192 Startup Ideas

  1. 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.

  2. Weekly deliveries of fresh groceries from your local farms

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

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

  5. 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.

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

  7. An app that makes mondays less awful

  8. Privacy policy generator

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

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

  11. Service to rent a personal assistant for the day

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

  13. 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.

  14. Virtual home interior decorator

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

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

  17. A service that lets you Airbnb your backyard pool

  18. Birthday gifts reminder app

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

  20. An online marketplace for scientific experiments

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

  22. A meditation app

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  32. A tool that predicts flight delays

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

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

  35. A tool to keep track of all your subscriptions

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

  37. A chat app for discussing divisive topics with strangers

  38. A marketplace for developers to sell their side projects

  39. 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.

  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. A company that makes cloth napkins made of old tshirts

  42. 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.

  43. Uber for lawn care/yard work

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

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

  46. A platform for professionals to barter time and services

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

  48. SMS alerts for last minute extremely cheap flight tickets

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

  50. 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.

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

  52. Search engine for reviews

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

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

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

  56. A social network for sharing film suggestions

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

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

  59. Keyless entry using your phone

  60. Linkedin for challenged/disabled people

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

  62. An app to help beat procrastination

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

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

  65. 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.

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

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

  68. A gift recommendation engine that pulls products from Amazon

  69. Search engine for K-12 students

  70. Self-destructing emails

  71. 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

  72. Uber for caregivers

  73. Advertisement based captcha

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

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

  76. 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)

  77. Chat with a random person about a current event

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

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

  80. A habit tracker

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

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

  83. A platform for entrepreneurs to find co-founders

  84. Relaunching a service like Vine

  85. Neighborhood phone book

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

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

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

  89. Online shark-tank - pitch investors online

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

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

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

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

  94. Site to discover failed startup ideas

  95. Chewing gum that is good for braces and dentures

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

  97. An app to learn one super interesting fact everyday

  98. SMS alerts for traffic nearby

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

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

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

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

  103. Cell phone made of biodegradable materials

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

  105. Automated invoice collections for small businesses

  106. Wearable device for assisting the visually challenged

  107. An app to help you fall asleep

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

  109. Site to discover startup ideas that were acquired

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

  111. Currency calculator with on-the-fly conversion

  112. Super local news

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

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

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

  116. Tool to generate simple placeholder logos

  117. Coffee with nearby professionals

  118. SMS donations for charities

  119. Marketplace for pre-owned high end clothing

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

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

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

  123. Photography studio that casts you as characters from movies

  124. An app to split the rent with roommates automatically

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

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

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

  128. Service to find a hiking buddy

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

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

  131. Blockchain based lending platform

  132. Marketplace for wedding vendors

  133. This or that comparison app

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

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

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

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

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

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

  140. A social network for doctors

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

  142. Pandora of news

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

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

  145. Interest free loans

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

  147. Meal delivery in hospitals

  148. Platform to discover emerging social media influencers

  149. Real world bookmarking app

  150. Service to get paid for reviewing products

  151. 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

  152. eBay for free stuff

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

  154. A directory of conferences, events and speakers

  155. 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.

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

  157. A service to browse live supermarket inventory

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

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

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

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

  162. 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.

  163. Relaunch something like Homejoy

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

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

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

  167. 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

  168. Self-destructing text messages

  169. Vacation rental management service

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

  171. Travel agency that shows you dying civilizations

  172. 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.

  173. SMS reminders for TODOs

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

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

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

  177. Uber for babysitters

  178. Uber for dog walkers

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

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

  181. Smart IOT devices for gardening

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

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

  184. Train delay alerts by SMS

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

  186. Relaunching a service like StumbleUpon

  187. Order fresh stuff from local farms

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

  189. 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.

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

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

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

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