1. Rebuild Chartable
When a big company shuts down a feature that people love, it’s an opportunity for someone else.
This reminds me a lot of killedbygoogle.com.
Google will kill products or features every year just because the opportunity size “isn’t big enough”. Even if its doing north of $100M/year.
Just because it isn’t big enough for Google, doesn’t mean its not big enough for a normal entrepreneur.
A chartable clones that does $2M per year would be an awesome business for most.
Start by reaching out to 1,000 potential customers. Build a waitlist. Then build the product.
2. White Label Payment’s Company
Did you know you could white label a payment processing service?
Payment processing companies help businesses take credit card payment from customers, and every business needs one. The gas station around the corner. The coffee shop up the street. Or the local bowling alley.
I think it’s entirely possible to pick a niche of business (machine shops, florists, coffee shops, etc.) and white label a payment processor to be 100% branded to a niche.
Then go sell to every business in your niche.
For every customer you sign up, you’ll get a small % of every credit card transaction.
The great thing about this business is that once you have someone locked into your payment processor, its extremely sticky (because its a pain to switch), and it’s recurring revenue with no extra work.
3. Porch Decorating Service
Its the perfect time of the year to do something like this.
Start by decorating your own porch and use it for pictures. Then make flyers with the pictures and service you’re offering, and drop them in every mailbox in town.
Come up with a few ‘standard packages’ and offer upsells.
$1M/year in 4 months of work seems like a pretty awesome biz.
Bonus: Links I like.
B2B sales is turning people neurotic - The Follow Up
Unbundling Reddit - Greg Isenberg
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