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Or any number of other companies, like writing a book and selling it on Amazon. Or starting a lawnmowing service. Or a maid service. Or a realtor. Etc.

The garage door spring on my house broke one day. I googled for garage spring repair, called the local company that did it. Turned out it was just a guy with a bunch of springs in his trunk. He had it fixed quickly, charged me, and drove off. Evidently that was a nice business he had. A car, some springs, and an advertisement.




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