BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
TV and Movie Location Tour Business
Run guided tours of famous filming locations, like Breaking Bad tours in Albuquerque. Low overhead business requiring ma…
$50K-$150K/year
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BeginnerHybridUnder $500
Homemade Food Sales on Facebook Marketplace
Prepare and sell homemade food items such as empanadas, arepas, dumplings, fettuccine alfredo, or sourdough starter dire…
$500-3000/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
Grant Consulting for Small Businesses
Find small businesses that qualify for government grants (especially energy/utility related) by scraping commercial real…
$5000-10000/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
AI Automations as a Service for Fortune 500
Sell AI automation services to Fortune 500 companies at $7,000/month. Cold email prospects, meet in person with a 33% cl…
$21,000-$70,000/month
BeginnerHybridUnder $500
AI voice agent agency for barbers and salons
Build AI voice agents using GoHighLevel for barbers, salons, nail techs, and massage therapists that replace their voice…
$5000-15000/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
AI voice agent agency for local service businesses
Expand beyond barbers to sell AI voice agents to any local service business -- home inspectors, remodeling companies, dr…
$5000-25000/month
BeginnerOnlineUnder $500
Local newsletter business
Start a local newsletter for a specific city or town, covering local news, events, weather, concerts, and real estate ma…
$5000-20000/month
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Disc golf hole-in-one challenge business
Set up a disc golf basket at a challenging distance (75-95 feet) and charge participants $5 for one throw or $10 for thr…
$2000/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
Niche local SEO agency using AI for personalized cold outreach
Build a hyper-niche SEO agency targeting a specific profession in a specific city (e.g., dentists in Austin). Use ChatGP…
$5000-20000/month
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Storefront window cleaning route business
Build a recurring book of commercial storefront clients who need their windows cleaned weekly or monthly. Unlike residen…
$3000-$20000/month
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Junk removal service
Start a junk removal business by first finding paying customers through personal Facebook posts, then renting a U-Haul t…
$5000-$15000/month
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Piano Removal Service
Charge homeowners $250 to remove unwanted pianos from their homes. In Dallas alone, 55-65 free pianos are listed on Face…
$5000+/month
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Uber/Lyft In-Car Product Sales
Sell products to Uber or Lyft passengers during rides, with items that can be pitched and sold in 15 minutes or less. Dr…
$1000+/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
Car Dealership Competitor Intelligence Service
Use distill.io to track competitor car dealership inventory changes and send daily reports showing what cars competitors…
$10000+/month
IntermediateOnlineUnder $500
Local Email Newsletter to High-Ticket Service
Build a local email newsletter covering community news, events, and recommendations, then pivot it into a high-ticket mo…
$3000+/month
BeginnerHybridUnder $500
University Concierge Service for Parents (Dean List)
A subscription service ($500/year) for parents of college students offering local knowledge, insider tips, and concierge…
$3000+/month
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Piano Removal Service
Pick up free pianos listed on Facebook Marketplace and charge owners $200-$250 per piano for removal. Rent a U-Haul for …
$5000+/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
Lead Generation Service for Home Service Businesses
Offer lead generation as a service to home service businesses by building them custom quote calculator apps, driving tra…
$1000-5000/month per market
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Mini Dutch Pancakes Stand
Sell mini Dutch pancakes (poffertjes) from a street stand or front yard using a specialized appliance costing $78-$700. …
$3000+/month
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Car Washing at Tesla Superchargers
Set up a mobile car washing operation at Tesla Supercharger stations. Tesla owners sit idle for 30-45 minutes while char…
$250+ per day, $50k-$75k annually
BeginnerHybridUnder $500
Nightclub & Bar Marketing Agency (Full Lounge)
A niche marketing agency specializing exclusively in bars and nightclubs, focused on keeping venues full. The name 'Full…
$20,000/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
Digital Marketing Consulting for Local Service Businesses
Start a paid ads consulting agency specializing in Facebook and Google ad campaigns for local home service businesses li…
$100/hour consulting, $500-$2000 per project package, $1000/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
AI Implementation Consultant for Local Service Businesses
Position yourself as the AI guy who speaks contractor language. Help local home service businesses implement AI tools li…
$100/hour consulting, scalable to packages and retainers
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Local Declutter and Cleanup Service
Offer local decluttering, cleanup, and junk removal services in your area. Low barrier to entry requiring minimal equipm…
$50-$150 per job, multiple jobs per day possible
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Car washing at Tesla supercharger stations
Washing cars at Tesla Supercharger stations while owners wait 30-35 minutes to charge. Use a two-bucket no-rinse system …
$50K-$100K/year at 10+ cars per day
AdvancedHybridUnder $500
Dental Office Real Estate Locator
Help specialized medical practices like dental offices find and secure new commercial real estate locations. Because it …
$40,000 per deal
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
Food Delivery Gig
Utilize a personal vehicle to deliver food through platforms like DoorDash, which the speaker describes as an accessible…
$30/hour
BeginnerOfflineUnder $500
DoorDash Delivery
Delivering food on the DoorDash app using a car or a cheap moped. The speaker made $30 an hour simply listening to podca…
$30/hour
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
AI-Powered Conference Shoulder Robots
Produce small 3D-printed shoulder-mounted robots that act as an attention-grabbing live voice-agent demo at conferences.…
$200+ per robot plus service leads
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
Local Newsletter From a Service Business List
Help a local service business convert its existing customer email list into a city-focused newsletter and community rath…
$1,000+/month
BeginnerOnlineUnder $500
Hyperlocal Paid Social Marketing for Venues
Run Facebook and Instagram ads focused tightly within five to seven miles of a venue rather than targeting an entire met…
$10,000 bookings per $100 ad test
IntermediateOnlineUnder $500
Daily Building Permit Alert Subscription
Build a service that reads a city’s free daily building-permit data, tags each permit for fence, landscaping, pool, gutt…
$2,000+/month
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
White-Label Permit Lead App for a Single Contractor
Pre-sell a branded version of the permit-alert app to a major local contractor before building it, customized to its tra…
$1,500 setup plus $200/month per client
IntermediateHybridUnder $500
AI-Powered Quote Comparison Consultancy
Use an AI agent to find contractors, submit project details, collect quotes, follow up, and organize results for major h…
$6,000-$12,000 per large project
IntermediateOnlineUnder $500
Local-Service Lead Generation Websites
Use AI to identify cities where demand exceeds supply for overlooked local services, buy a low-cost domain, build an SEO…
$800-$1,200/month per local site