Known For - discover what each restaurant or store is known for or special for
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.
A service where you are sent a random awesome product from Amazon each week for $5 or under
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.
Social media platform where users vouch for other users on certain topics, skills or professions
Chewing gum that is good for braces and dentures
An app that lets you grab your favorite snips/clips from a movie to share them with friends
A service that allows restaurants to fill tables by varying prices to increase demand
A chat app for discussing divisive topics with strangers
A meditation app
An app to split the rent with roommates automatically
Smart IOT devices for gardening
Site to discover startup ideas that were acquired
Tool to generate simple placeholder logos
A workaholic checker app - Analyses your calendar and where you spend your time, helping you move away from workaholism, and closer to balance.
An app to figure out how arrogant you are, what level is acceptable for your life/career path and how to improve that.
Super local news
Annotations for Netflix - see the most interesting scenes in a movie. See what others are thinking about any particular scene.
A service that lets you Airbnb your backyard pool
Brainstorm support – call in service with someone to talk with you to help get your brain going
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
SMS alerts for traffic nearby
Cell phone made of biodegradable materials
An app that tells you why modern day trends exist and why you don't necessarily need to conform to them.
Themed newsletters - Daily, weekly or monthly newsletters themed at making you the best possible version of you that you can be
Order fresh stuff from local farms
A tool to keep track of all your subscriptions
A marketplace for developers to sell their side projects
Keyless entry using your phone
Tool to plan a random vacation based on your budget
Advertisement based captcha
An email bot that sends sarcastic messages over and over when you open your emails (client or otherwise).
Online shark-tank - pitch investors online
A tailored surprise subscription box. The user tells you their interests. You send them something awesome each month.
Netflix for books/used books; online delivery service
A lost and found aggregator, pulling from craigslist and various other sources
An app to learn one super interesting fact everyday
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.
An alarm clock app that charges you a nickel each time you click snooze
ThatsAThing.com - tells you if things already exists
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)
A gratitude app that teaches you to thank yourself for all the good you do for yourself and for others too.
Site to discover failed startup ideas
Neighborhood phone book
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.
An app to suggest outdoor activities based on the weather in your area
App to clear your camera roll of duplicates and automatically pick the best photos
A calorie counting app that gives advice to improve what you're doing based on the actions you’re taking
An app to cheer you up when you're having a bad day
A service that automatically invests in stocks based on your interests
A water bottle that rewards you for reusing it, refilling it and drinking more water.
A directory of conferences, events and speakers
An easier way to meet like minded people in your area
A travel company that takes people around to small towns in the South.
An app to gently remind you of people worse off than you and why you should be grateful for being you.
Grocery delivery service for college campuses: Fresh direct for dorm rooms.
A fresh/warm loaf of bread delivered to your door in under an hour
Selfie drones. Cheap drones that you can attach your smartphone to, that will take the best possible selfie/group selfie.
Photography studio that casts you as characters from movies
An app to help beat procrastination
Snap a picture of a food dish and get similar dishes or recommendations
Subscription service that send you one random book each month
Ads on paper towels. Give out free paper towel rolls, each tab has some unique advertisement on it.
Weekly deliveries of fresh groceries from your local farms
A service for landlords, managers, and agents to simplify the process of finding and signing a new tenant for your rental property
Hug Buddy - find a random person that is going through tough times to give them a hug and show emotional support
An app to help you read through web pages faster
Self-destructing emails
An app that makes mondays less awful
An alternative to Facebook, that's clean, functional, and has some basic respect for user's privacy
Blockchain based lending platform
Wearable device for assisting the visually challenged
Subscription service that send you one random trendy movie each week
An app to track the progress on the book you're reading through, giving an estimation of how long is left.
Linkedin for challenged/disabled people
A tool to generate or relieve boredom when people need a mental boost
A browser extension that monitors surfing behavior to let you know when you spend too much time on time wasting sites
Interest free loans
Search engine for K-12 students
A platform for entrepreneurs to find co-founders
Platform to let users split subscription costs and share services such as cable tv, HBO, Netflix, etc
Train delay alerts by SMS
A service to get on demand help and advice on the health of your pets, making sure they’re always happy and well
Find someone to learn a foreign language from, while you teach them your language
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
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.
A memory training chrome extension - Every day a new memory training exercises will appears in your Chrome tabs for you to work through.
A water testing kit to see if your water has minerals and stuff in it and is making you sick
Nap stations throughout the city. To integrate it into our culture, we can introduce them through napping stations similar to coffee houses.
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.
A tool that predicts flight delays
App to round up your spare change on purchases and donate it charity
A meter that tells you when you've had enough caffeine and when you should stop drinking.
Mobile app that notes the GPS location of your car when you park it so you can find it again
A self praise app. Sometimes you need encouragement, use the applause app to get praise for your accomplishments from supporting peers
A social network for sharing film suggestions
A service to browse live supermarket inventory
A company that digs your car out of the snow and removes snow from your driveway and starts car in the morning.
Uber for babysitters
Search engine for reviews
Privacy policy generator
An app that asks if you should send an email or message before you send it (avoids being triggered by emotions etc.)
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
Birthday gifts reminder app
Car/home insurance where each user ends up owning part of the insurance company
An online community where investors share investment ideas with each other
eBay for free stuff
An app to post a list of food from your pantry you want to get rid of, to see if others want it
An alternative to Linkedin. Something way less spammy.
Platform to discover emerging social media influencers
An app to notify you when you are no longer on hold, so you don't have to listen to hold music anymore
An app to find someone to go on an adventure with
SMS reminders for TODOs
Meal delivery in hospitals
Real-time world/local news on an interactive map
Uber for auto-repair. Get a trusted mechanic sent to your home.
Relaunching a service like StumbleUpon
A social network for doctors
A website that aggregates places you can go for factory tours. Like Ben & Jerry's, the Cape Cod potato chips factory, etc.
A service for spam mailboxes, disposable email accounts for all your junkmail
SMS alerts for last minute extremely cheap flight tickets
Service that declutters your home when you aren't there
A service to let you create your own ice cream flavors
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.
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.
Marketplace for pre-owned high end clothing
An online marketplace for scientific experiments
A gift recommendation engine that pulls products from Amazon
Netflix for home exercise equipment. Swap out your ergometer for an elliptical and then swap that for a treadmill.
Relaunching a service like Vine
Virtual home interior decorator
Bedtime story company - Company that you call who reads you a bedtime story if you can't fall asleep
Self-destructing text messages
An app that sends you alerts for limited free stuff in your area everyday
An ethical hotline - ethics experts answer questions related to ethics for fee per hour
Currency calculator with on-the-fly conversion
Cleanflix - a service that lets you automatically skip nudity on Netflix
An app to quickly fact check arguments using high quality resources/sources if a point/argument has solid scientific backing
An app that tells you what places are open right now
Interview practice company - A company that will do mock interviews with you and give you feedback on your performance.
A platform for professionals to barter time and services
A service that lets you rent a fully loaded adventure car
A place to play board games and eat/drink, like a coffee house, but where board games are the main focus.
A company that makes cloth napkins made of old tshirts
A gift card exchange marketplace where anybody can buy, sell, or trade their new or pre-owned gift cards
Uber for lawn care/yard work
Vacation rental management service
An app to help you fall asleep
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.
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.
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.
A note taking app that's actually affective and different from all the other ones
Keep track of your plants and remember to water them
A browser extension to show a summary at the top of any news article you are reading
Uber for caregivers
Personalized alarm clocks that sync with a user's body and their iPhone
SMS donations for charities
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.
This or that comparison app
Coffee with nearby professionals
Uber for dog walkers
SMS alerts of news based on events within a 3 mile radius of you
A live streaming video platform focused on video gaming and eSports
American Idol online where the user judge the you own peers and strangers, built on a karaoke format.
A platform for professionals to donate their time/services to local charities
Relaunch something like Homejoy
A social platform for watching sports and communicating with others who are watching the same game
An app to tell you exact wait times at restaurants nearby
Rent a pet to see if it's a good idea for your family
An app that notifies you of new laws in your area
Pandora of news
Service that keeps inventory in a household (products, cleaning, etc.)
Discovering some random plant based alternative to lithium, something that is a battery technology breakthrough
Real world bookmarking app
Prepackaged school supplies based on the lists from the school districts
Service to get paid for reviewing products
Chat with a random person about a current event
Travel agency that shows you dying civilizations
Service to find a hiking buddy
Home delivery of pet food/snacks/toys on a set schedule
An app that lets you scan a parking sign and tell you if you can actually park there or not
A service that lets you annotate any video on the web
Marketplace for wedding vendors
Service to rent a personal assistant for the day
Uber for home made meals. Hire a mom to make you a great meal.
Netflix for expensive clothing. Users can cycle through a couple items per month
A habit tracker
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