6 Scalable Startup Ideas (You Can Start Tomorrow)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
You're a side hustle could turn into a real company and a real company can change your life.
What startup idea revolves around Facebook Marketplace?
So in this episode, it's all about ideas that could generate cash flow that can turn into real businesses anywhere between a few hundred thousand dollars a year to $50 million a year businesses. Enjoy the episode.
Welcoming my brother from another mother, Chris Kerner, on the show, Startup Ideas Podcast. He's back, I think, for the third time. Chris, by the end of this episode, what are people going to learn?
How can a DTC product studio leverage short-form video and AI?
They are going to learn that they should not stay seated in their seat. This episode is successful if they hit pause and go out and do something and then come back days later and finish it.
And will you give people specific ideas and sauce to get them out of their seats?
Greg, my name is Christopher Sauce Kerner. Like that's the whole brand. What are we talking about here? Of course.
Okay. So as long as you could commit to the sauce and that, I mean, people do need to move their own legs, but at least, right?
Yeah.
What business model is proposed for bike washing and maintenance subscriptions?
But you're going to get them pretty close.
This will be saucy. There's going to be like four linguine noodles in there, and it's just going to be drowning in arrabbiata sauce.
And before we get in, what type of categories of ideas are we talking about?
So we're going to go approachable, low startup cost, low friction to start, affordable. But like... I, in my opinion, everything is scalable, right?
How do anti-drink-spike stickers provide a unique business opportunity?
So the question, I just hate it when people say like, is that even scalable? Like, yes, it's scalable. The right question is, how hard would it be to scale that to whatever number? Because for some, $100,000 a year is scale. To some, $100 million, right? So these are all scalable.
So these are ideas that can be anywhere from $10,000 a month all the way up to... Shoot, I mean, eight figures a year.
What is the concept behind shiny rock vending machines at trailheads?
$10 million a year in revenue with double-digit profit margins.
Okay, you have my attention.
Okay, I'm going to read some stats to you. You ready?
Yeah.
How does the Kabuto King strategy influence collectible card grading?
Facebook Marketplace. We talked about Facebook last year, or maybe the last time I was on this. Facebook Marketplace. Facebook has over 3 billion monthly active users. 16% of those are monthly active users for Facebook Marketplace. Half a billion people use Facebook Marketplace. 16% of active users log into Facebook for the sole purpose of shopping on Facebook Marketplace. And Facebook knew what they were doing. They saw that the wall wasn't very popular anymore. So they started adding groups and Mark, like they know what they're doing. They're smart, right? That's why we invest in Mark Zuckerberg. 51% of all recent social media purchases. So like not Amazon, social media purposes all happened on Facebook marketplace.
Okay. My point, Facebook Marketplace is massive. It's huge. There are countless people that solely rely on Facebook Marketplace for their living. And I've got a bunch of ideas around this. A lot of them kind of like hands-on, dirty, sweaty. But the first one is... Why is no one building third-party apps for Facebook Marketplace? Apps that scan items for you. Apps that give you price alerts. Apps where you can use the API in a compliant way to scrape and to find alpha and to see, oh, this dresser over here is listed for this, but it's actually worth this on eBay, like arbitrage apps. I've already looked into it. Don't tell me the API permissions don't allow for it, because they do. People are not building apps on top of Facebook Marketplace, and I don't know why.
That's crazy, dude.
Half a billion users.
I was almost 100% convinced that it just was impossible. Right.
Like I vibe coded one that like scanned items. It would reach out to people like I'm not an expert. I don't even know how to code. I vibe coded it and it worked for my use case. I didn't like scale it. I didn't sell it, but like it is possible. The API allows for it. People would pay for it. They make their living from Facebook marketplace. If they can have an edge, they would pay for it. No one's doing it. eBay has thousands of apps built on top of it, right? Some of those apps got acquired by eBay for hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:19
2
What startup idea revolves around Facebook Marketplace?
0:19–0:54
3
How can a DTC product studio leverage short-form video and AI?
0:54–1:27
4
What business model is proposed for bike washing and maintenance subscriptions?
1:27–1:54
5
How do anti-drink-spike stickers provide a unique business opportunity?
1:54–2:20
6
What is the concept behind shiny rock vending machines at trailheads?
2:20–2:32
7
How does the Kabuto King strategy influence collectible card grading?
2:32–18:49
8
How can listeners take actionable steps from this episode's ideas?
18:49–55:07