The Startup Ideas Podcast
6 startup ideas from the tech Warren Buffett (make $120k/mo)
Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Join me as I chat with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Tiny, as we explore innovative startup ideas, and his frameworks for finding and building startupsTimestamps00:00 Intro01:55 Startup Idea 1: Robot Lawn-mowing Service/Directory17:54 Startup Idea 2: CPAP alternatives for Sleep Apnea26:24 Startup Idea 3: Computer Vision for Small Biz 32:03 Startup Idea 4: Negotiating as a Service 36:48 Startup Idea 5: Sperm Freezing Made Easy 42:50 Startup Idea 6: Community Building as a Service 1) Robot Lawnmower Revolution • Buy robot mowers, geofence yards• Start a mowing company with ZERO labor• ROI beats solar panels (6-12 month payback)• Opportunity: Review site for mowers (affiliate $$$)2) Sleep Apnea Gold Rush • Apple Watch can now diagnose sleep apnea• 80-90% of cases undiagnosed• Opportunities:a) Buy sleep clinicsb) DTC alternatives to CPAPc) App using Apple Watch datad) Financing for CPAP machines• Sleep tech is about to EXPLODE3) Computer Vision for Small Biz • Mount an old iPhone in your store• Get heat maps, customer behavior insights• Identify repeat vs. new customers• Enterprise-level tech now accessible to SMBs4) The Ultimate Negotiator • Most employees HATE negotiating• Idea: Outsourced negotiation for EVERYTHING• Houses, cars, software, office supplies• Take a % of savings5) Sperm Freezing Made Easy • Older fathers = higher risk of complications• Current process is awkward and clinical• Idea: At-home kit, ship back with dry ice• ZERO Google Ads competition (for now)6) Community Building as a Service • EO/YPO Forum model: Monthly deep discussions• Build trust, solve problems, forge friendships• Opportunities beyond just business groups• "Secular church" concept7) Bonus: Undiagnosed Illness Detection • Smartwatches can detect more than sleep apnea• AFib, hypertension, stress/anxiety• Huge market for early, non-invasive detection• The future of healthcare is on your wristWant more free ideas? I collect the best ideas from the pod and give them to you for free in a database. Most of them cost $0 to start (my fav)Get access: https://www.gregisenberg.com/30startupideas Work with me and my team: LCA — world’s best product design firm to build apps, websites and brands people love. https://latecheckout.agency/BoringAds — ads agency that will build you profitable ad campaigns http://boringads.com/BoringMarketing — SEO agency and tools to get your organic customers http://boringmarketing.com/Community Empire - a membership for builders who want to build cash-flowing businesses =http://communityempire.co/FIND ME ON SOCIALX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gisenberg/FIND ANDREW ON SOCIALX/Twitter: https://x.com/awilkinsonNever Enough: https://www.neverenough.com/Tiny: https://www.tiny.com/
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The goal for any entrepreneur starting out is to make 100 to 200K a year. After that, everything is upside and gravy, but that gives you the launch pad with which to launch the good businesses.
The old way of creating startups was, you know, technical founder and maybe a designer, maybe a business guy. Now, I think today you kind of need idea gal or guy and a funnel guy or gal. Whenever you see that, it's like a lottery ticket. I almost don't want to air this episode.
I want to edit that out and I'm going to build this in Canada right now.
Andrew Wilkinson on the Startup Ideas pod. And I'm doing this new thing, Andrew, where when I start the pod, I ask, if you listen to the entire pod, what are you going to get out of this pod?
Man, I hope there's someone like driving their car and they pull over and get excited about an idea or something. I love like I like listening to the My First Million episodes where people are brainstorming and like Steph Smith or someone will go on and she just drops some cool idea that hits me. So hopefully one of these ideas hits somebody.
I've been doing this show, I've done like 100 plus episodes. And I will say the document you sent over with Startup Ideas is by far the most thorough document I have gotten back.
Really, I'm shocked and appalled to hear that because I did it in like three or four minutes.
And that's why I wanted to have you back on the pod. And let's get right into it. Yeah, man.
Awesome. Um, so how, how do you want to go about doing this? We can go start to bottom top to bottom. Okay. So, um, I've been deep diving on this because I have a big yard and I spend a lot of money on landscaping and I don't really know what they do. And so I started digging in and I realized that I was spending like thousands of dollars a month on lawn care and
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