Si se os ha ocurrido la brillante idea de negocio de haceros ricos a base de adiestrar a cuervos para que encuentren monedas por la calle a cambio de que introduzcan las monedas en una máquina que le reporta cacahuetes, la habéis cagado porque se os han adelantado:

Cash In On Crows | Business Unusual



Crows may be our greatest untapped natural resource. And they’ll work for peanuts. .

One scientist’s controversial idea? Stop thinking of crows a nuisance and give them job training.

Josh Klein, an animal behavior researcher in New York believes crows are much smarter than we give them credit for and highly trainable. In fact, he claims they are one of the smartest animals in the kingdom – ranking above the beloved chimpanzee and dolphin. (I knew I loathed dolphin tattoos for a reason)

Make a Killing With a Murder of Crows
At any given time there is an estimated $250 million of lost, unclaimed loose change laying around city streets. Training crows to locate and pick up the shiny bits of metal could translate into millions.

To cash in on crows Klein created a vending machine concept he calls the Crow Box where crows deposit loose change in exchange for a peanut, dispensed from the machine.

The CrowBox vending concept works but Klein hasn’t published how much money he has pocketed from his feathered labour force.

Cold, hard cash for peanuts? Let’s hope crows are not smart to enough to form labour unions!

Man, PETA is going to be pissed!

Show Me The Money
Klein gives away the design for CrowBox so how does he make money (Aside from the pimping crows?) He likely makes money on the back-end: consulting, speaking engagements (below) etc…

When you have a cause ie. Re-educating the world that Crows are mans best friend, you really shouldn’t charge for the information if you want your message to spread. Instead, your cause, properly positioned and articulated, gives you exposure and business opportunities that weren’t available to you before.

Fun Idea: Maybe Klein can run a Crow Employment Agency – helping find highly skilled crows jobs?

I wonder if you can train crows to sort the change and package them into rolls?

¿Cuervos y monedas? Eso es de pobres. Yo lo hago hace tiempo con urracas y brillantes.

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