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172 Business Ideas for Experienced Entrepreneurs in Online Only Areas

Real ideas discussed by serial entrepreneur Chris Koerner — each with startup costs, difficulty level, and revenue potential.

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Simple Mobile Game App

Build a simple, social mobile game app like Draw Something that leverages phone-native interactions. Focus on simplicity…

$10k-1M+/month
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Sports Media Platform for Young Fans

Build a sports media brand targeting the next generation of sports fans who consume content on social media rather than …

$5k-50k/month
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Touchless Rental SaaS for Vacation Destinations

Build a SaaS product that enables self-service/touchless rentals for vacation rental businesses (paddle boards, kayaks, …

$5k-20k/month
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White-Label Vibe Coding Service for Niches

White-label a vibe coding platform like Lovable or Replit and market it to a specific niche (e.g., video game design, fa…

$5k-30k/month
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Acquiring Small Software Products

Purchase existing small software businesses like WordPress plugins, small SaaS tools, or SEO tools for $5K-$50K. Improve…

$2K-$50K/month
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Vertical SaaS for Gyms

Build software specifically for gym owners to manage memberships, scheduling, billing, and operations. Example of vertic…

$10K-$200K/month
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Vertical SaaS for Construction Companies

Build software specifically for construction companies to manage projects, bids, scheduling, and compliance. A niche ver…

$10K-$200K/month
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Vertical SaaS for Realtors

Build software specifically for real estate agents to manage listings, client relationships, and transactions. Realtors …

$10K-$200K/month
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Orthogonal / Role-Based SaaS

Build SaaS targeting a specific job role across industries rather than a specific industry. For example, tools for CFOs,…

$10K-$200K/month
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IRL Mastermind Events for Newsletter Audience

Host in-person mastermind retreats and founder events for your newsletter subscribers. Tyler charges $10,000 per ticket …

100k-500k
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AI Ad Generation SaaS for Agencies

Build a wrapper tool (e.g., using Replit) around the OpenAI image generation API branded specifically for ad agencies. S…

$10k-100k/month
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Acquiring Bankrupt Companies for Email Lists

Buy companies out of bankruptcy specifically for their large, active email databases. Convert those email lists into dai…

$50k-500k/month
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AI-Powered Industry Sentiment Data Business

Use AI voice agents to call thousands of small business owners (lawyers, convenience stores, nail salons) to collect ind…

$10k-100k/month
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AI Ad Variant Generator SaaS for Agencies

Build a wrapper tool using the OpenAI image generation API (via Replit or similar) that allows ad agencies to generate m…

$10000-$100000/month
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AI Micro-Personalized Ad Creative Platform

Build a platform that enables hyper-personalized ad creative at scale using AI image generation. Instead of targeting br…

$20000-$200000/month
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Remote CPA Firm for Small Businesses

Build a remote CPA firm targeting small business entrepreneurs, offering tax preparation and accounting advisory service…

$5000-$30000/month
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Corporate Email List Monetization Agency

Approach businesses with large existing email databases (e-commerce stores, service companies) and convert their promoti…

$10,000-$60,000/month
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Acquiring Bankrupt Companies for Their Email Lists

Buy companies out of bankruptcy primarily for their active email databases, then monetize those lists by launching daily…

$50,000-$500,000/month
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White-Label AI Travel Service for Influencers

A B2B service targeting travel influencers who already sell $200-$300 custom travel plans to their followers. You build …

$20000-$50000/month
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AI Agent Industry Sentiment Data Business

Use AI voice agents to call thousands of businesses in a niche industry (lawyers, convenience stores, nail salons) and c…

$10000-$100000/month
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LinkedIn DM Filtering and Automation Tool

Build a SaaS tool or chatbot that integrates with LinkedIn to automatically filter, categorize, and prioritize incoming …

$5000-$50000/month
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Home Service Lead Generation with Programmatic SEO

Build websites using programmatic SEO to generate and sell leads to home service businesses across multiple markets. The…

$5000-$25000/month
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Virtual Try-On / AI Mood Boarding for Clothing Brands

Build an AI-powered virtual try-on or mood board tool for fashion and clothing brands using Gemini's image generation an…

$3000-$20000/month
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Programmatic SEO agency selling to mid-large companies

Build programmatic SEO websites branded for specific large service companies (plumbing, HVAC, etc.), then approach those…

$10000-100000/month
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Cost transparency platform for home building and renovations

Build a Glassdoor-style platform that brings transparency to costs in home building and home renovations. Homeowners oft…

$5000-50000/month
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Journal-to-LLM conversion service

Offer a service that scans and digitizes people's physical journals, transcribes the handwritten content, and turns it i…

$3000-$20000/month
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AI-powered lead generation agent using social media image recognition

Build an AI agent that scrapes social media platforms using image recognition to detect high-intent buying signals (e.g.…

$5000-$50000/month
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AI agent marketplace for niche use cases

Build and sell specialized AI agents for very specific use cases, similar to how the App Store created opportunity for n…

$3000-$30000/month
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AI-powered YouTube and Shopify success reverse-engineering tool

Build a SaaS tool or AI agent that monitors social media for people posting YouTube play buttons or Shopify milestone pl…

$5000-$30000/month
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AI business partner app

Create a mobile app that acts as a personal AI business advisor, trained on a creator's or expert's entire content libra…

$10000-$100000/month
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AI avatar ad creative agency for local businesses

Build a system to produce realistic AI-generated video ads at scale using ChatGPT for image generation, Photoshop for fr…

$5000-20000/month
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AI-powered Facebook ad video production at scale

Use a multi-tool AI stack (ChatGPT for images, Photoshop generative expand, face swapping, ElevenLabs voice cloning, Hey…

$10000-50000/month
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Wholesale phone parts e-commerce supplier

Source iPhone and smartphone replacement parts (screens, batteries, home buttons, earpieces) directly from manufacturers…

$50000-800000/month
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AR glasses content and app development for Google and Meta platforms

With Google expected to release AR glasses with displays, cameras, and microphones, and Meta also entering the space, th…

$5000-$50000/month
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Virtual being and AI avatar creation service

Scoble mentions that soon people will have virtual beings that look like humans, can walk around, and sit on a couch nex…

$5000-$30000/month
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Digital product funnel as a customer acquisition tool for service businesses

Use a low-cost digital product ($30-$79 guide or template) as a top-of-funnel lead magnet that you sell at break-even th…

$10000-$100000/month
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AI content cloning service for creators and communities

Build AI chatbots that clone creators by ingesting their last 50+ Instagram reels, podcast transcripts, emails, and comm…

$5000-$20000/month
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TAM validation service for business buyers and searchers

Offer a service to search fund operators and private equity buyers that tests market demand before they acquire a busine…

$10000-$50000/month
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AI-first version of legacy software (the 'X but AI-first' model)

Take an established software product with millions of users (like MyFitnessPal, QuickBooks, or Jira) and rebuild it as a…

$10000-100000+/month
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MCP server development for third-party SaaS tools

Build MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers for SaaS products that do not yet have one, enabling LLMs to easily connect t…

$5000-20000/month
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UX-focused redesign of ugly industry software

Identify widely-used but ugly and clunky industry software (like Jira) and build a beautiful, design-forward alternative…

$5000-50000/month
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Direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand via Shopify and Facebook Ads

Launch a product-based e-commerce brand on Shopify and drive all customer acquisition through Meta (Facebook/Instagram) …

$10000-$100000/month
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AI healthcare billing optimization SaaS

Build AI software (like Voltera) that helps skilled nursing facilities identify additional medical billing codes they ma…

$10000-$100000/month
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Crypto altcoin analysis algorithm and paid community

Develop an algorithm that measures social media hype (Twitter, Reddit mentions) against market cap for crypto altcoins t…

$5000-$50000/month
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Technical consulting and code audit service using O3

Use ChatGPT's O3 reasoning model to offer high-value technical services including code audits, technical documentation, …

$10000-50000/month
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Automated AI ad production pipeline

Build an advanced automated workflow using tools like Zapier, Make.com, or Gumloop that scrapes successful ads from the …

$10000-100000/month
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AI-powered app promotion with paid ads

Build or acquire a mobile app (even using no-code tools like Lovable), then scale user acquisition by running AI-generat…

$10000-500000/month
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HVAC/home services bidding marketplace platform

A two-sided marketplace where homeowners submit their HVAC or plumbing needs and receive real-time competitive bids from…

$10000+/month
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Medical Billing Code Discovery Service

Build an AI workflow that scans medical records and clinical documentation to identify missed or under-coded billing cod…

$5000-$20000/month
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Academic Research Paper Analysis Service

Use AI automation to process and analyze large volumes of academic research papers for researchers, pharma companies, or…

$3000-$10000/month
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AI Engineering Talent Identification Tool

Build an automated code review bot that analyzes pull requests and code contributions across a company's repositories to…

$3000-$10000/month
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AI-enabled small business bookkeeping software (QuickBooks competitor)

Build a lean, AI-enabled cloud bookkeeping software targeting businesses with 0-10 employees at $19/month, directly comp…

$50000+/month
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AI video creation SaaS for small businesses

Build a SaaS tool that automatically generates promotional videos for small businesses by pulling in their Google review…

$10000+/month
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White-label SaaS for medical clinics

White-label GoHighLevel and sell it as a patient engagement and marketing platform for medical clinics, modeled after 7F…

$50000-$500000/month
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White-label SaaS via franchise partnerships

Instead of acquiring customers one by one, partner with a franchise brand to become their official CRM and marketing pla…

$100000-$1000000/month
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Vacuum-packed couch-in-a-box shipping

Apply the Casper mattress model to couches: roll up a couch, wrap it in plastic, vacuum out all the air, and ship it in …

$50000+/month
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Luxury Handbag Reselling

Source luxury handbags through liquidation channels, Japanese auction houses, or distressed inventory (e.g., cruise line…

$5000-20000/month
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Bulk Phone and Electronics Flipping

Buy salvage or bulk lots of phones (especially iPhones) and electronics, then resell to refurbishers or international bu…

$50000+/month
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Carfax for homes (home history report service)

Build a data aggregation platform that compiles a comprehensive history report for any residential property -- insurance…

$10000-$100000/month
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Startup studio / bootstrapped product development shop

Build multiple software products in parallel using part-time designers, developers, and product managers. Launch MVPs qu…

$5000-$50000/month
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AI-Powered Culture Fit Job Board

Build a niche job board that matches job seekers with employers based on personality and culture fit rather than just sk…

$20000+/month
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GoHighLevel Implementation and Migration Consulting Agency

Start a third-party consulting company that specializes in migrating businesses from expensive platforms like HubSpot ($…

$10000+/month
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iPhone Parts Import and Distribution

Import iPhone repair parts from vetted Chinese suppliers via Alibaba and resell to local iPhone repair stores at a marku…

$15000+/month
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High-End Watch Reselling

Buy and resell high-end watches as a side hustle, leveraging knowledge of brands, models, and market values. Shannon men…

$20000+/month
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Clone an Existing SaaS from BizBuySell

Browse BizBuySell.com to find profitable businesses for sale, study their revenue models, margins, and customer acquisit…

$50000+/month
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Simplified E-Signature SaaS

Build a simpler, easier-to-use alternative to DocuSign targeting SMBs in a market where only 1% of documents are e-signe…

$100000+/month
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Form Factor Innovation DTC Brand

Take an existing popular supplement or health product and change its form factor to create a new brand. Grüns did this b…

$100000+/month
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Custom Gummy Supplement Subscription

Build a Shopify-based quiz that asks customers about their health goals, then ships them a personalized monthly gummy su…

$50000+/month
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Blood Test to Supplement Subscription Pipeline

Create a service that starts with blood testing (like Function Health or Merrick Health model), then uses results to rec…

$100000+/month
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Third-Party Supplement and Food Verification App

Build an app or service that independently tests and verifies supplements, food products, and CPG brands for label accur…

$50000+/month
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AI Healthcare Coding Tool (Volara)

Build an AI-powered tool that helps skilled nursing facilities find and capture as many billing codes as possible during…

$50000+/month
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AI Satellite Imagery Lead Generation SaaS

A SaaS product that uses AI object detection algorithms on Google Earth, Google Maps satellite views, and street views t…

$10000+/month
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AI-Powered Subscription Cancellation Service

Build an AI-powered service that calls companies like Comcast, AT&T, and credit card companies to negotiate lower bills …

$10000+/month
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New Platform Early Adopter Agency

Identify and become the first agency specializing in advertising on newly launched social platforms. Brandon's agency wa…

$20000+/month
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Creator-Led Product Brand (Industry Plant Model)

Find or develop micro-influencers in specific niches (cleaning, skincare, gardening etc.) and invest in growing their so…

$100000+/month
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Influencer Search Fund

Raise $1M+ and invest $50K each in 20 micro-influencers (sub-10K followers) who fit specific profiles and niches. Fund t…

$500000+/month
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Online Cruise Booking Platform

Build an Expedia-style website specifically for cruises to disrupt the travel agent middleman. Cruise Line International…

$50000+/month
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Cruise Shore Excursion Marketplace

Create an Expedia/marketplace for cruise shore excursions that connects cruisers directly with vetted local providers, b…

$20000+/month
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Prompt-to-SaaS App Builder Platform

Build a platform that takes AI prompts and turns them into full SaaS products or iPhone apps in just a few clicks. Users…

$50000+/month
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Online Trade School

An online trade school doing $3 million in topline revenue with 80-85% margins. Revenue is paid by the government and le…

$250000+/month
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Home Service Training Academy

Create an online course and coaching program teaching people how to start and run home service businesses (cleaning, win…

$50000+/month
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AI Phone Answering Service for Home Services

Build or deploy an AI-powered phone answering and booking system for home service businesses. Mike Andes (Augusta Lawn C…

$10000+/month
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Backend Ascension Consulting for Course Creators

Help high-ticket course sellers and coaching businesses build backend systems to extend customer lifetime value. Most in…

$15000+/month
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Home Services Software Tool

Build scheduling, booking, or management software specifically for home service businesses like cleaning companies. John…

$20000+/month
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AI-Powered Deal Flow Platform for PE Firms

Build an AI-enabled pipeline service that helps private equity shops and family offices find businesses to buy. Offer ti…

$20000+/month
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Crypto Wallet Ad Network

Build an ad tech platform that pixels crypto wallets and serves targeted ads based on blockchain transaction history. Un…

$100000+/month
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SaaS/Software Business

Build and sell a software-as-a-service product as part of a portfolio of businesses. Chris mentions owning a software bu…

$20000+/month
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Educational SaaS Rollup

Acquiring small SaaS companies on platforms like acquire.com that target college students, each doing less than $110K/ye…

$7500+/month
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Async Telemedicine Gambling Addiction Funnel

Run an asynchronous telemedicine funnel for gambling addiction treatment, similar to how Hims/Hers works for ED and hair…

$50000+/month
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Tech Stack Optimizer with Affiliate Links

A programmatic SEO website that scrapes company tech stacks from BuiltWith and creates pages showing what tools companie…

$50000+/month
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Mass Cold Email Agency for E-Commerce UGC/Affiliate Programs

A mass-scale cold email agency that helps e-commerce brands recruit micro-influencers for UGC (user generated content) a…

$20000+/month
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Expert Network Platform

Build a platform connecting industry experts (former executives, specialists) with hedge funds, private equity firms, an…

$100000+/month
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NeverCallAgain - AI Quote Aggregator Service

Build a service (like NeverCallAgain.com) where AI agents automatically contact multiple service providers (caterers, co…

$5000+/month
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AI Ad Creative Template Platform

Build a platform (like Creative OS) selling proven ad templates for Facebook ads. It's a commodity product (templates) w…

$20000+/month
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AI Sales Agent SaaS

Build an AI agent that automatically finds and qualifies leads for sales teams - essentially a wrapper/agent that goes o…

$50000+/month
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Website Change Monitoring Service

Use distill.io's website change detection technology to build niche monitoring services for specific industries. The cor…

$2000+/month
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Shopify Clippable Coupon App (SaaS)

Build a Shopify app that places clippable coupons directly on product pages, creating strategic friction that increases …

$5000+/month
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Crypto Review Platform Token (Yelp for Crypto)

Launch a community-driven token that powers a review and due diligence platform for crypto projects, functioning like a …

$20000+/month
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Viral Airdrop Referral Marketing Engine

Build a custom viral referral marketing system for token distribution where users earn free tokens by completing engagem…

$5000+/month
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AI Document Chat Tool for Law Firms

Build an LLM-powered tool that allows businesses to upload proprietary PDFs and documents into a secure database, then s…

$10000+/month
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Glassdoor for Employees (Reverse Review Platform)

A review platform where employers can leave reviews about former employees, similar to how Glassdoor lets employees revi…

$5000+/month
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Dual-Employment Detection Tool

A payroll-integrated tool or service that helps employers detect if their remote employees are secretly working two full…

$50000+/month
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Email Response Time SaaS (Better Inbox)

A SaaS app or Chrome extension that tracks how long it takes you or your employees to respond to emails, providing simpl…

$2000+/month
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Crypto/Tech CTO Advising

Leverage a large social media following to become a paid adviser for crypto or tech startups, receiving 1-3% token/equit…

$5000+/month
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Entrepreneurship Mentorship Cohorts (Co-Founders Program)

Run 30-day cohorts of 3 college students, meeting twice per week via Zoom, giving them business ideas and mentoring them…

$5000+/month
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SaaS Affiliate Marketing with Google Ads

Become an affiliate for existing SaaS products and drive traffic using Google Ads. One example mentioned spends $80,000/…

$10000+/month
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Dedicated AI Assistant SaaS

Host AI personal assistants on your own servers and sell access as a subscription SaaS product to professionals like rea…

$10000+/month
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AI Family History Chatbot Service

Digitize elderly people's handwritten journals and recorded stories using OCR tools (Google Cloud Vision, Amazon Textrac…

$3000+/month
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Shipping Rate Comparison SaaS

Speed to Ship - software that compares shipping rates across UPS, FedEx, DHL, and USPS considering both actual weight an…

$10000+/month
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International Sports Merchandise E-commerce

Creating a centralized online store for Mexican baseball league merchandise - like an MLB.com for Mexican baseball. Base…

$10000+/month
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Sprinter Van CRM and Dispatch Software

Build texting and dispatch software specifically for sprinter van and livery service operators. The industry lacks purpo…

$5000+/month
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Niche Industry Podcast Network (Agora for Podcasts)

Create an 'All-In Podcast' format for niche industries by finding the top 4-5 people in each industry and producing comp…

$10000+/month
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White-Labeled Local AI Newsletter Syndication Network

Create a parent company that produces weekly AI newsletter content targeted at local business owners, then syndicate/whi…

$10000-50000/month
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AI Executive Assistant Replacement Software

Build a niche AI wrapper/operator that replaces traditional executive assistants by handling emails, scheduling, documen…

$500K-$5M/year
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Acquiring an E-Commerce Store

Buy a fully functioning e-commerce website on platforms like Quiet Light, Flippa, Acquire.com, or BizBuySell.com with ~$…

$40K-$80K/year net profit at $250K purchase price
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AI Consumer Defense and Spam Protection Tools

Build products that protect consumers from the coming wave of AI-powered spam, robocalls, outbound sales agents, and AI-…

$100K-$10M+/year as AI spam becomes more prevalent and consumers
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Personal AI Assistant Creation Service

Offer a service that creates personalized AI digital assistants for individuals. Record a person's conversations and int…

$50K-$1M+/year depending on pricing model and customer acquisitio
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AI Voice Agent for Sales and Fundraising

Build or deploy AI voice agents that handle outbound sales calls, fundraising, networking, and business development conv…

$100K-$5M+/year as a SaaS or service offering
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White-Labeled AI App Builder for Non-Technical Users

White-label Replit or similar AI coding platforms to sell customizable software to non-technical users. Offer a base pro…

$5000-$20000/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $500

Custom Vibe-Coded CRM Replacement

Use AI coding tools like Replit to build custom CRM solutions for companies overpaying for Salesforce. One person built …

$10000-$50000/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $500

Content Creation YouTube and Podcast Business

Build a content business creating YouTube videos and podcasts teaching others about entrepreneurship and reselling. The …

$5000+/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

AI Sales Chatbot for Blue-Collar Businesses

Software product that builds and trains AI models for inbound sales qualification across multiple channels (website, SMS…

$10000-$100000/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Build-Your-Own Record Player Kit for Kids

Source cheap simple record players from China, disassemble them, and repackage as build-your-own kits for kids (the Easy…

500000-5000000/year
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LCD Screen Recycling and Resale

Buying broken iPhone LCD screens from repair shops, sending them to China for recycling/refurbishment, and selling refur…

Very high - $2M+ first year, doubling annually
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Crypto Token Community

Creating a cryptocurrency token with an associated paid community. Building a following around crypto education and laun…

Variable - token market cap in tens of millions but illiquid
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Credit Card-Sized Portable Razor

Developing a razor shaped like a credit card that fits in a wallet for on-the-go touch-ups when you miss a spot shaving.…

Moderate to high if successful - consumer product
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Fractional Bitcoin Miner Ownership Platform

Software platform that lets people buy fractional shares of Bitcoin miners (as low as 1%) instead of a full $5K miner. U…

High - recurring hosting fees on fractionalized hardware
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Medical Second Opinion Marketplace Platform

Expand the dental second opinion model into a multi-vertical marketplace platform connecting patients with licensed prof…

$500K-$5M/year
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

SEO Bot / AI SEO Agent

An autonomous AI agent that handles all SEO work on autopilot - writing articles, how-to guides, building mini tools for…

$1M+ ARR demonstrated; $110K/month reported
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AI Vibe Coding Tool (like Rapify)

Build a vibe coding tool that lets users create small web tools and apps through AI prompts. Can be used standalone or i…

Part of a $3M/year portfolio
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

AI-Powered Landing Page / Website Builder for Startups

A website builder optimized for landing pages with good SEO (like Unicorn Platform). Use it to quickly create waitlist p…

$10K-$100K+/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

Portfolio of Small SaaS Tools with Cross-Selling

Build 10-24 small SaaS tools that serve the same audience, cross-sell between them. Half of new users come from one tool…

$3M/year ARR demonstrated across 24 products
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

HR Compliance Call Monitoring SaaS

An AI-powered listening tool (Zoom app or plugin) that monitors video calls for inappropriate comments and flags them fo…

$500K-$5M/year at scale with enterprise contracts
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Insurance Industry AI Due Diligence Software

Build a SaaS tool using AI to help insurance companies and MGAs perform due diligence and underwriting analysis. The sof…

$10K-$100K+/month with SaaS recurring revenue
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

Expat Tax Consulting for Americans Abroad

Provide niche tax consulting for Americans relocating to Japan or Singapore. Find customers through Facebook expat group…

$5K-$20K/month depending on client base and AUM
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LED Phone Case with NFC, QR Code, and Built-in Charger

A phone case featuring an LED screen that displays custom images, GIFs, or NFTs, with an embedded NFC chip for contact s…

High if successful, but extremely competitive consumer electronic
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Sleep Consultant Certification Training Program

Create and sell an online certification course that trains others to become child sleep consultants. Offer open enrollme…

High; scalable digital product with 860+ enrollments at $2,000+ p
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AI Landscaping Design Visualization App

Build a consumer-facing app where homeowners upload a photo of their home, enter location, budget, and style preferences…

$5K-$30K/month
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Luxury Fashion Reselling from Japanese Auction Houses

Buy luxury products and fashion items from Japanese auction houses at below-market prices and resell them online or loca…

$5,000-$20,000/month
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Online Farmers Market Marketplace

Build an online marketplace (like Etsy for farmers markets) where farmers market vendors can list and sell their product…

$1M-$5M/year
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Royalty Investment Fund

Create a friends-and-family investment fund focused on acquiring music and book royalties. Pool capital from investors t…

Management fees (1-2% AUM) plus carried interest on 12%+ annual f
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Royalty Marketplace Platform

Build a more streamlined online marketplace for buying and selling music and book royalties, improving on existing platf…

Transaction fees on royalty trades, potentially millions at scale
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AI Sales Automation Tools for Small Businesses

Build AI-powered sales tools for small businesses - the #1 use case entrepreneurs apply AI to. Includes AI chatbots for …

$100K-$1M+/year as B2B SaaS
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

AI-Assisted Options Trading

Use AI models like ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini to analyze market conditions and recommend short-term options trades on liq…

Highly variable - demonstrated 17.69% daily return but extremely
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

Remote Employee Productivity Tracking via AI Pendant

Sell or distribute AI recording pendants to companies with remote employees. Use AI to analyze conversation data, track …

$5K-$20K/month from enterprise clients
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

SaaS Business

Mentioned as one of several startup ideas to test while still employed. Build a software-as-a-service product. Recommend…

$10K-$1M+/year
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B2B Data and Lead Generation Tool

Build or resell a B2B data platform that provides verified contact information for sales teams. Differentiate by offerin…

$50K-$1M+/month at scale (referenced $1M ARR milestone)
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AI-Powered Social Media Daily Digest Service

Build an automated service that scrapes tweets/posts from accounts a user follows, filters by engagement (e.g., 50K+ imp…

$10K-$500K/year via subscriptions
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

AI 80/10 Software Cloning (Discount SaaS)

Use AI to clone major enterprise software tools (like Salesforce) providing 80% of the functionality at 10% of the cost.…

$100K-$10M+/year
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

AI Setter / AI Outbound Calling Service

Build AI-powered phone agents that handle initial outbound calls and appointment setting for businesses like real estate…

$100k-$500k/year
AdvancedOnlineUnder $500

MVP Development Shop

Offer to build minimum viable product software for entrepreneurs in 30 days or less for $5,000-$10,000. Target non-techn…

$200k-$3M/year
AdvancedOnline$50K+

Investment Fund Management from Puerto Rico

Relocate investment fund management operations to Puerto Rico to benefit from zero tax on capital gains, dividends, and …

$200K-$5M+/year in management fees plus tax-free capital gains
AdvancedOnlineFree

Trade School Consulting

Help existing trade schools and businesses navigate government workforce grants, optimize pricing, implement CRMs, sales…

$200K-$500K+/year
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

AI-Powered Survey Platform (Qualtrics Disruptor)

Build an AI-powered survey platform that uses aggregated historical survey data to predict how specific demographics wou…

$50K-$500K/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Personal AI Agent Survey Answering Service

Build a platform where consumers opt-in to let their personal AI agent answer surveys on their behalf using their real d…

$10K-$100K/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Buying and growing small SaaS products

Acquiring underpriced small SaaS products on marketplaces like Acquire.com or Flippa for $10K-$30K, then increasing reve…

$50K-$500K/year depending on portfolio size and growth
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Field incident reporting SaaS for law enforcement and security

B2B software platform for casinos, police departments, and security firms to file and manage incident reports digitally.…

$100K-$500K/year with 70% margins
AdvancedOnlineUnder $500

SaaS Feature Gap Tool Builder

Scrape G2 reviews for major SaaS platforms like HubSpot to find negative sentiment about missing features. Build custom …

$5K-$30K/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

Copywriting Course / Community Business

Create and sell an online copywriting course with a community component where members submit their sales copy, emails, a…

$10000-$50000/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

AI Agent Wrapper / Infrastructure Platform

Build infrastructure or wrapper tools on top of existing AI agent platforms. Billions of dollars are pouring into compan…

Companies in this space raising 7-8 figures; billions flowing int
AdvancedHybridUnder $5K

Twice Used (Recycled iPhone Glass Products)

Upcycling broken iPhone screens and glass into clocks, coasters, and coffee tables. Launched as a Kickstarter project tu…

Failed to raise $8,000 on Kickstarter, but concept could work wit
AdvancedHybridUnder $500

AI Consulting / Fractional AI Officer

Serve as a part-time or fractional Chief AI Officer for mid-size corporations that need AI strategy but cannot justify a…

$200K-$500K+/year with multiple clients
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

AI-Powered Earnings Call Preparation Pipeline

Build an AI pipeline that helps publicly traded companies prepare for quarterly earnings calls by analyzing historical t…

$200K-$1M/year targeting Fortune 500 companies
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Enterprise Data Unlocking - AI UI on Proprietary Datasets

Build AI-powered interfaces on top of companies' proprietary datasets using RAG and LLMs, allowing employees to query an…

$300K-$1M+/year via SaaS or consulting
AdvancedOnline$50K+

Consumer Home Bomb Calorimeter

A simplified, consumer-friendly version of a bomb calorimeter that lets people measure the actual calories in their home…

$500K-$5M+ annually as the market grows
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

AI Content Detection Browser Plugin

A browser plugin that passively monitors everything you view online and flags content that is likely AI-generated, inclu…

$20-30/month per subscriber, scalable to millions of users
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

AI Content Detection Governing Body

Create an authority and certification body that grades and scores AI detection tools, similar to SSL certification or IS…

Licensing fees from hundreds of AI detection tools, potentially m
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

AI-Powered EOS Implementer

Replace the $5,000-$10,000/day human EOS implementers with an AI bot that joins Google Meet calls, knows all the EOS rul…

$250/month per company, large addressable market of EOS-using bus
AdvancedOnlineUnder $50K

Assumable Mortgage Marketplace

Online platform that identifies properties with assumable mortgages (FHA, VA, USDA loans carrying lower legacy interest …

$100K-$1M+/year based on referral volume and deal close rates
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

Pay-Per-Lead Business for Service Providers

Generate leads via Facebook ads or content and sell them to service providers (lawyers, contractors, etc.) on a pay-per-…

$10K-$50K+/month
AdvancedOnlineFree

Fractional CFO/CMO on Twitter

Offer fractional CFO or CMO services by cultivating a small, highly loyal audience on Twitter. Creators with just 2,000 …

$30,000 to $70,000/month
AdvancedOnlineUnder $5K

AI-First Design & Development Agency

An agency that leverages AI tools like Claude to rapidly build, host, and distribute full software products for non-tech…

$10,000 - $20,000/month per client