First 14 ideas

1. Cyberspace real estate for optics. Like Tew's milliondollarhomepage.com but specific to optics and perhaps more ordered for the user's convenience. (Thanks Tew and Denis V Seletskiy.)
2. Consulting. Right now I'm a world-class expert on the spatial modulation of ultrafast lasers. I could pass on that expertise to various companies. Then, as I learn, perhaps I can develop a company specializing in consulting. (Thanks Cathy Webster.)
3. Brokering student consulting. Here at UNM are all kinds of niche-expertises. Why not help graduate students leverage their knowledge for experience and financial support? (Thanks Denis V. Seletskiy)
4. Scientific data archiving. A lot of data is collected and then allowed to go dormant. If there were a system for archiving data that could be easily used and accessed, that would be huge. I think government grants would be very forthcoming in this area.
5. Online Tutoring. Take my current revenue source to a broader audience. (Thanks Bart Bradshaw.)
6. Textbook design . . . how about a practical course in technology for high schools? (Thanks Jake Kolander.)
7. Produce Class in hot topic. For example, arrange an awesome course in PHP for 200 bucks a head. Try to have 100 people take the class.
8. Promote music It would be a lot of fun buying a radio station to run not for proffit in and of itself but rather for proffit as a promoter of music.
9. Western Capital New Mexico What's wrong with 10 k per deal? Also, a local investment firm wants to add commercial real estate to their list of offerings. They have a huge lead base and could feed right in to WCNM (Thanks Dad)
10. Design and sell scientific T-shirts (“I put the stud in study”) (Thanks Guy Kawasaki.)
11. Create efficient market for used scientific equipment. (Thanks Denis V. Selestskiy)
12. Sell the sweetest pocket protectors! They could be used as advertising for companies like the geek squad, and a million engineering and computer science companies. They could go around at science conferences.
13. Sell my invention: the robust femtosecond optical vortex maker.
14. Medical Diagnostics. Try to make better versions of current optical sensors.