**Applying Franchise model ( MacDonalds) to Junk: ** In 1989, university student Brian Scudamore encountered a tight summer job market in Vancouver, BC. It was that summer, while waiting at a McDonald’s drive-thru, that Brian discovered his future career in junk. Brian spotted a beat up junk truck with Mark’s Hauling painted on the side, and was inspired to spend his last $700 on a used pickup and start his own junk removal service.

Here’s one of the fastest growing companies in USA CITI TRENDS Headquarters: Savannah Annual revenues: $290 million Average annual revenue growth since 2004: 36% What does it do ? Citi Trends buys surplus merchandise from hot hip-hop designers and sells it at rock-bottom prices to customers most stores ignore–cash-strapped inner-city teens. “The company has carved out a unique niche,” says Elizabeth Anderson, a retail industry analyst with Cower & Co. in New York City.

MobiTV® MobiTV, Inc. is the first mobile television and digital radio service provider for cellular, WiFi and broadband enabled devices worldwide. The MobiTV® service is available in the US through Sprint, Cingular, Alltel; in the United Kingdom through 3 and Orange UK; and to Canadian customers through Bell Canada, Rogers and TELUS Mobility; and other regional carriers around the world. The Emmy® Award winning service has more than one million paying subscribers and offers many popular TV channels from content providers such as MSNBC, ABC News Now, CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, ESPN 3GTV, NBC Mobile, CNBC, The Discovery Channel, TLC, The Weather Channel, along with cartoons, music videos, comedy and more.

It is heartening to see Google and Apple in the top 10 list of companies that MBA’s would work for, post graduation, in a survey conducted by Fortune.com McKinsey & Co. Google Citigroup Apple Computer Goldman Sachs General Electric Bain & Co. Johnson & Johnson The Boston Consulting Group Morgan Stanley

Here’s How Some people out there might think that these rules look good in the hind sigh.However there are many firms which are using these principles and doing extremely. May be the hard core pessimist might title the evidence of the recent startup successes as survivorship bias. But I guess its better to get GOING, rather than being a spectator. If you aim for stars, atleast you will hit moon.