What are some promising side/solo business ideas?

Question

Hi guys,i am currently trying to generate ideas for a side business. However, I am having a hard time doing so. Since they say 'ideas are cheap, execution is everything' I would like to try my luck here for myself and other people who feel the same way.Maybe you have some ideas/problems you don't want to tackle but want to see a solution for? Great! Maybe you'd like to share it with us :)Thanks :)

JackOfCrows · Accepted Answer

I am a single person in a city where I don't know anyone because I just moved here. I need something that will set me up with someone to run me home from the medical clinic as I need minor surgery and can't drive myself home. They will not release me to an Uber or Lyft or anything. So I need someone to drive me, sit there, then drive me home.
The services that do this for old people think I'm insane. None of the car services will do it.
Go.

jamil7 · Answer

While I agree ideas are cheap I think you're probably coming at this from the wrong angle. If you ask people what problems they have it's quite likely you won't actually find ideas people are willing to spend money on, or enough money to sustain a business. People will say they want all kinds of ideas and apps and services and then you give it to them and they realise they don't actually need/want it. Listen to people's problems but also always look for places people or businesses already spend money and work back from there.

stikfa · Answer

I attend university in a small US town about ~2-3 hours from city life.
There is no public transit around here, so one of your best bets to get to the city (and back to university) is to find students with a car that are driving in your direction. The going rate that a student will charge you to let you ride with them is about $30.
Students post offers for rides (and requests) in a convoluted way: through a Facebook ridesharing group. Facebook is a terrible platform for this. The posts are not displayed chronologically. And even if they were, they offer rides for different dates which are impossible to sort; you have to manually scroll through the page and hope for the best while you wade through endless expired or irrelevant posts.
Apparently there used to be an app that people used at one point, but the developers graduated from school and I guess it stopped being supported. Anyway, I'd definitely like a better way of finding rides.

BlameKaneda · Answer

I want to have fitted sheets that are easy to put on a mattress and will not snap back when I'm trying to put them on.Fitted sheets are constructed the same, more or less, so something that breaks the mold and does the above would be a game-changer.

visox · Answer

I build this, maybe it helps lol https://ideasfilter.com/

warrenm · Answer

>Hamster Burial Kits & 998 Other Business Ideas
>Ideas are a dime a dozen. The money is in the execution.
>Need proof? For Seth Godin's Alternative MBA program, this week the nine of us came up with 111 business ideas each. But ideas are only valuable when someone (like you) makes something happen.
>What follows are our 999 business ideas, free for the taking.
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amandaglobe · Answer

Hi if you wanna start your business or if you want any ideas for your business the Global Business Corporation is the best site for you. visit us to know more: https://www.globalbusinesscorporation.com/

ipaddr · Answer

What you want to work on, what people want you to work on and what might make you money live on different islands.
Pick one and go for it.
What would you pay for? What do you want?
What do people want? I would want an automatic family tree builder based on dna. I wouldn't pay for it.
What will actually make you money? Spamming memes on twitter selling your new coin