This list compiled from several sources, is a
brainstorming tool to help the employed, unemployed and active retirees
identify an entrepreneurial path. Good luck in finding your perfect fit !!!
African print fashion line
Bead making
Exporting of herbal leaves
Exporting of
Ghanaian made products
Mobile Salon services
Fruit and food processing
Window
washing
Growing of fruits and other food crops
Sell food on local market
Petty trade
Shoe repair services- call in customers
Providing entertainment services at
local events, corporate parties etc
Gift wrapping and hamper making on
behalf of companies
Animal rearing including pig farming
Construction machinery leasing services
Rental
agency
Film and documentary production
Water supply and management
Waste management
Renewable energy
Writing business plans
Downloading and selling books
Tutoring
Translation
and Traduction
Minibus
and Motobike taxi
Prepackaged school supplies based on
the lists from the ministry of education
Brainstorm
Consulting – Teach companies how to brainstorm
Create a website for non-profits and a
list of their projects/needs and a similar list for foundations. Its a central
meeting place for people to look for funding from the right people.
Signs in restaurants on menus that list
all the ingredients.
A company that installs a monitor at a
building entry and hosts virtual door attendants.
Meal delivery in hospitals
Santa Delivery Service – A dressed
Santa will come to your home during the holidays and deliver your gifts as Santa
Presentation Consulting – Teach
companies how to improve their presentations
A service that discounts newspapers
after 8pm the day of print
Contest company for small local
businesses
Grocery delivery service for college
campuses: Fresh direct for dorm rooms.
Independent calorie testing company – A
company that actually does testing on food for consumers to determine calorie
content
Interior
Design on a Budget – for people who still want their homes to look good but
can’t afford
Landscaping business specializing
Technology licensing agency.
Local business-sponsored community bike program
Surgery-specific recovery packs in hospital (if Sucrets
and a can of cranberry juice is better than water & crackers, that pack
exists)
Personal lessons for using your cell phone features
Venture capital consulting for startups.
Photography studio
A service that gives well-known business people a public
email address, so that if an email get sent there you can read the email and
then read the response. The idea being that it will give you insight into the
mind of the person and what made them successful, and it will also teach you
how to write good emails and learn email etiquette.
A technology/service that Preachers/Rabbi’s/Clergy can
use that creates a way to gather feedback during the service from the
attendees.
Online flower shop with one-hour delivery
Fractional Ownership of Technological Conference Room in
Office Complex
Rent-a-wife – a woman who cleans, cooks, does laundry,
picks up dry cleaning, mail, etc but without the emotional relationship.
Project management website for volunteer shift scheduling
– church nurseries, hospital auxiliary members, protest marches, etc.
Glow in the dark non-toxic washable paint that you can
spray on your kids/pets when they are trick-or-treating so they don’t get hit
by a car.
A party planner for kids birthday
parties, but with educational and fun activities.
Summer
Shadows– program where high schoolers can shadow business people for a short
two weeks internship to see what they want to major in once they go to college
and what they might want to do once they graduate
A paperless hospital.
National Restaurant Customer Service
Association – traveling customer service training system
Artists’Playground. This is a building
that has rooms setup for ceramics, painting, silk screenings, theater, writing,
open mic, dance, photography, etc. This building will also have social areas
for people to mingle over coffee and healthy foods. People pay a monthly
membership to have access and it is also rented out for events.
Street Bar –bar inside a huge vehicle
that drives you around
Training company that teaches people to
be brave.
Employee monitoring service that
provides detailed reports on employee’s online and offline activities. –
include hardware scrubbing and “forensic” proof removal of data, footprints and
histories.
Story Consulting – Help companies
define and refine their story and teach them how to tell it
A service that tells your neighbors to
be quiet (nicely). They will draft a letter or note and send it to your
neighbor so you can be the objective third party.
Theme restaurant – Karaoke in front of
a live band
Graph consultants – Company that
specializes in making effective graphs from any data you give them.
A conflict negotiation service (online
or regular) where you submit a problem and we provide an answer
School real estate rental company –
Company that specializes in renting out underutilized school rooms during
holidays
Front door cleaning service – get rid
of all the stuff that gets left on your door every day before you get home
Standing in line for people
Brainstorming.com
- put in an idea and gives you 10 ideas
Chewing gum that is good for braces and
dentures.
Glass repair company – Company that
specializes in repairing scratches or slightly broken glass
Franchise business consulting that
helps large franchisees improve their businesses.
Digital tombstones that serve rich
multimedia messages and memories of the deceased.
Marketing and Advertising agency that
excels at telling stories.
Service to teach doctors how to use
technology to reach out to patients
Company working with magazines to help
them develop a social networking presences
A pill that
gradually dies body hair.
Technology scout for large corporations
that looks for acquisitions.
Independent account fraud company – A
company does regular checkups of your online
accounts (like social networking sites)
to check for fraudulent activity
Web-based devil’s advocate service for
startups looking for someone to critique their ideas. Perhaps also provides
referrals to cheap services for startups, like cheap graphics design, cheap
business plan feedback, etc.
A half refrigerator/freezer/microwave
in the trunk of a car. That way, wherever you go in the car, you can always
have food handy. How great for road trips.
A company that will apply your logo in
glow-in-the dark removable paint around a town so it appears at night.
An online counseling program via webcam
(for therapists, inmates)
Not-for-profit that works with people
to help cure their acne.
Service that
takes your text messages from your phone to your computer
Fast food restaurants with healthy, organic and tasty
foods. Similarly, healthy foods in cafeterias and grocery stores in
low-socioeconomic areas.
A company that will sell a large
digital frame for close to free and then provide a service for a fee that sends
artwork to the digital frame every week.
A way to turn recipes on the web into peapod orders. A
way to turn the customized diets that Weight Watchers create into a peapod
order.
Networked home alarm systems so that
neighbors can check on each other’s homes during break-ins.
Eyeglasses that you can adjust to the
light. Not that they adjust on their own.
A cleaning service
A non-profit that supports poor on
using technology in classes taught by young freelance artists.
Technology consulting for venture
firms.
Anti-drug
education program for inner city schools. In conjunction with a touring program
that sends a message to parents across the country.
Food consulting company that helps
local restaurants with calorie measurement and other health issues – and
publishes calorie, fat, vitamin data to third party apps on smart phones.
Computer Remote Technician – Fixes your
computer by remotely connecting to your PC or Mac
Conference organizing company that
handles all the logistics of creating and running conferences for other
organizations.
Book packaging for great college
writing and emerging writers.
A digital coloring book.
Dating Consulting – individualized service
on how to find, meet and date quality people
For younger students, nap time is often
hard to relax and in a bright room. There should be a company that creates
comfortable nap time products for kids.
Twitter or SMS restaurant reservations
Globalization consultancy.
Build Your Own Back Pack Shop.
A virtual interior decorator that will
make suggestions via digital photographs.
A company that sells high quality
sawdust / sand in bulk to put on the floor of restaurants or bars. The company
would then be responsible for removing the old material and replacing it when
necessary.
Apprenticeship management company for
high profile business personalities.
Network of restaurants where chefs
rotate
Agency that trains people for doctor’s
offices. Doctor’s offices need etiquette training for their employees
desperately.
Dashboard painting of car interiors
Amusement park based on video games
Personal chef for a day. A formalized
service where you can call and get a chef with a specific specialty to come and
cook a few days worth of food. In cities, this would be very popular and in
demand.
After party cleaning crew
Fence store –Sells nothing but designer
fences with custom designs
Phone booth style device that you walk
into and it steam presses your clothes
Religious Karaoke Bar – Bar where only
religious songs allowed to be sung, and no alcohol
Actor research consulting service –
Consulting service for actors to be setup with people who can mentor them in
research for their roles
Automatic documentary maker, where
families upload clips, photos and music from their special occasions generating
a smooth transition clip that captures the essence of the moment.
Executive Power nap business –
Locations where executives can take a 20 minute energizer nap during the day
Professional protesters agency.
Lip reading school – School that
teaches students how to read lips
Teach companies how improv comedy can
help them in their business (comfort zone, setup your partner)
Herb garden planting – plan, plant and
basically get your herb garden going.
Legal Advice Hotline – Legal staff and
call center charges consumers to call in for advice charge per hour
A website
for elementary and middle school kids that helps them build a portfolio of
their best artwork, writing, sports accomplishments, etc.
Team in Training – supporting a family
or village instead of a cause
A consumer hotline
A mentoring program (website) that
connects entrepreneurs with specific mentors they seek.
Private investigation company for
restaurant employees – Restaurant companies pay to have PI’s investigate
whether employees are washing their hands in the bathroom
Unique Bachelor& Bachelorette
Parties – we work with you to design a fun, unique bachelor or bachelorette
party experience
A singer/song-writer could offer to
write, record, and perform personalized songs for people’s special occasions
(anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, or just because). Many would love to have
the ability to write, record, and perform an original song for a special
someone, but they just don’t have what it takes musically. Then, there are
those of us who do have the ability but don’t know how to market themselves.
Mobile app with hospital floor plans,
maps, info about area restaurants, etc.
A service of highly trained babysitters
specialized in all ages that you could call upon last minute any night of the
week
A service where people are employed to
talk specifically to antisocial or shy people at a party (they’ll feel better
about themselves and will be more likely to open up next time with their new
confidence.)
Assist business people (authors,
bloggers, executives) organize speeches and presentations –establish
relationships with many venues & marketing channels
Baby fitness Class Company – Organize
fitness classes for babies and their parents
Virtual assistant
Restaurant where you cook alongside the
chef , choose your ingredients and learn a new technique.
Script Assistants-A business that
assists screenwriters as they are developing their script by aggregating
credible/hard to find reference material that is diverse. Often a young (or
firsttime) screenwriter has a great idea and may not know what to reference to
develop their idea. This business would evaluate the theme/tone/genre of the
script and assist in coming up with a solid and effective reference package
pulling from books/TV/movies/screenplays.
Web cam at school events so you can see
your kid when you can’t make it
A personal education coach-they pick
blogs, books, resources for you to learn based on your personal interests and
career goals. They gather all the materials and for you and make
recommendations on the best way for learning the material.
Non-profit that takes old technology
items (computers, monitors, phones) to make them usable for non-profit use –
clean off the software, ensure it has all the pieces, etc.)
An organization devoted specifically to
growing awareness over an obscure problem that no one really looks at (i.e.
kids that grow up in negative environments and what that does to them as
adults.)
Philanthropic tourism – pay a huge fee
with part of it going to help the people you visit
Grocery store with only junk food
Online judge dispute resolution –
Submit your disagreements onliine and for a fee a judge will email you back the
verdict on who is right
Scandal consultant
A drive through fast food place that
has healthy sandwiches.
Change Consulting – Teach companies how
to change – “stories of change” workshops
Delivery service of food from local
restaurants that don’t offer delivery
Neighborhood phone book
Travel agency for the rich and famous.
A software that will allow you to
change the channel and adjust the lights in the room through you computer.
Create your own ice cream flavors
Bedtime story company – Company that
you call who reads you a bedtime story if you can’t fall asleep
A slide projector the size of a cell
phone with a usb input for flash drives.
A flower shop that is actually a
restaurant, delivering pizzas that are shaped to look like various floral
varieties.
Brainstorm support – call in service
with someone to talk with you to help get your brain going
Virtual Stylist– On call stylist will
look at what you’re wearing via webcam and give advice
Rent a kitchen. Comes with all that you
need plus a great dining room table.
A non-profit
that works with town governments on writing laws that create incentives for
landlords to make their homes more energy efficient. There are already best
practices available for solving the principal-agent problem, they just need to
be put in place at the local level.
Picture Organizer-A business that helps
people aggregate all their family and personal photos and then makes them into
customized albums. So many people have just boxes of pictures with no way of
looking through them easily. This would at least give people the initial push
of getting them in order.
Rent a pet to see if it’s a good idea
for your family
Car rental service offering exclusively
exotic cars and even better, one-off concept cars (with waivers).
Cloth napkins made of old tshirts
A business that provides great service
for tech support for government subsidized broadband companies (a service that
doesn’t exist yet, but it will).
Online therapist that is available 24×7
via chat.
Solar Power
AC Company – Company that installs Solar Panels in order to provide/subsidize
energy for AC
Someone that creates an itinerary for
running errands and chores for a household with working parents.
Custom monopoly boards.
A ceiling/standing fan that doesn’t
make noise
Advertising company that pays college
students to wear advertisements on their laptops, backpacks, apparel, autos.
Expert legal testimony business –
Company finds and connects expert witnesses with lawyers
A finance and spiritual workshop for
the homeless, inmates, and people who don’t have regular access to these
services.
Local tour guide for foreign tourists
Resume writing website that submits
jobs for bid by idle HR recruiters and professional resume writers.
A God loves You Hotline, dial a number
and talk to a priest.
A gym that just has exercise classes –
nothing else.
Group cruise for women’s ministry
leaders
A website that provides a
semi-standardized way for people to build up a reputation without needing a
college degree.
Hairbush that cleans your hair
Agency that specializes in helping
professional athletes find obscure, unprecedented, endorsement deals.
Conflict resolution service that
teaches any individual or corporation how to interact harmoniously in conflict.
It will offer classes and workshops.
Dance club in an old airplane
MyLifePlanner.com
- allows people to set individual goals in public and help each other work
toward them
6 month, temporary / legit looking
tattoos – fade out after 6 mos.
A random
gift generator system – Enter in specifics about a person’s
personality/interests/demographics and the system spits out a gift
Cemetery care –guarantee that the
dearly departed always have fresh flowers and holiday appropriate accouterments
on their eternal resting place – for a monthly fee.
Hygiene stations at public parks or
near benches.
Tell if someone is lying service –
Submit your recorded calls where experts will analyze whether the person is
telling a lie or not.
A “fearless”company/service where if
you’re feeling fearful or worried, you go there to get recharged or get
techniques for how to deal with your fears. Any and all fears are acceptable
and people will leave feeling empowered.
Rent a
living room. Pay per hour for a public living room.
A service to write professional
obituaries for people preparing their estate documents.
Babysitting service with actors –
Provide babysitters for clients needing service with actors as the babysitters
A nail polish that taste bad and will
keep people from biting their nails.
Barber business for facial hair –
Barber that specializes in facial hair, no haircuts, just facial hair trimming
Car driver moving service – Driver will
drive your car to any location (useful when moving)
A website with completely transparent
costs & profit margins
Anonymous Employee Feedback Portal on
company Intranet w/votes, etc.
Unique cleaning business.
Have your housecleaners bring samples
of the delicious down home cooked meals that you can bring to them. Usually if
someone is too busy to clean their house, they’re too busy to cook too. What if
they had a complete meal brought to the home. You could eventually build up the
meals to be 5 days a week. The word would spread. You could target busy people.
By word of mouth, your cleaning business would grow. Clean everything. Windows,
cars, gutters, dogs, furniture, etc.
A company parents secretly hire to
teach kids a lesson. Parents hire a person to stage an accident or scare them
to teach a life lesson such as don’t talk to strangers. Lesson learners.
Rent a personal assistant for the day
Online brand& reputation monitoring
– help companies manage their online reputation
Customer service “call center” that
provides customer service via twitter and the web rather than by phone. Think
outsourced comcastcares.
Rent a goat to eat your front yard
Bricks made in different shapes –
triangles, tessellations, etc. – for homebuilding
Shared umbrella rental locations. A
person would have to check them in and out. A monthly fee would be charged.
A service that employs kids to be
mentors for others. It holds the mentor to a standard of quality and
improvement by teaching someone else, and the mentee will benefit.
Company that puts on high school and
college reunions.
A company that makes nice metal sign
‘street maps’ for small towns and neighborhoods that don’t have them
A store that specializes in high end
and unique baby items
Coordinator service for independent
maids
Wait for a table for you at the bar or
restaurant
A blind date site
A non-profit
that works to rid of consumer holidays such as valentines day.
Package pickup service – Specializes in
picking up packages at the post office that you weren’t home to receive.
Children’s language schools that
immerses children in foreign countries with the goal of world citizens able to
speak at least four languages fluently.
I don’t get it– website to explain jokes to people
Hamper/washer/dryer in one that runs
quietly.
A day planner that plans my day for me;
based on my to-do list, what my friends are doing, and also what’s going on in
the local area. Also, populate the bulk of my to-do list automatically based on
what my friends in the same classes are adding to theirs. Plan social dates for
me based on when my friends and I are free. Introduce me to people I don’t know
but should know.
Ethical Hotline– Ethics experts answer
questions related to ethics for fee per hour
Prediction market website for major
sports
Ability to pay for items with phone
Someone who teaches other people how to
blog. This person could go to enthusiasts who want to share their ideas and
teach them about blogging as a platform to spread those ideas.
A technology/service that takes role at
religious services so you can tell who attends each week.
A not-for-profit that works with
minority students in their schools. They go in and help include information
about their culture and/or religion in the school curriculum.
Brain analysis company – In detail
brain analysis direct to consumers so they can understand if their brain is
healthy and suggest improvements
Marrying dating and fashion. Have a
full day makeover service bringing in all the best beauty and fashion providers
end the day with a big party for guys and gals to meet at a party.
Personal research service – you tell me
what you want, I go find information on the top three things you should choose
from.
A service that provides internships for
college students that are geared toward their interests; comprehensive list of
jobs/internships available updated in realtime (like craigslist but
specifically for high quality jobs) with an arts section, business, leadership,
medicine, etc.
Open a recreation shop that is really a
type of day care. Parents drop their kids off to do supervised crafts while
they shop for an hourly fee + materials
City-sponsored citywide Wi-Fi
A medicine
online service that diagnoses your ailment and tells you where to buy medicines
at the lowest price
“See you at the cemetery” pairing service
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