192 Startup Ideas


  1. Service to get paid for reviewing products

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Service to rent a personal assistant for the day

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

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

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

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

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

  11. A marketplace for developers to sell their side projects

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

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

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

  15. 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.

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

  17. SMS alerts for traffic nearby

  18. Interest free loans

  19. Chewing gum that is good for braces and dentures

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

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

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

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

  24. Automated invoice collections for small businesses

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

  26. Marketplace for pre-owned high end clothing

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

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

  29. Vacation rental management service

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

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

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

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

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

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

  36. Relaunch something like Homejoy

  37. SMS reminders for TODOs

  38. Self-destructing emails

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

  40. Chat with a random person about a current event

  41. Site to discover startup ideas that were acquired

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

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

  44. 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.

  45. A platform for professionals to barter time and services

  46. An online marketplace for scientific experiments

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

  48. Relaunching a service like StumbleUpon

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

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

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

  52. A chat app for discussing divisive topics with strangers

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

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

  55. Birthday gifts reminder app

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

  57. Tool to generate simple placeholder logos

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

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

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

  61. 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.

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

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

  64. 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.

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

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

  67. Linkedin for challenged/disabled people

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

  69. Smart IOT devices for gardening

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

  71. Search engine for reviews

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

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

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

  75. Platform to discover emerging social media influencers

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

  77. Marketplace for wedding vendors

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

  79. An app to split the rent with roommates automatically

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

  81. 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.

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

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

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

  85. Virtual home interior decorator

  86. An app to learn one super interesting fact everyday

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

  88. Search engine for K-12 students

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

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

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

  92. A tool to keep track of all your subscriptions

  93. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  101. A meditation app

  102. Uber for lawn care/yard work

  103. SMS donations for charities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  111. 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.

  112. A service that lets you Airbnb your backyard pool

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

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

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

  116. A tool that predicts flight delays

  117. A platform for entrepreneurs to find co-founders

  118. A social network for doctors

  119. Weekly deliveries of fresh groceries from your local farms

  120. Order fresh stuff from local farms

  121. Privacy policy generator

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

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

  124. Photography studio that casts you as characters from movies

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

  126. A directory of conferences, events and speakers

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

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

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

  130. 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.

  131. Super local news

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

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

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

  135. 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

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

  137. Relaunching a service like Vine

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

  139. Uber for caregivers

  140. Wearable device for assisting the visually challenged

  141. Travel agency that shows you dying civilizations

  142. This or that comparison app

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  151. Cell phone made of biodegradable materials

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

  153. Meal delivery in hospitals

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

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

  156. Currency calculator with on-the-fly conversion

  157. Uber for dog walkers

  158. SMS alerts for last minute extremely cheap flight tickets

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

  160. An app to help you fall asleep

  161. 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.

  162. An app to help beat procrastination

  163. A social network for sharing film suggestions

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

  165. Neighborhood phone book

  166. Self-destructing text messages

  167. Pandora of news

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

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

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

  171. 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.

  172. A gift recommendation engine that pulls products from Amazon

  173. A service to browse live supermarket inventory

  174. Blockchain based lending platform

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

  176. Coffee with nearby professionals

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

  178. Train delay alerts by SMS

  179. Service to find a hiking buddy

  180. Uber for babysitters

  181. Real world bookmarking app

  182. An app that makes mondays less awful

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

  184. 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)

  185. Advertisement based captcha

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

  187. A habit tracker

  188. Online shark-tank - pitch investors online

  189. 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.

  190. Site to discover failed startup ideas

  191. eBay for free stuff

  192. Keyless entry using your phone

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