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1. Make a better graduate level optics text. We really need one. There just isn't anything that cuts it right now.
2. Equipment rental. I don't know whether you would just rent access to a great wood shop or rent the tools but there are a lot of tools that almost nobody would use every day but a lot of people would use on occasion. It would deffinitely help people who want to repair their cars or do fancy things for their homes.
3. Garage. People who want to repair their own cars are always wanting to find some place to repair them. And their neighbors often want them to find a different place. How about providing a great place to come and repair your car and combining it with an onsight auto parts store?
   
4. Computer purchasor. It might be nice to be able to say to someone "Here is 1000 dollars. Take 10% of it. Use the rest to get me the best computer you can." They would ask you what you do and what you care about and then make the purchase. And they would give you back the change.
5. Sack lunches. We save a lot of money because I generally eat food that Gina made rather than restaraunt food. And often I get better food. What if we scaled it up a bit and sold lunches right here on campus?
6. Shipping I don't know if this counts because it isn't a full fledged idea. But 3 things: off-shore manufacturing keeps going up, and purchases over the internet keeps going up. At the same time fuel prices have been rising. These are three megatrends that make the shipping industry dynamic, important, and possibly open to some real changes.
7. Aldi How about a franchise of one of the neatest grocery store out there?
8. Private Community Center From the southwest side of Albuquerque you have to travel like crazy to get to a place for a kid to play soccer, learn gymnastics, learn dance or karate, or anything like that. You have to travel like crazy to get to a gym. This would be a winner. May take more capital than I want to dig up though.