Legendary billionaire businessman Brad Hughes, known today as the founder and leader of one of the most large companies in the field of storage services, was born on September 28, 1933 in the USA. He lived with his family in Oklahoma. After graduation, Brad entered the University of Southern California. got here higher education in science and arts and a bachelor's degree.
After high school, Hughes got a job as a manager in one of the American real estate companies. However, this activity not only did not bring pleasure to a young and promising man, but also did not provide him with a decent income.
While looking for a way to make a living, Brad came up with a brilliant idea - installing lockers on the sides of the highway. Then the novice businessman could not even imagine how effective his idea would be. Storage services proved to be in demand in California. A few months later, Hughes registered his company - Public Storage.
Today, Public Storage is one of the largest storage services companies in the world. The capital of its founder Brad Hughes is estimated at about $5,000,000,000. In total, the Hughes organization has more than 2,000 affiliates worldwide.
For almost 11 years, Hughes was engaged in the activities of the head of his enterprise (1980 -1991). He later became chairman of the board. After another 11 years, he resigned CEO Public Storage, leaving in his department only the duties of the Chairman of the Board.
In addition to storage services, Brad Hughes' Public Storage company sells a wide range of other products. The main list of offers includes more than one thousand services and offers. Implements their Public Storage in 35 countries.
Hughes owns a controlling stake in PS Business Parks (45%), specializing in the lease and sale of commercial and industrial warehouse sites.
Unlike many other billionaires, Brad Hughes is not stingy. He often and densely performs charitable acts and funding of research companies specializing in the development of drugs for cancer, as well as oncology in children.
Some time ago, the Parker Hughes Cancer Center in Mennesota was established under the financial auspices of Brad Hughes Public Storage. The organization specializes in the development of drugs for cancer.
In his personal life, Hughes, as well as in business, everything is quite good. He was married. In marriage, he had three children.
The billionaire's hobby is horses. The love for these animals made Brad go into the horse business. Now the owner of the largest American company in the field of storage services is the owner of the luxury horse farm Spendthrift Farm. The total area of the enterprise is about 700 acres of land. Here Brad breeds thoroughbred racehorses. Hughes' animals often take part in international horse racing. The farm is located in Kentucky, which is not far from Lexington.
Every time we go to the beach, we take a lot of things with us: money, keys, cosmetics for sunburn, food, bedspreads, sunglasses, etc. Then, when we go swimming, we worry about them and it turns out that it is impossible to go into the water the whole company.
Luggage storage on the beach
Because someone stays to guard things, or we ask the neighbors to look after them, or we decide to take a chance and go swimming, but we don’t sail far and constantly look in their direction so as not to be left without pants or a phone. In general, the picture is ugly.
But after all, on the beaches we are offered a lot of services, from renting sunbeds to chilled drinks, there are a variety of resort business. Why not take advantage of such a simple business idea as installing a left-luggage office? To do this, you need to meet with the beach administration and offer your services. You promise that the installation and maintenance of storage cells will increase the safety of citizens, comfort, civility and, in the end, the image of the beach. Surely the administration will meet you, because reporting to the city authorities, it can attribute all these merits to itself. In addition, they will instantly figure out what you can be charged for renting a place and consent will be obtained.
Now you need to arrange entrepreneurial activity and get lockers. You can try to find one at a bus or railway station, where in recent years it has become fashionable to reduce the number of left-luggage offices. But, in any case, now you can buy anything on the Internet. You type in any of the search engines “buy storage cells” and you get a lot of options, and at quite reasonable prices. It remains to hire an operator and purchase a chair and an umbrella for him.
How profitable are these simple resort business ideas?
Let's say the beach is small and we installed a cabinet with 50 cells. How much money can be taken per cell? The question is very interesting, if on the Crimean beaches seeds cost 5-6 hryvnias per glass, boiled corn - up to 8 hryvnias. For example, we will take 20 rubles per hour, 80 per day.
Now let's calculate, let's say it rained every other day, and on average one cell collected 100 rubles per day. Total 50 cells * 100 rubles = 5000. We subtract tax, operator salary and rent. 
Let's calculate that it will take about a third - 1,666 rubles, and 3,333 rubles will remain. About 100,000 rubles are received per month, and 300,000 rubles per season (about 3 months). A cabinet for 24 cells costs an average of 12-13,000 rubles, that is, we will give 25,000 for two cabinets and all expenses (including registration with the tax office and an agreement with the administration) will pay off in a month or two.
But that's the worst case. If the weather is good, and you place your lockers not on one city beach, but on all of them, and also capture neighboring coastal towns, then the numbers will change by an order of magnitude. In addition, if there is a juicer for selling fresh juice near the operator or a tray with caps or sunglasses, then additional income can be obtained. You can also stick advertising on the cells - all the money. Such simple business ideas for a resort have long shown their effectiveness and even though they bring profit only three months a year, they pay off very quickly.
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vyacheslav at 13:25
There were a lot of ideas, but they didn’t think of such a simple one. We live by the sea, it seems there is a small business
but this one definitely won’t hurt, especially since you don’t need to hire anyone,
so that later someone would be suspected of dishonesty.
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Anna at 11:26
The idea, of course, is so good that I even caught fire with it myself. But, of course, there are pitfalls. First, as we wrote above, it is impossible to predict whether such cells will be in demand or whether the people will be greedy. Suppose that there will be paid beaches. But where is the guarantee that the hired worker will not put money in his pocket and say that there was no use of cameras? Or even worse, disappear with a couple of items deposited with him. It's just to work...
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tanushik_u at 05:45
Hm, good idea. I live near the sea, there are a lot of beaches, there are a lot of vacationers, but no one has yet organized the idea of luggage storage. Although I confess, it would be very useful. The whole problem is that, although we have a seaside city, the zone is not recognized as an official resort. Most of the beaches are wild. And those that are rented do not indulge us with such services. In general, you need to think.
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Katyusha at 13:48
When we were vacationing on the Southern Coast of Crimea, we used this left-luggage office, the prices are very reasonable, we left our mobile phones, room keys, wallet, and calmly went for a swim, not thinking how to fasten all our belongings to the swimsuit so as not to drown. Even then I calculated the profitability of this business, my husband laughed that you can really make good money in such a business. The only bad thing is the seasonality. But in resort areas, the season stretches all year. So it's worth taking a closer look - in the Crimea there are not many with these left-luggage offices.
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serenada at 12:06
I appreciate the business idea of a left-luggage office in a positive way. Demand usually creates supply. Considering that wealthy people mainly rest in the resort beaches, then there is no doubt about the success of this business.
Alexander at 17:56
http://locker.in.ua
A couple of nuances in the article were not taken into account only:
– Luggage storage should be on the beach area and “look” at the sea. So more trust
- Not any storage room is suitable. Or rather, any camera, but you need good locks, from which the key can only be removed in the “closed” position + bracelets on the keys so that you can wear it on your wrist. And about storage rooms - the best option is 2 cabinets with 24 cells per point. Occupy little space - give a good income.
Good luck to everyone in this business, it is really worth it to take on!
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In one company, a man offered me love and a star from the sky. I said "you're married". And it turned out that yes, he is married, but not just, but for two, and they all live together - he, two women and three children. And I, in fact, was offered the luxurious and tempting place of the third wife. I refused.
And a year later I found out that one of the wives went to work, after which they expelled the excellent candidate for sheikhs, awarded alimony at half the salary, and began to live with five of them.
He was very surprised then.
Not always a crazy profit from sales means a solid investment at the initial stage. Sometimes start-up capital replaces the idea, but so ingenious that someone richer is ready to give any money for permission to implement it.
In this article, we present inventions and business solutions that brought fabulous wealth to their authors. For modern man all these things seem completely ordinary, but at the time of creation and release to the market, they produced the effect of an exploding bomb.
Once, when Michel was still young, it was unbearably hot outside, and the chocolate that was stored in the pantry of his father Pietro's candy store melted. The father was very upset, and Michel offered to spread chocolate on bread. Later, Pietro slightly changed the composition and released Nutella, adored by the whole world. Chocolate was included in the daily menu in the form of spread for sandwiches and toast for breakfast.
Chewing marmalade
The case when the form matters. The brothers decided to produce sweet gummies in all sorts of shapes, vibrant colors and flavors. Now the annual turnover of their confectionery factory averages $2 billion.
Starbucks coffee shop
Howard decided that the corner of every house in America should have its own coffee shop. This is how the Starbucks coffee empire was created. Now Schultz is the "Coffee King", he owns a chain of 12,000 Starbucks coffee shops.
To squeeze into the energy market and take their place on it, the creators of Red Bull began by making a can for their drink, shaped like a battery. Then they raised the price, but at the same time they actively used the "freebie" so valued by young people. Crates of energy drink were handed out at college campus parties, giving rise to the famous Vodka Red Bull cocktail. Competitive advantage was captured instantly.
Collectible TY soft toys
Warner's business idea was to produce limited versions of teddy bears with touching names, which immediately after the sale of the collection became collector's items. As they say, whoever had time, he ate, and everyone wanted to have time.
Polo Ralpf Lauren T-shirts
Ralph Lauren suggested putting a bright horse patch on a regular polo shirt. Then someone valued this "masterpiece" at $50, and now the whole world is buying some weird T-shirts, and their owner continues to earn his fortune.
Amazon online store
Jeff decided to free book buyers from long trips to bookstores in search of the literature they need and sell books via the Internet. This is how the Amazon online store was born, where you can now buy almost everything, from canned food to washing machines.
Automatic lockers along the roads
His seemingly strange idea was to install automatic cameras storage along highways. There were so many applicants that now Hughes' Public Storage company is one of the most powerful in America in terms of storage services.
geox. Shoes that breathe
Mario decided to produce shoes with small holes in the sole for those who suffer from the smell of sweat on their feet. The holes do not let moisture in thanks to a special membrane, so the feet practically do not sweat in his shoes.
Jet vacuum cleaners
The creation of James was a vacuum cleaner that sucks up dust at an incredible speed - from 320 km / h to supersonic. The fast-moving air picks up small particles and carries them into the cones, where the dirty air accelerates to 1,400 km/h, spinning at over 300,000 revolutions per minute. The efficiency is such that the particles of cigarette smoke are separated from the air already in the narrow initial tip of the cone and then sent to the container.
HISTORY PRINTED IN THE RUSSIAN PROVINCE NEWSPAPER IN MARCH 1900
A certain Mr. Hughes, Esq., to whom God gave a baby, hired
nurse "for the feeding of this baby." Nurse, feeding
six month old baby, found it boring enough and quit
him, thus violating the contract. Mr. Hughes sued the nurse. Case
dragged on for 36 years, finally followed by a court decision: "To feed the baby
Mr. Hughes, Esq. "The baby was already 37 years old at that time ...
“First I put it on the beach in my city (Zaporozhye, editorial note). Things didn't go well there. The novelty of the service probably had an effect, and I didn’t have much time to build up - I decided to do it too late (in August - editorial note). The only thing that began to bring money from the very first minute of work is Additional services. In addition to storing things, I also integrated the sale of paid Wi-Fi and charging phones. I think you yourself know how quickly modern phones “sit down”, especially when they work on the Internet. As a result, one service was pulling another one, on this I left a little. Then he agreed with the leadership of Kazantip to install cabinets there. I will not voice out loud what cash desks were there ..)) "
“In Odessa, I agreed with two beach clubs to install automatic lockers. One of these clubs is Odessa Ithaca. Found money. Ordered equipment. Installed. Got the closet to work. In the first days I saw the cash register. I didn’t have to decide for a long time, I ordered a second complex. True, an investor has already been connected to the second complex. Of course, not everything went as smoothly as planned. But in general, I got good results for the season. The equipment was not fully recaptured. But on the other hand, she reserved places in two beach clubs for herself for the next year. Continues to do business next year. Now my cabinets are installed in two large shopping malls Kyiv. Let's see what happens…”
“I planned to recapture the equipment in 1.5 months, but the beginning of the summer turned out to be cold and the attendance of the beach in Kyiv was, to put it mildly, “not very good”. I had to tinker with the installation of the camera: agree on a place, installation, connection ... I liked the system itself, I came to collect money 2 days a week, and I saw all the statistics on home computer. The most fat began somewhere in mid-July and continued until the end of August. I went for money 4 times a week, due to the fact that the bill was for 600 bills. In the autumn I put a closet in the water park, there are already first good results. ”
Surely more than once you had to think about where to get a certain amount of money and how today's rich people earned their first million. Or maybe you read the book of the famous copywriter "Million Dollar Ideas from Bruce Barton" and were inspired by his success and advice? Naturally, everyone achieves their financial victories in different ways, but their source is always an idea.
Sometimes an idea is so simple that it is hard to believe in its success, however, such ideas surprisingly bear fruit and the money tree grows every day.
This topic will talk about fairly simple and creative ideas that have brought and can bring millions of dollars.
Enough people have the skills to teach others. The idea of hosting a paid online course can be financially lucrative and bring good earnings.
Creation of paid courses on website creation
In order for the plan to succeed, you should post your works on specialized sites and forums. Make it so that a potential student sees and believes in the course. Next, you can organize an online school.
But one should remember the main rule: the teacher must have perfect knowledge of the topic that he offers. The flow of customers and future reviews will depend on his professionalism.
Sample Certificate of Completion of a Paid Online Course
If we talk about popular online courses, then we can cite the IT industry as an example, for example, software development, applications for certain platforms, programming training or stock trading in the stock market. All these areas are quite popular today.
There are never too many pixels
It should be told about the British student Alex Tube, who decided to create a website from a million free pixels. 
He wanted to sell each pixel for one dollar, but because of the very small size, he decided to combine them into blocks of ten by ten, in connection with which the cost of one block was $100. The first block was sold to a friend.
This is how the main page of a site selling pixels looks like
After spending just over $70 to register a domain name, the smart guy was able to make $1 million from his idea in a little over a year.
Book publication
Until recently, in order to publish your book, you had to overcome many problems and financial investments. Fortunately, today publishing your creation is not so expensive. If the material of the literature is useful or interesting, then the book will quickly scatter among millions of readers. There are many services on the Internet where you can put your creation up for sale. Such a decision to earn money can be added to the list of ideas for 1 million dollars.
Business idea for creating an e-book
An example is an American girl named Amanda Hawking. She sells her books on Amazon with great success. This example is just one of a thousand. The business of e-books is quite voluminous, has a wide range of potential clients.
Even if we take the famous copywriter and writer Bruce Barton as an example, in addition to the fact that one of his unique lines could cost a huge amount of money, he also wrote books, one of them, Bruce Burton's Million Dollar Tips, was sold in huge circulation.
I would also like to advise that in case of failure or low sales, you should not give up, you need to work day after day and improve your writing skills.
Writer Amanda Hawking
Picky Domains website
To simplify this procedure, an agency was created that for $50 comes up with a beautiful and memorable domain, and for $75 it can also come up with a slogan. Such an idea seemed absurd and it is easier for a person to come up with everything himself and not pay money for it. However, buyers did not have to wait long, and soon the agency was bombarded with orders.
It is worth considering that today almost all valuable domains are occupied or are very expensive. As a result, many conclude that this business outlived itself.
But everyone needs beautiful and memorable names, as the Internet industry does not stand still. For those who decide to make money on domains, it is advised to take a closer look at the new domain zones, the second, third and fourth levels, where sonorous names cost a penny, but what will be their price in the near future? They can easily add to the cost by several hundred times.
Million playing cards
It would seem that such a thing in playing cards. And is it possible to earn a lot on them. Fitness trainer Phill Black has proven it's possible. 
He made a deck in which each card depicted one physical exercise and began to sell this product. Along with the cards, he sold a disc in which he clearly and clearly explained how one or another exercise could be performed. The price of such a product is 19 dollars, and the profit that Phill received was 4.7 million US dollars.
Service in the monastery does not interfere with business
This idea may seem very strange and unusual. There is such a company as Lizer Max, which refills cartridges for copiers.
Cartridge refill business
The question immediately arises, why is this idea so brilliant? The fact is that monks do the work. A picture immediately pops up in the imagination, as the monks, under their prayers, fill the cartridges. Surprisingly, since the start of the business, they have already managed to earn 2.5 million. This idea is really brilliant, since a person would rather work with cartridges refilled for prayers and pay money to the monastery.
Business idea to create a dating site for HIV-infected people
HIV-infected people on this site can feel like full-fledged people, and every day the site is replenished with new users. Noble idea, isn't it? You can also open a marriage agency for patients with this disease. Everyone wants to have a full-fledged family and relationships. Of course, this is not an easy task and requires diligence, attention and special control.
Sun glasses for pets
This idea is on the list of the 11 dumbest ideas that didn't work.
Nevertheless, the idea brought its inspirer more than one million dollars. The woman who created sunglasses for dogs is an ordinary American named Ronnie Dilula. 
She designed and created an organization under the Duggles brand, which produces glasses for pets in the shape of their heads. The company operates in sixteen countries around the world, has more than four thousand stores and in addition to all this, the company has entered into an agreement with the US army and supplies glasses to their special military dogs.
hoops
The invention of the hoop brought millions of dollars to its creators. It happened in 1958. In connection with the phenomenal success, 20,000 thousand copies were produced per day.
Business idea to create a hoop that is used all over the world
Unfortunately, it was not possible to patent the original hoop, and imitators appeared on the market. But, even despite this, such a simple invention brought a lot of money. Just think, people reinvented the wheel in the twentieth century and made millions from it.
Today, this idea also remains relevant, it only requires some zest from the side of design or functionality.
