class in color theory did I really understand what that meant. It's difficult for many entrepreneurs to relinquish control for long enough to let that kind of "accidental" creativity flow, but letting go really makes for pleasant surprises more often than you'd think! As one who is working diligently to make money by PREVENTING accidents, an occasional, proverbial "slip and fall" could very well be just what the doctor ordered! When I was accepted into art school, my stepsister wrote to me in a card “may all of your accidents be happy.” Not until I started my first class in color theory did I really understand what that meant.

It’s difficult for many entrepreneurs to relinquish control for long enough to let that kind of “accidental” creativity flow, but letting go really makes for pleasant surprises more often than you’d think!

As one who is working diligently to make money by PREVENTING accidents, an occasional, proverbial “slip and fall” could very well be just what the doctor ordered!

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