Startup Ideas Come From Everywhere: New 'Adult Playground' in Colorado Springs

Published by on August 5, 2008

When you were growing up, did you love to play with dumptrucks and backhoes? Well, an entrepreneur in Colorado Springs has created an adult playground that lets you live out your wildest childhood dreams. Startup ideas can come from anywhere, and owner Ed Mumm, discovered a great concept in simply clearing some land for a new development.

Ed Mumm was planning to build a house in Steamboat Springs and was doing some work on his own private property and was having so much fun that he thought other people would like to pay to have this type of fun, and that’s when he thought of the idea for Dig This. At Dig This, you can rent a giant bulldozer, escavators, and just about any other heavy machinery and toy around for a couple of hours for about $350.

Startups Ideas: Lemons out of Lemonade

Turning lemons into lemonade is the old adage when it comes to turning a bad situation into something worthwhile, and enjoyable, but it doesn’t just apply to bad situations. In this case, Ed was just planning to build a home for his family out in Steamboat Springs. He found an opportunity in his daily duties and decided to capitalize on it.

The majority of entrepreneurs start a company based on prior experience at an old company. Mark Zuckerberg was supposed to be building a social network for his school, Harvard, when he got the idea to create Facebook. Zuck’s not the only entrepreneur to come from working a previous job, but he’s just one example of an entrepreneur taking advantage of an opportunity to startup a company.

Are there any current initiatives you’re leading at your current job that would make a great independent business? Anything you’re doing for fun that would be a great business? Be careful, however, if you’re leaving a previous job and plan to take their intellectual property. Companies are investing in you, and if you go someplace else and take their technology, you better plan on working out some kind of arrangement with your previous employer of you’ll end up paying for it in the long run.

Good luck with your innovation, and let us know any other great inspirations for companies you’ve heard recently–

Here’s the full video on the coverage of Dig This: