192 Startup Ideas


  1. An app to split the rent with roommates automatically

  2. SMS donations for charities

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

  4. Service to rent a personal assistant for the day

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

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

  7. Service to get paid for reviewing products

  8. Site to discover startup ideas that were acquired

  9. Uber for dog walkers

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

  11. Uber for babysitters

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

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

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

  15. Site to discover failed startup ideas

  16. 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)

  17. Interest free loans

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

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

  20. Photography studio that casts you as characters from movies

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

  22. Tool to generate simple placeholder logos

  23. Online shark-tank - pitch investors online

  24. 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.

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

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

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

  28. Uber for caregivers

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

  30. Self-destructing text messages

  31. 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.

  32. Blockchain based lending platform

  33. Vacation rental management service

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

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

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

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

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

  39. An app that makes mondays less awful

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

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

  42. A chat app for discussing divisive topics with strangers

  43. SMS reminders for TODOs

  44. A marketplace for developers to sell their side projects

  45. Marketplace for pre-owned high end clothing

  46. 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.

  47. A meditation app

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  56. Super local news

  57. Currency calculator with on-the-fly conversion

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

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

  60. Platform to discover emerging social media influencers

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

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

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

  64. 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

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

  66. Relaunching a service like Vine

  67. Automated invoice collections for small businesses

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

  69. Uber for lawn care/yard work

  70. A platform for entrepreneurs to find co-founders

  71. 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.

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

  73. A platform for professionals to barter time and services

  74. 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

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

  76. Privacy policy generator

  77. Cell phone made of biodegradable materials

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

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

  80. 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.

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

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

  83. Virtual home interior decorator

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

  85. Linkedin for challenged/disabled people

  86. Neighborhood phone book

  87. This or that comparison app

  88. A service that lets you Airbnb your backyard pool

  89. Pandora of news

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

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

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

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

  94. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  101. Advertisement based captcha

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

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

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

  105. Wearable device for assisting the visually challenged

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

  107. Relaunch something like Homejoy

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

  109. 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.

  110. A social network for doctors

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

  112. Service to find a hiking buddy

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

  114. Weekly deliveries of fresh groceries from your local farms

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

  116. Train delay alerts by SMS

  117. An online marketplace for scientific experiments

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

  119. 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.

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

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

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

  123. Chewing gum that is good for braces and dentures

  124. SMS alerts for last minute extremely cheap flight tickets

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

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

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

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

  129. Self-destructing emails

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

  131. 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

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

  133. 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.

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

  135. Marketplace for wedding vendors

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

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

  138. Real world bookmarking app

  139. Chat with a random person about a current event

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

  141. A service to browse live supermarket inventory

  142. Relaunching a service like StumbleUpon

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

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

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

  146. An app to help you fall asleep

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

  148. Order fresh stuff from local farms

  149. Coffee with nearby professionals

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

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

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

  153. SMS alerts for traffic nearby

  154. An app to learn one super interesting fact everyday

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

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

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

  158. A tool that predicts flight delays

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

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

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

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

  163. A social network for sharing film suggestions

  164. Travel agency that shows you dying civilizations

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

  166. A directory of conferences, events and speakers

  167. eBay for free stuff

  168. Birthday gifts reminder app

  169. A gift recommendation engine that pulls products from Amazon

  170. Search engine for reviews

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

  172. 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.

  173. Search engine for K-12 students

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

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

  176. An app to help beat procrastination

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

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

  179. Meal delivery in hospitals

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

  181. 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.

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

  183. A habit tracker

  184. A tool to keep track of all your subscriptions

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

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

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

  188. Keyless entry using your phone

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

  190. 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.

  191. Smart IOT devices for gardening

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

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