Some people make a lot of money from a very small amount of work. Maybe by taking advantage of a market trend or just getting lucky.
I'm sure plenty of people on here have done just that and I'd be really interested in hearing your stories.
Arbitraging Blockbuster Video. At one location they were selling DVDs due to bankruptcy. At another location they were buying DVDs for more money. No limit on size.<p>What does that say about Blockbuster management?
Easiest: Back when I was in school and not many had internet, and even fewer had a 2x CD Burner, I'd create playlist for people at school. They give me a paper with ~10songs, download them, burn them, sell the disk. -_-<p>Fastest: Invested ~10k in Apple stock during afterhours before they froze trading before announcing their earnings. 30minutes later, sold those with an 8% ROI. 800$ (-commission/tax) in 30minutes.
"easy" for one person might be another's nightmare. Remember Tyson's knockouts? A few million dollars for less than a minute in the ring!!! Sounds so easy and lucrative, doesn't it?
However, I'm all ears for biz models that are repeatable and "easy" in today's environment.
Built a billing system for an employer, they let me go on Friday, hired me as a consultant on Monday for a recurring $1000 a month to maintain said system. Program ran for 27 months. Spent more time on billing (5 mins each month) than I ever did on any maintenance.
In 1994-1995 I used to charge $180 to put a "contact us" form on a website. It was a simple HTML form and Perl script. I could bang one out in about 30 minutes and I couldn't keep up with the work. Those were the days!
When I was 14 I bought certain magazines down in Chinatown and sold them to a bunch of my friends at Catholic Schools. I made over $9000 in 3 months. BUT then a little thing called the internet came along...
Accidentally put an Amazon Associates affiliate link in a reddit comment. Thread made it to the front page, comment was near the top, I made about $100.