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3 Creative Business Ideas That Were Before Their TimeSome visionary ideas came before the world was ready for them.

ByMargaret Littman•

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For every idea that changed the world, countless others fell flat.

Of those duds, some weren't fully thought out; others were poorly executed or underfunded. And, yes, some were just bad ideas.

Some missteps, meanwhile, really were visionary -- but, just possibly, ahead of their time. Could they have been fixed?

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