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🧠 3 Idea Thursday

Every week, I spend dozens of hours searching for the best business ideas.
Here are my favorites this week!

🧠 1: Personal CRM 🤝 AI
Idea: AI tool for searching your personal network
Connect to LinkedIn, Twitter, Gmail. Ask questions, get list of matches
Ex: “Who are all the designers I know in NYC?”
Does this exist? Would save me hours of time sifting through LinkedIn for hiring, outreach, etc
— Kenan Saleh (@kenanhsaleh)
5:27 AM • Nov 7, 2023
There are 3 (shitty) businesses EVERY entrepreneur has started:
Todo list app
Dropshipping
Personal CRMs
These ideas might still be terrible, but it’s worth taking a second look now that AI has entered the picture.
Having an AI search my network for hyper-specific criteria and give me matches would be a game-changer.
The closest competitor is Affinity - but it’s expensive.
Someone could build this in a weekend all off the back of ChatGPT.
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🧠 2: DTC Zyn
Seems like there’s a massive opportunity for someone to do a more upscale DTC version of Zyn.
Sentiment has changed radically on nicotine, but the consumer experience is still very low quality: flimsy plastic container you buy in a gas station.
— Nat Eliason (@nateliason)
2:22 PM • Mar 19, 2024
I’m young enough to know what Zyns are, but old enough not to get it - 30 is a weird age.
For those of you who aren’t hip like me, Zyn is a brand of nicotine pouch that has Gen Z’ers in a chokehold.

If you’re down to play in the ‘vice’ business space - this is a winner.
High repeat purchase rate (it’s literally an addictive substance)
Cheap to ship/warehouse
Capitalizing on a massive trend

🧠 3: Community Lead Gen Agency
I discovered Facebook group's marketing power while starting my local landscaping company five years ago.
I posted in my local community Facebook group:
"My friends and I are starting a landscaping business and are willing to take on any job."
We got our first customer from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Dan Magazu (@DannyMagazu)
4:33 PM • Mar 2, 2024
Marketing within communities like Reddit and Facebook got me 1,000s of subscribers to Brainstorms.
Why don’t marketing agencies offer this service? It’s a bit ‘gray hat’ against most community’s guidelines.
But, if done correctly (and subtly), it works really, really well.
A stupid simple opportunity is to build a Community Marketing Agency and rake in cash.

That’s all for this week. Please leave me feedback and let me know what you think!
— Keevin ✌️
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