The ways of doing business are constantly changing. Fewer and fewer inventors are opting for licensing their product or starting their own companies based on their products. Instead many people are taking advantage of the current market realities and creating million dollar businesses with very little of their own money and spending much less time than it takes to start a traditional business. So how are these people doing it? What is their secret?

Inventor Peter Sharratt had been creating products for cars for five years with his two-person company, called Carmunicate, when he noticed that many new cars had a small input jack on their stereo that hadn?t been common in cars before. This jack was added because so many people wanted an easy way to plug their i-Pods or other mp3 players directly into their cars without dealing with complicated adaptors. Sharratt quickly realized that this jack could be used for other purposes and invented the i-Carmunicate, a product that allows for hands free cell phone use while driving.

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has decided that it wants to sell organic food. They made the "big" announcement last week. Having shopped Wal-Mart looking for a natural or organics food section, I find this declaration to be long overdue. Currently, most of the nation's major food producers are hard at work developing organic versions of their best-selling products. Look for new organic products from as Kellogg's Rice Krispies or Kraft macaroni and cheese later this year.

All things "organic" has become the new rage. There are some very successful retailers trading on this fact including Whole Foods and Wild Oats Markets. A new study conducted by Grapentine Company, Inc. revealed that a majority of consumers rank the concept of purchasing fresh food in natural-based packaging on par with two of grocery retails highest-selling product trends, fresh herbs and spices, and organic meats and produce.