Yesterday, you opted to skip lunch and research some of the investment ideas you came up with during your first day at work.  You diligently printed out some news articles, researched the ticker symbols over at finance.yahoo.com, and printed the balance sheets, cash flow statements, and income statements.  You looked into the insider selling transactions and event checked out the stocks charts to get a good overview of where each company had been and where they are now.  Out of eight investment ideas you found only one that really peaked your interest but you haven’t given up yet.

As your second day begins, you start off by heading over to the copy machine to print a few copies of an agenda you have for your first meeting with your staff at your new building.  In addition to some hand outs you’ve also requested your IT group have a notebook and LCD Projector setup to go over an online presentation.

You head over to the copier and notice that the company has leased some new copiers.  The control panel is completely digital and has a cool touch screen.  You have various buttons that provide the following options:  Print Color, Print B&W, Scan, E-mail, More.

You’re impressed because your old copier had one button: Copy.  You notice the copier is made by KopyKing Inc.

Ding! Investment Idea 9 – Research Copier company.

You complete your copies and head over to the conference room.  You notice a keyboard and mouse sitting at the table but the laptop and projector you requested isn’t there so you call the IT tech.  The tech tells you to push a button on the table and as you do you notice an ultra thin LCD screen drop down. This thing is as thick as a cardboard box but the resolution is magnificent.   The tech tells you that you can access your files with the wireless mouse and keyboard.  In awe, you ask the tech who makes the screen and he tell you, “Blamsung.”

Ding! Investment Idea 10 – Research TV/Display company.

Your meeting takes a couple of hours and ends close to lunch time.  You missed lunch yesterday because you were busy researching investment ideas but you decide you want to check out that food court everyone in the office has been talking about.

You head out and enter the elevator.  You notice that a new LCD Display has been installed on the elevator and is now cycling through some ads.   It’s the same type of screen you just saw only smaller but it’s made by “Blamsung.”

As you reach the food court you look around and try to decide what you want to eat.  There are many choices: StarLux, Dickey M’s, Pizza Piza, Chik-fil-o, Quasnos, and many more.  You notice, however, that one shop has a queue 30 people deep and a crowd is gathered around looking at the menu.   You won’t be eating there today because the line is so long but you notice the name of the place and it’s called “3F – FatFreeFast” and the menu claims that their food won’t make you Fat, will be Free if it isn’t given to you within a Fast five minutes.  You recall seeing their logo before and you realize that you had driven by the freeway and noticed the big 3F signs at least twice since you’ve started working at the new building.

Ding!  Investment Idea #10 – You’ve been thinking about going into business for yourself and your three biggest pet peeves have been slow service, fatty foods and low value when you dine out.  This could be a franchise opportunity!

You notice that after people finish their lunch they head over to StarLux and order a MegaLatte to take back upstairs to their office.  You’re surprised by how many people are queuing up to buy coffee.

Ding! Investment Idea #11 – Research StarLux coffee.

You head back to the office and decide you need to talk with the IT Tech.  The only research idea you liked from yesterday was PicoNano computers.  You love how tiny they are and how low their energy consumption is and you want to know how to get one.  You talk with the Tech guy and he tells you he loves the PicoNano for the same reasons.  He’s been recommending PicoNano’s to all of his friends and family.  He then shows you the server room and there are four giant cabinets full of PicoNano computers.  He tells you that company has standardized their entire operations on PicoNanos.   He mentions that you can buy them online at their website and they cost around $199.   You make some mental notes to order one online tonight and take a second look at those news articles, balance sheet, cash flow and income statements.

You have now begun to incorporate your every day activities and observations into potential investment ideas.