Are you an aspiring entrepreneur who is looking to startup but not sure what to do ?
Here is a list of ideas which I have bounced off with folks, over the last 3 years and have done varying degrees of research on these.
- Prizewatch
- Idea: A company which keeps track of all competitions happening at various places (both online and offline). At the end of the contest, it updates it with the list of winners so that folks know the company which is conducting the competition is legit.
- It can also provide a platform for all companies wishing to conduct competitions with an online platform on a SAAS basis
- Offline
- A day spa where you can go for a quick dry massage (say you are tired and stressed in office. You go down to offline and get a quick back rub in 15 mins and are back at your desk, refreshed to tackle the work)
- This can also be on a membership basis where members don’t have to pay every time they use the service but whenever they want to.
- Deeah
- A subscription service which delivers sanitary napkins to women on a regular basis along with assorted goodies which make it easier to deal with life during those difficult times.
- Women get a private product in the convenience of their homes, the brands they prefer and without the stress of ever ‘running out’
- GreenCover
- This is aimed at gifting ornamental potted plants instead of fresh flowers to someone – the logic being, flowers die in a day or two but a potted plant will remind folks of you every time they see the plant.
- Sampler
- Again, a subscription service which sends you samples of new products you maybe interested in trying according to various categories. E.g. If you like eating cereal / muesli for breakfast, Sampler could send you samples from different brands and after you have tried them, you could add some variety to your daily routine.
- Healthy Fillers
- A service which delivers small single serving packets of healthy snacks (think 100 – 150 calories per serving) which you can keep in your office desk or car or laptop bag. Whenever you are in between meals and hunger strikes, you pop a filler instead of reaching for a samosa or cookies.
These maybe small business ideas but I believe they have the potential to grow significantly.
Why am I not doing any of the above at the moment ?
Well, because I have come to the painful reality that ‘serial multitasking’ and starting and growing multiple companies simultaneously at the same time requires special skills (like probably those of Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square Fame), and which I don’t think I possess. Atleast not yet 🙂
Please feel free to share your thoughts, and if you have any ideas of your own, please share them in the comments I will update them here so that everyone may benefit.
And incase you are worried that someone might steal your idea, here is a thought – “An idea is nothing. Execution is everything”