192 Startup Ideas


  1. Travel agency that shows you dying civilizations

  2. Advertisement based captcha

  3. Linkedin for challenged/disabled people

  4. Online shark-tank - pitch investors online

  5. An app to help beat procrastination

  6. A service that lets you rent a fully loaded adventure car

  7. An app to notify you when you are no longer on hold, so you don't have to listen to hold music anymore

  8. An app to cheer you up when you're having a bad day

  9. An app to help you fall asleep

  10. Search engine for K-12 students

  11. Uber for lawn care/yard work

  12. Selfie drones. Cheap drones that you can attach your smartphone to, that will take the best possible selfie/group selfie.

  13. An app that lets you grab your favorite snips/clips from a movie to share them with friends

  14. An alternative to Facebook, that's clean, functional, and has some basic respect for user's privacy

  15. A workaholic checker app - Analyses your calendar and where you spend your time, helping you move away from workaholism, and closer to balance.

  16. A company that makes cloth napkins made of old tshirts

  17. Netflix for books/used books; online delivery service

  18. A tool to generate or relieve boredom when people need a mental boost

  19. In-grocery store prep service (buy vegetables first and drop them off to be chopped to your specs - pick them up on the way to checkout)

  20. A tool that predicts flight delays

  21. A website that aggregates food in grocery stores that is about to expire and gives you a big discount on it. This would help to greatly reduce the millions of tons of pre-consumer food waste each year.

  22. Weekly deliveries of fresh groceries from your local farms

  23. Self-destructing text messages

  24. Currency calculator with on-the-fly conversion

  25. A gift recommendation engine that pulls products from Amazon

  26. Relaunch something like Homejoy

  27. Keep track of your plants and remember to water them

  28. Privacy policy generator

  29. A platform for professionals to donate their time/services to local charities

  30. SMS donations for charities

  31. Train delay alerts by SMS

  32. A fresh/warm loaf of bread delivered to your door in under an hour

  33. Uber for dog walkers

  34. App to clear your camera roll of duplicates and automatically pick the best photos

  35. Service to find a hiking buddy

  36. Job swap board for stay at home moms – I'll do your laundry if you do my grocery shopping.

  37. Interest free loans

  38. A service that provides specific enthusiastic people who want to volunteer or have time to go engage with people at nursing homes and doing activities with them.

  39. Subscription service that send you one random trendy movie each week

  40. 23andMe for cats/dogs - Most pet owners want to know there pets are healthy and in good shape, this would help improve anxiety and do just that.

  41. Chat with a random person about a current event

  42. A memory training chrome extension - Every day a new memory training exercises will appears in your Chrome tabs for you to work through.

  43. Marketplace for wedding vendors

  44. Automatic thank you notes, sent to contacts as a postcard generated from uploaded contact lists. On the card is a highly realistic signature that users digitally upload.

  45. eBay for free stuff

  46. A browser extension that monitors surfing behavior to let you know when you spend too much time on time wasting sites

  47. An easier way to meet like minded people in your area

  48. An alarm clock app that charges you a nickel each time you click snooze

  49. Netflix for expensive clothing. Users can cycle through a couple items per month

  50. Cell phone made of biodegradable materials

  51. An IMDB for people who have won awards. I want to a quick way to find the professors with the most citations in any given subject, the chefs in the area with the best Zagats reviews, the local high school football players with the most touchdowns, etc.

  52. Virtual home interior decorator

  53. Uber for caregivers

  54. An email bot that sends sarcastic messages over and over when you open your emails (client or otherwise).

  55. Themed newsletters - Daily, weekly or monthly newsletters themed at making you the best possible version of you that you can be

  56. A meter that tells you when you've had enough caffeine and when you should stop drinking.

  57. SMS alerts for traffic nearby

  58. Platform to let users split subscription costs and share services such as cable tv, HBO, Netflix, etc

  59. Personalized alarm clocks that sync with a user's body and their iPhone

  60. A habit tracker

  61. Service that keeps inventory in a household (products, cleaning, etc.)

  62. A service that allows restaurants to fill tables by varying prices to increase demand

  63. An ethical hotline - ethics experts answer questions related to ethics for fee per hour

  64. A platform for professionals to barter time and services

  65. An app to find someone to go on an adventure with

  66. A service to browse live supermarket inventory

  67. Super local news

  68. Netflix for home exercise equipment. Swap out your ergometer for an elliptical and then swap that for a treadmill.

  69. A service to let you create your own ice cream flavors

  70. Automated invoice collections for small businesses

  71. An app that asks if you should send an email or message before you send it (avoids being triggered by emotions etc.)

  72. A self praise app. Sometimes you need encouragement, use the applause app to get praise for your accomplishments from supporting peers

  73. A water bottle that rewards you for reusing it, refilling it and drinking more water.

  74. A place where people could go to eat/study but would HAVE to do it at the same table with a stranger. It would encourage us to talk to/meet new and interesting people.

  75. SMS alerts of news based on events within a 3 mile radius of you

  76. American Idol online where the user judge the you own peers and strangers, built on a karaoke format.

  77. Interview practice company - A company that will do mock interviews with you and give you feedback on your performance.

  78. Marketplace for pre-owned high end clothing

  79. A social platform for watching sports and communicating with others who are watching the same game

  80. This or that comparison app

  81. An app to gently remind you of people worse off than you and why you should be grateful for being you.

  82. Pandora of news

  83. Blockchain based lending platform

  84. A live streaming video platform focused on video gaming and eSports

  85. A place to play board games and eat/drink, like a coffee house, but where board games are the main focus.

  86. Cleanflix - a service that lets you automatically skip nudity on Netflix

  87. An app to help you read through web pages faster

  88. A platform for entrepreneurs to find co-founders

  89. An app to post a list of food from your pantry you want to get rid of, to see if others want it

  90. An app to learn one super interesting fact everyday

  91. Service to get paid for reviewing products

  92. Personalized cereal boxes (to celebrate child's achievements)

  93. SMS alerts for last minute extremely cheap flight tickets

  94. Meal delivery in hospitals

  95. A service that automatically invests in stocks based on your interests

  96. A service that connects the homeless with someone who is regularly integrated into society. This person will become friends with the homeless person and talk with them, help them to believe in themselves again.

  97. Smart IOT devices for gardening

  98. Search engine for reviews

  99. An app to count how many times per day you unlock your phone, and translates that data into how fragmented and weak your focus has become

  100. A browser extension to show a summary at the top of any news article you are reading

  101. Relaunching a service like StumbleUpon

  102. A calorie counting app that gives advice to improve what you're doing based on the actions you’re taking

  103. Prepackaged school supplies based on the lists from the school districts

  104. Tool to generate simple placeholder logos

  105. Chewing gum that is good for braces and dentures

  106. A tailored surprise subscription box. The user tells you their interests. You send them something awesome each month.

  107. A lost and found aggregator, pulling from craigslist and various other sources

  108. A marketplace for developers to sell their side projects

  109. Real-time mentions of your startup from social & the web

  110. A gift card exchange marketplace where anybody can buy, sell, or trade their new or pre-owned gift cards

  111. Photography studio that casts you as characters from movies

  112. Uber for babysitters

  113. Mobile app that notes the GPS location of your car when you park it so you can find it again

  114. An app that sends you alerts for limited free stuff in your area everyday

  115. Book summary podcast – would include a long version with an in-depth summary and a lazy person’s version with three things to know and what to say when someone asks you about it.

  116. Car/home insurance where each user ends up owning part of the insurance company

  117. An app to tell you exact wait times at restaurants nearby

  118. A service that lets you annotate any video on the web

  119. An app to figure out how arrogant you are, what level is acceptable for your life/career path and how to improve that.

  120. An app to track the progress on the book you're reading through, giving an estimation of how long is left.

  121. A social network for doctors

  122. Wearable device for assisting the visually challenged

  123. Rent a pet to see if it's a good idea for your family

  124. A directory of conferences, events and speakers

  125. A trend of the month club, where each month you get mailed something hip with a glossy booklet explaining how cool that item is about to become. Limited to 5,000 people. Gives you a cool story to tell yourself for the rest of the month, and something to talk about with your friends.

  126. An app that tells you what places are open right now

  127. Brainstorm support – call in service with someone to talk with you to help get your brain going

  128. Recycling for people (offer to pick up their recyclables and take care of it all for them... for a fee + the value of the recyclables

  129. Find someone to learn a foreign language from, while you teach them your language

  130. A website that aggregates places you can go for factory tours. Like Ben & Jerry's, the Cape Cod potato chips factory, etc.

  131. A social network for sharing film suggestions

  132. A service where you are sent a random awesome product from Amazon each week for $5 or under

  133. Service to rent a personal assistant for the day

  134. Uber for home made meals. Hire a mom to make you a great meal.

  135. Real-time world/local news on an interactive map

  136. An app that lets you scan a parking sign and tell you if you can actually park there or not

  137. Site to discover startup ideas that were acquired

  138. An app to quickly fact check arguments using high quality resources/sources if a point/argument has solid scientific backing

  139. Home delivery of pet food/snacks/toys on a set schedule

  140. Known For - discover what each restaurant or store is known for or special for

  141. A service for landlords, managers, and agents to simplify the process of finding and signing a new tenant for your rental property

  142. Site to discover failed startup ideas

  143. An app that notifies you of new laws in your area

  144. A service for spam mailboxes, disposable email accounts for all your junkmail

  145. Snap a picture of a food dish and get similar dishes or recommendations

  146. A chat app for discussing divisive topics with strangers

  147. Grocery delivery service for college campuses: Fresh direct for dorm rooms.

  148. Self-destructing emails

  149. A tool to keep track of all your subscriptions

  150. An app to split the rent with roommates automatically

  151. An online community where investors share investment ideas with each other

  152. ThatsAThing.com - tells you if things already exists

  153. Social media platform where users vouch for other users on certain topics, skills or professions

  154. An app that makes mondays less awful

  155. Discovering some random plant based alternative to lithium, something that is a battery technology breakthrough

  156. Vacation rental management service

  157. A travel company that takes people around to small towns in the South.

  158. A food service where you can email them your mom's recipes and have them make it for you and deliver it during lunch time.

  159. A gratitude app that teaches you to thank yourself for all the good you do for yourself and for others too.

  160. Real world bookmarking app

  161. An app to suggest outdoor activities based on the weather in your area

  162. Coffee with nearby professionals

  163. An app that tracks when you're your best self and aims to do what it can to keep you/get you back to that point

  164. An app that tells you why modern day trends exist and why you don't necessarily need to conform to them.

  165. Subscription service that send you one random book each month

  166. Annotations for Netflix - see the most interesting scenes in a movie. See what others are thinking about any particular scene.

  167. An alternative to Linkedin. Something way less spammy.

  168. Neighborhood phone book

  169. Platform to discover emerging social media influencers

  170. Keyless entry using your phone

  171. App to round up your spare change on purchases and donate it charity

  172. Uber for auto-repair. Get a trusted mechanic sent to your home.

  173. A service that lets you Airbnb your backyard pool

  174. Birthday gifts reminder app

  175. System that sends me my receipts electronically via email rather than paper copies at the store. Could either work with my credit card company or via the loyalty cards stores offer.

  176. A meditation app

  177. Hug Buddy - find a random person that is going through tough times to give them a hug and show emotional support

  178. Bedtime story company - Company that you call who reads you a bedtime story if you can't fall asleep

  179. An online marketplace for scientific experiments

  180. A note taking app that's actually affective and different from all the other ones

  181. SMS reminders for TODOs

  182. Relaunching a service like Vine

  183. Nap stations throughout the city. To integrate it into our culture, we can introduce them through napping stations similar to coffee houses.

  184. A company that digs your car out of the snow and removes snow from your driveway and starts car in the morning.

  185. Bike Garage. A garage within a current attended car garage that stores bikes for a small fee and you are guaranteed it will not be stolen.

  186. A service to get on demand help and advice on the health of your pets, making sure they’re always happy and well

  187. Order fresh stuff from local farms

  188. Tool to plan a random vacation based on your budget

  189. Service that declutters your home when you aren't there

  190. A water testing kit to see if your water has minerals and stuff in it and is making you sick

  191. Ads on paper towels. Give out free paper towel rolls, each tab has some unique advertisement on it.

  192. An app to help you better focus throughout the day

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