Day 14 – 100 Days of Ideas

Let’s get down to business.

131. Image to e-commerce

• Why: Wouldn’t it be great if you can just take a photo of something that you would like to purchase and upload it to the search engine, and a few seconds later, you will be informed with the price and which e-commerce store that sells it? And then, you will also be given the pricing comparison as well as the approximate time that you will receive  the items? I think this will make shopping to become way easier. Need a last minute gift? Just take a picture and it’s done.

132. Public speaking trainer

• Why: To become a leader requires you to have a certain level of communication skill. I believe that more and more people are becoming aware of this, and hence the demand of this training is growing. As long as you can prove the result and the difference it can make to your client, I think people would be interested in your training.

133. Fragile items delivery

• Why: Yesterday, my brother was planning to send a vase for my mom’s birthday. However, he didn’t do it because the cost of delivering it, is almost the same price as the vase. And it was not a cheap vase too. I believe that this niche market is not yet capitalized. Delivery service provider such as JNE, they charge an expensive price for sending over fragile items. I think if you could provide a more affordable service for this segment, maybe backed by insurance, you could dominate this niche.

134. Flight for family with babies

• Why: Many people told me that they find it annoying when there’s a crying baby during their flight. So, I think that it’s possible to create flights that’s only for family with babies. This flight should be customized to meet the needs of the family with babies. Such as diaper rooms, free diapers, baby food and even seats for babies.

135. Car spareparts 

• Why: Earlier today, I saw people carrying car bumpers. Let’s say that you can find a dealer or car rental that can sell you cheap unusable car. I think you can deconstruct the car and take whatever parts that are working (or need small fixing) and sell those parts to people for higher price.

136. Farming consultant

• Why: As the government is aiming towards self-sufficiency in providing food for the nation, there would be more people investing in the agriculture industry. Therefore, I would see a rise in the demand for farming consultant, especially when there’s a gap between the farmers knowledge and the latest farming technology and techniques.

137. Organic farming

• Why: There’s a growing trend for organic food in many developed countries. As a blessed country with ample resources, we can try to start cultivating organic food and export it to developed countries.

138. Dry face wash

• Why: We have dry shampoo in the market. But why don’t we have dry face wash. Having a sensitive skin, I have problem with pimples. The doctor told me to wash my face during the day, but it’s always tough for me since I need to work. So, I think it’s a great idea if there’s a dry face wash, whereby i just need to spray it on my face instead of washing it with water.

139. Mindfulness trainer

• Why: Avoiding mental burn out is always a challenge for entrepreneurs. One way to fight this is through mindfulness training. I think mindfulness has become quite a buzz word lately. But not everyone really understands it, even practicing it. So as people become more aware about this, I think the demand for this is also increasing.

140. Hourly car rental

• Why: This may be common in developed countries. For instance, application such as Flexicar in Australia is really helpful during my college life. This hourly car rental allows people to rent cars at spots near their homes, and return it when their done. It was so convenient that I did not need to buy a car. I just rent one whenever and wherever I need one. The rental time can be extended anytime using the app, except when the car is booked by someone else. Read more about how this rental system work here: Flexicar. Certainly the same exact system cannot be applied in Indonesia due to safety issues. But do you think that if you can tweak the system slightly, would it work here?

Let me know your thoughts about those 10 ideas in the comment section below. Interested in knowing more? Feel free to comment below to discuss it further.

Day 13 – 100 Days of Ideas

It’s day 13! So, what’s new here?

121. Processed seafood product

• Why: In Indonesia we are blessed with abundance, even in our sea. However, instead of just exporting the seafood catch, you can value add the product by creating, for example, processed seafood product.

122. Cold storage facilities for rent

• Why: In order to make such a fancy facilities to be available for the smaller businesses, you can build cold storage facilities and rent it out based on the amount of space used by the renter.

123. Scenery change office

• Why: Office situation or scenery can highly affect the burnout rate for all the employees. That’s why, if we can change the office wallpaper based on the selected mood or scenery that the employees would like to have. I believe that this will reduce the stress amount of the employees ,which resulted in the increase of productivity.

124. Secondhand furnitures marketplace

• Why: Selling and buying furnitures should be made easy, especially for house/apartment renters. As renters who rent an unfurnished home, they need to buy furnitures quickly and when they move out, they also need to sell the furnitures quickly. Therefore, there’s a need for a fast moving furnitures marketplace.

125. Perfume for you

• Why: There are endless list of perfume brand and types out there. Therefore, you can build a website that will help people to choose a perfume type and brand based on the customer’s daily lives and past perfume uses. Sample can also be sent upon request to the users so that it helps them to make his/her purchase decision easier.

126. Subscription based teaching blog

• Why: Learning is part of life. The demand to sharpen one’s knowledge has become a necessity in order to compete in such a world. Therefore, if you are specializing in something that a lot of people do and need. You can create videos and articles that can help those people to improve their skills. Subscription fee will be charged to the users.

127. On demand blood test

• Why: The fact that you must visit a hospital or specialized medical check up place (Biomedika, Prodia), to get your blood taken and check, is taking too much time and effort. Therefore, why not simplify the steps for the customers. So, what if, when you want to get a bloodtest you can pay your check up in advance and someone will come to take your blood. The blood test result will then be sent to your email or physical address. I think this will encourage more people to get their blood checked even though they are busy.

128. Dentist truck

• Why: Everytime you want to see a dentist, you got to visit his/her place and then the dentist will perform a check. What if, instead the dentists will come to you by opening a mobile (truck) posts for those who would like to check their teeth but has no time.

129. Instant coffee to go

• Why: I know that in some places, some instant coffee comes with a cup. But not all the major brand has it. I think this feature is useful for people who wants instant coffee to go. Well, sometimes Starbucks can cost a little bit too much when you are trying to save. So, adding a useful feature and target it to the correct niche audience can be an opportunity that you can tap into.

130. Hardcore water purifier / filter

• Why: I saw a few trucks transporting drinkable water earlier today and I realize, why do we need to transport so much water, while Indonesia is blessed with so much clean water. I believe that what we actually need are a better water management and water treatment plants. However, the water produced by treatment plant is not safe for drinking. Therefore, we need to create a filter or purifier that can turn this treated water into a drinkable water. And I also believe that this problem occurs for many other countries. It’s a huge issue waiting to be solved.

Feel free to leave any comment or if you would like to discuss about the ideas you comment below. I’ll be happy to discuss things with you.

Day 11 – 100 Days of Ideas

Let’s begin…

101. Movie Scheduler

• Why: I enjoy watching movies but sometimes, I could not remember all the movies that I want to watch and when they are playing in the cinemas. If there’s an app where we could get notifications for all the movies that we want to watch the moment when it releases, wouldn’t it be great? Better of if we could directly make a booking in the cinema that we want.

102. Movie Posters

• Why: I noticed the other day that most cinema posters are not interactive. Why wouldn’t they make it more interactive such as showing very short clips, or even making the poster moves or interact with the audience? I think it will become more memorable for the audience to anticipate the movies.

103. Customized Make Up

• Why: Lancome has just released their personalized foundation based on their customers skin tone. I think Lancome has just raised the bar for the cosmetics industry. So, why not making different customized cosmetics? You can start with foundation or lipstick or something simpler.

104. Queue For Me

• Why: Anybody else hates queueing? Because I do. I hate it so much waiting for a table at restaurants or even queue for the new dessert corner that just open. However, there’s a business in every problem. You can create an app that help people to queue. Basically, there will be someone who will queue for the user and notify the user once his/her turn is reached.

105. Hot Pillow

• Why: I was told that girls and women during their period usually have a stomach cramp, which can be soothe by placing something warm to cover the cramp section. Therefore, I think creating a pillow that can radiate heat and better if the user can set the temperature would be a good solution to women monthly problem.

106. Photo Editor Assistant

• Why: I just realized that girls like to send their photo and ask their girl friends opinion before posting it to the social media. Sometimes even ask for help to edit photos. So, what if there’s a professional editor that could help to edit your photo just the way you want it?

107. Private Cinemas

• Why: Another problem with cinemas is that they are packed with people. You cannot pause the movie when you feel like going to the toilet. And you could not buy more popcorn when you are stuck in the middle of a movie. I think a solution to this is to create a private cinemas. Similar to karaoke room, the cinemas will have rooms with sofas, whereby depending on the room size a limited number of people can fit in.

108. Full Cinemas

• Why: As you may also aware that every time a movie started with lots of empty seats. You know that the theater is not maximizing its revenue. I have been trying to come with a solution, which could help cinemas to ensure a full house (almost) everytime they run a movie. Is it bundling with snacks? Up sell for second movie? Or put the ticket on sale during last minute? Or creating a platform to re-sell movie tickets when the demand is high for a particular movie. Let me know if you come up with better ideas for this problem.

109. Customized Wedding Ring

• Why: It’s ring that you will only receive once in a lifetime (for most people, it’s the case). I believe when given the chance to personalized a wedding ring design, most couple will choose to do it. And you can charge for additional price for the customization that took place.

110. Voice News

• Why: I know that some news website has a video that is automatically played itself once you load the page. However, this is not what I am referring to. This is more like a voice note that read out the news once you choose the headline. I believe it’s useful for people who would like to read the news but has no time to read it.

That’s it for today. If you have any questions or would like to discuss about any of the ideas. Feel free to comment.

Day 10 – 100 Days of Ideas

Another lesson that I learnt from this challenge is that…

Being consistent isn’t as easy as it seems. 

Everyone knows that they need to be consistent in the pursue of their dreams.

But only a few people manage to do it, and those are the people that achieve what they want in their lives.

Focus.

Let’s go down to business.

91. Moving House

• Why: This idea is common in more developed countries but not Indonesia. It’s a service that help people to move house. From packing all the items in the house, transport them to the new house and even help to unpacked the items. As people gets busier, this service can prove to be very helpful and in high demand.

92. Self-Inflating Wheel

• Why: A few days ago, my car got a flat tire. But there was no puncture in the tire, it’s just flat. So, I thought why now came up with a tire that can self-inflate. Basically, you can set  your tire pressure and the sensor will try to keep the same pressure on, by inflating and deflating accordingly. I think it could be a lot of help for everyone. Until your tire is punctured then you need more help. 🙂

93. What-to-wear Assistant

• Why: To all women and, nowadays, men too, just admit it, you have too many clothes in your wardrobe but you still say there’s no clothes to wear. Is it just me? Because I always get confused when someone mentioned this, knowing that they keep shopping for new clothes. It’s time to make it easier for you guys. So, you guys just need to download the app, take photo of that new clothes or OOTD (Outfit Of The Day), then save it according to the category/theme. In the future, if you don’t know what to wear, you can search/browse your saved photo based on the clothes type or occasion. Hopefully, by now you remember where you kept that piece of dress that you want to wear.

94. Wholesale Website

• Why: In Jakarta we have a couple traditional market that specializing in wholesaling, such as ITC Mangga Dua, Pasar Pramuka, etc. So, why not working with them as your supplier and sell their products online. You can build your own e-commerce platform. And as a middleman, you could give incentives to the customers in terms of loyalty or discounts. There are many varieties of this idea. I will not mention all of them, but be creative with your approach.

95. Baby’s Product Online Store

• Why: Being parents are hard enough. Well, at least that’s what I heard from people around me and looking at my own parents. So, let’s help them by taking care of the products that they need, such as milk powder, diapers, etc. The website can be coupled with an app that help the parents to monitor their baby product needs. And they will receive notifications if the products inventory is low. If they are willing to repurchase the product they can easily put an order through or browse at your website to change brand or sizes. The order will be processed and sent to their houses the same day. Work with local store to make your delivery time even faster.

96. Fashion Storage

• Why: Solving similar problem with idea number 93. People have too many clothes and they do not know what to do with them. Selling or donating your clothes can be a solution. But, sometimes, the emotional attachment that grows with the item become too strong and thus, you choose to keep it. As these items pile up, you will need more space to take care of them. So, what if I am offering you a space to rent out to keep your fashion items “alive”. Someone will store and take care of them for you. And if you need any of the item, you can select it through the app and ask for delivery. Isn’t that awesome?

97. Smart Fridge

• Why: It must be annoying when you are buying groceries and you end up forget to buy one thing that you didn’t put in your grocery note. So, the idea is that, the fridge would be able to record your purchase behavior and remind you, when you run out of milk or eggs. The fridge software can be synchronized to your favorite e-commerce store, whereby you just need to give the authorization for repurchasing. Isn’t it convenient?

98. Self Cleaning Microwave / Oven

• Why: I don’t know if you too, but I hate cleaning up. Sometimes when we try to heat up our food it will always leave a smell or footprint at one side of the microwave. So, wouldn’t be way better if the oven has a self cleaning system? You just need to add water to the cleaning compartment and it will wash itself clean. Well, I could not discuss more details but you need to search deeper about this possibility.

99. Smart Wallet

• Why: Keeping track of your own finance is important. You do not want to overspend and end up with always close to zero bank account every month. This wallet, will help you to track how much cash that you carry, how much money left and how much you spend. It will be linked to your smartphone and notification will come up every time it records your spending. At the end of the month, you will always know how much you have spent.

100. Second Hand Machineries

• Why: Starting a factory requires a large amount of capital, especially for the machineries required. It’s either you find a cheaper alternative or you get a second hand machines. But, finding the right second hand machine with the right price, can be challenging. So, the idea is to build an e-commerce website, whereby people can trade their second hand machines as well as purchasing a new one.

That’s the 100th idea! Even though it takes a bit longer than 10 days to complete, but I have reached the first 100th.

I hope that these ideas can help to inspire you to find your next venture.

Don’t forget to drop a line or two if you would like to discuss more about the ideas or maybe your next venture. Wishing you heaps of luck!

 

Day 9 – 100 Days of Ideas

I recently found this quote online and I think it somehow resonates with me.

“Most people quit because they look how far they have to go, not how far they have come.” – Anonymous

Well, if it does resonate with you too, please spread the positivity to someone else.

Okay.. let’s start with today’s ideas.

81. Volunteering Website

• Why: There are always people looking for volunteering activities, and there are always organizations (profit and non-profit) searching for volunteers. But sometimes, it’s hard to meet the supply and demand. I think it would be great if both sides can meet and apply at one website. Maybe something similar to LinkedIn or maybe synchronize with LinkedIn profile. And then the applicant can just press apply.

82. Housekeeping Service

• Why: Nowadays it’s getting harder to find a good and loyal house-assistant ( aka pembantu) that can help you to keep the house clean. Therefore, the good news is that the demand is high. This service can be built as a platform and outsourced like Uber or you can build an organization to employ the people. But remember to make it an affordable service.

83. Last Minute Accommodation

• Why: Hotel room is a perishable product. And if left empty, the value is lost by the end of the day. So, why not help the hotels to maximize their occupancy by selling the unoccupied room in your website. At least you both can still earn revenue from it. There you go, an opportunity to capitalize on this last minute demand.

84. Encyclopedia for Watches

• Why: Watches have become the “in” thing lately. As a prestige and success symbol, luxury watches have become more popular than ever. So, as this awareness increases it becomes an opportunity. You can build a platform for watches Encyclopedia, whereby people can leave reviews, reserve a product and even purchase the watch online.

85. Car Park on Demand

• Why: There are many empty and unused lands lying around. Why not turn this empty lands into something productive like carpark. As the government become more concerned with empty unproductive lands and coming up with taxes to reduce it, you can help those people with land bank to turn their land into a productive one. You can create a system to manage the land and carpark, and then split the profit with the land owner. Do not underestimate the revenue that comes from carpark, you might be surprised with the figure.

86. News at Glance

• Why: As we become more cluttered everyday from different sources of news, it would be nice if we can only read the news that we care about, from the source that we want, and in a summarised form. Isn’t it convenient? There’s your opportunity.

87. Promo Dashboard

• Why: Who does not love sale or promo? There’s always a chance for people to save money on the things that they need or want. But it’s just hard to find them. Or they always missed it. Well, you can create a platform whereby, people can get notifications if there’s a promotion/sale that takes place from the brands that they care about. Another win-win situation.

88. Biodegradable Food Containers and Utensils

• Why: In one of the previous idea, I have mentioned about recycled plastic. So, it’s a similar idea. As people become busier, we tend to prefer to get take aways. Whether it’s coffee, food, etc. So, I think in near future, the demand for affordable biodegradable food containers and utensils will be high. So, you can start your research now and start selling. It’s never too late!

89. Shoe Cleaner Machine

• Why: If there’s a washing machine for clothes, why not create one for shoes? As simple as it sounds, that’s the whole idea. But the execution can be challenging. But hey, success never comes easy. Remember that the more difficult the problem, the bigger the success that you can achieve if you can provide the solution.

90. Social Media Mass Movers

• Why: I believe that people are now familiar with social media and at least have one social media account. So, why not help those people to make money using this social media. As brand grows attached to this social media platforms, the demand to drive traffic, getting likes and followers become a lot higher. You can create a platform that reward people for the action that they completed per requested by the brand that you work with. It will be more effective if you could segment the people or mass that you work with, so that it become more relevant to the brand. It’s not cheating, it’s another method to execute thing. And there’s no rule saying that it can’t be done.

There you go! Time to get busy!

Leave a review or comment in the comment box at the bottom of the page. I will be happy to discuss the idea further or if you would like to give me an input to the existing idea, feel free to do so too.

Day 8 – 100 Days of Ideas

I guess things are not always as smooth as you want them to be.

It’s part of the journey that we signed up for. Still, I am trying my best to enjoy and learn from it.

Alright, so here is another 10 ideas that I come up with…

71. Online Booking Platform for Ballroom and Exhibition Space

• Why: We have seen a huge success from platform like Booking.com, Traveloka, Agoda, etc from helping accommodation providers to sell their rooms. However, I think there’s still an opportunity to be explored for helping hotels and other exhibition centres to sell their function rooms, ballrooms, meeting rooms, exhibition halls and many others.

72. Website for Tender

• Why: I’m actually inspired by the movie called War Dogs. Long story short, in the movie they have a website which entails all the tenders that are required by the USA government and the companies can bid on the tender. I think this solution has a potential to be explored further. This can simplify companies’ tendering process.

73. Internship Programs

• Why: Wouldn’t it be more convenient when you can search for the internship program of your dream within one website, instead of maxing out the number of tabs that your browser can open?  As the result, you can help the students who are looking for internship and the companies that are looking for amazing interns.

74.Vendor Review Site

• Why: Rather than wasting your time doing trial and error to find the right vendor for you. Why now create a website for people to leave review about the vendors that they are working with. The idea is similar to Tripadvisor but this is for vendors.

75. Best Before

• Why: Think about how much waste the Food & Beverages (F&B) industries have due to expiring products. What if 3 months prior to the product expiry date, we could sell this product to the people that need to use it before the cutoff date. Of course, the product price will be discounted. In order to exploit this opportunity, we could create a website and try selling all those products in discounted price, and connecting it to the bargain hunters who need to use the product before the magical date. As the result, the waste can be minimised and the seller and the bargain hunters also win.

76. Sharing Profit Fishing Fleet

• Why: Lately, the government has become more supportive in getting the local ship builders to get their fishing ships to be operational at the sea. One solution to this is that, we could get investors to invest in the fleet and work together with the local fishermen to operate the fishing fleet. At the end of the day, the profit can be split among the involved parties.

77. Local Guide on Demand

• Why: Sometimes the locals now it best.Even though there are lots of review and stories out there about a certain destinations, there’s no one knows it better than the locals themselves. The concept is that, when you arrive at a certain destination and would to have a local guide to show you around, you could search for the right guide in the website / app.

78. Unusual Findings

• Why: The world is full of unsolved mysteries and sometimes it takes place during our daily lives. In order to discuss and solve the mystery, you can create an online forum website, whereby people can share their mysteries and solve them together.

79. Unusual Products

• Why: Similar to mysteries, we have countless of new inventions everyday, sometimes, things that we never think could have existed. Basically, it’s a forum slash e-commerce, whereby people can discuss an unusual or unique products and their functions. If there’s someone interested with the product that could connect to the seller right away.

80. Errand Runner

• Why: I know a few app offer this kind of service like Gojek  and Grab. However, sometimes some errand is more unique than the others. For example, person A has to pick up his laundry and take his dog for a walk before sending a birthday present to his friend. But, he received a sudden call from his client asking for a meeting to discuss a huge project. So, this app, can allow person A to get someone from the app to do all three things for a certain amount of money that person A is willing to pay for.

That’s it! If you would like to discuss the idea further or to comment on them, feel free to write it in the comment section below.

 

Day 7 – 100 Days of Ideas

61. Influencers review tool

• Why: As marketers, we know that hiring influencer is expensive and it’s hard to measure the impact of using that particular influencer. So, what if we have a website whereby each of the influencers get reviewed, what are their particular strength and weaknesses and how people rate working with them. This way, it is more fair for businesses since they pay such a large amount of money without having any clear picture, whether they hire the right influencers to sell the right product.

62. Investors’ den

• Why: In Indonesia alone, the number of investors are growing, and they keep looking for great projects to invest in. So, why not create a place for all these investors to gather. This will make it easier for startup owners to find them. And there’s higher chance for new investors to be reached.

63. Egg Shell Business

• Why: Most of the time we think that egg shell is a waste. But, apparently, egg shell has a lot of functions. It contains high calcium, which can be used to make calcium powder, calcium pills, teeth mineralising, for tomato plantation, etc. Feel free to explore further as this might be a hidden gem to your new business.

64. Health mirror

• Why: Sometimes we have no time to check our health in the hospital. So, why not create a mirror (can be made out of a huge screen), that can display your body condition, measuring body shape, calculating weights, and even check your blood pressure, sugar level, etc. This can be sold to health conscious people that have a busy lifestyle.

65. Relationship detective

• Why: Lately, loyalty has become more and more rare. As entrepreneurs we know that every problem is an opportunity. So, we could offer help, to those who need to clarify their insecurities towards their couple. If you think you have an amazing stalking skill and know what it takes to be a detective. I think this job might suit you.

66. Gravity powered electricity

• Why: Climate change is REAL. I know you might have different opinion about this but we can have another session to discuss about this. My point is, we do need a renewable source of power and I believe that we can use gravity to generate power. Please do search for “gravity powered electricity” in your search engine to learn more about this. This is a huge business if you can solve the problem.

67. Language headset

• Why: Language barrier has always been a problem whether it’s in your working life or just day to day life. Our world has become more globalised and we travel around the world more often. So, why not create a headset that can capture what someone is saying and translate that to the language that the user can understand? To date, Siri has been made capable to use 36 languages. Therefore, you can see that the technology is available.

68. Voice translator

• Why: Similar to idea 67, we can build an app that can translate languages through voice. Let’s say, we have person A and person B who are speaking two different languages but would like to have a conversation. So, person A can start by saying anything while the app is running. The app will then translate what person A has said, and say it out loud through the speaker in the language that person B can understand. Isn’t that convenient? Through this app, two people using different languages can have a direct conversation.

69. Fashion scanner

• Why: Basically, it’s a tool whereby you can take your body image and change your virtual clothes according to the new photo that you added to the “wardrobe” collection. It will be very useful for online fashion shop, whereby people cannot try out the clothes that they would like to buy.

70.Make up scanner

• Why: Similar to idea 69, the make up scanner will scan your face in detail, and allow you to play around with virtual make up that you would like to try. Brands can create QR code for their product which can be imported as virtual make up collection. As the result, the user could virtually apply make up from different brands to his/her face before making a purchase.

 

Those are another 10 of new ideas that you can use to create your new business. Feel free to share your opinion or to discuss the ideas in the comment section below.

Day 6 – 100 Days of Ideas

I’ve been quite busy with my job lately.. which means less time to let my mind wanders. But that’s okay. That’s the essence of this challenge.

Keep pushing forward!

Okay… next ideas…

51. Build your own watch

• Why: Watch has become more of a fashion statement and a personal branding. I know a few online shops offer a customised design watch that you can build using templates that they offer. What if you could offer more flexibility based on the watch design (automatic, chronograph, skeleton, diver, mechanical, etc), straps, shapes (square, oval, etc), colour, and even engraving.

52. Build your own car

• Why: It might be costly to customise every car design. But, a possibility to mix and match a car exterior, interior and even engine specification could be a fun service and product to offer. This can be made simpler by giving a few templates of car parts that the customer can look at and use. And these template options can grow bigger as the demand increases.

53. Sweet beer

• Why: Back in Australia, I know a few beer brands that offer beers with low calorie, low alcohol, and sweet flavours. This kind of beer is usually targeted towards female consumers. So far in Indonesia, I only see Radler that do really to capitalise this market. Come on guys, you can do better than that! Calling for all beer lovers, it’s time to put that alcoholic passion to good use.

54. Bazaar finder

• Why: Street food has become a trend lately. More people in retails such as fashion, food and beverages, and even services, first started their business through bazaar. It’s indeed a cheap way to start your business or just to test your idea. Since there are so many bazaar out there, and new ones keep popping up, I think it’s great if we could have a website or app that could track all those new bazaars and to contact their management.

55. Website developer market

• Why:  More people and businesses need developer services to build new websites or their crazy ideas. Unless you want to build a team, it’s better to outsource the development stage to trustworthy seasoned developers. Similar to sribu.com, why not create a marketplace for developers and designers, so that people and businesses could post their project in the marketplace. And then those developers and designers can bid for your customer’s projects. Hence, another win-win situation.

56. Voice email

• Why: I hate typing emails and I believe, I’m not the only one. Why we do not create a mail service but this one using voice message. Basically it’s a voice mail but cooler. So, the application or service will verify your voice as fraud control measure before accessing your inbox. Upon sending message voice verification will always be active to check if the person is the account owner. The customer can speak or whisper their message and get recorded. It will also be typed out by the voice detector (if you want to). I think this way it’s more efficient to reply to emails. It saves a lot of time. Oh! It can be applied to blogs too.

57. Car AI

• Why: I believe that those automobile giants are already working for this, but hey, why don’t you come up with the service and sell it to them? Imagine if your car has similar AI like an ironman suit (aka Jarvis). The AI can check your engine conditions, control the car system for you and even linked to your phone apps. Wouldn’t it be awesome?

58. Idea tester

• Why: There are already a few of these kind of website out there, such as kickstarter and indiegogo. But Indonesia needs to have one. Why? Because every country is a unique country and the only accurate way to test the market is that if you get the people in your target market to try it out. Not the people in the other side of the world. So, come on guys. Before someone capitalise on this.

59. Career (Talent) coaching

• Why: Choosing a career that you want is a tough process. However, if someone can help you to discover your talent and coach you to be the person that you want to be and achieve all your goals, I think it’s worth it. There are more new jobs than ever before, since the technology has grown rapidly. 10 years ago there’s still no such things as social media influencers. Now you can become one of those and get high pay check for it. So, if you could help people to develop their talent and bring them to success I think there’s a self satisfaction that you can obtain from doing it. Don’t forget this is also a business opportunity that you can look at.

60. Arts Online Marketplace

• Why: Lately, people start to appreciate arts more and even invest in arts. As people become more educated, their sense of life appreciation become stronger. Therefore, people purchase more arts to decorate their offices and houses. So, this is an opportunity for you to help your potential customers to either sell or rent their art piece to those who appreciate them. Even if your customers are not collectors, but they have spare art pieces that they would like to rent out, this platform can help them to find their clients. This kind of marketplace is easy to monetise too.

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Day 5 – 100 Days of Ideas

Let’s see what do I have today…

41. Furnitures and Decorations for Rent

• Why: Look around your office or coffee shop next door. They always use the same furnitures for a long time. Most of the time, the management would like to change it but it’s always the cost that stop them to do so. Let’s say that they could rent a sofa, paintings, TVs, etc, for a fraction of the price. Now they can change their interior without affecting their cashflow. This is even more helpful for cafe or restaurants since customers always want something new and fresh.

42. Demand Testing Service

• Why: There’s always risks and some level of speculation involved before starting a new business. What if we could help reducing this risk. Most of the time, small and medium businesses do demand testing informally. Let’s say if you could provide this service in an affordable price using the latest technology. This would really help, for instance, an entrepreneur who is planning to open a new bakery store down the road. Personally, I would be willing to pay for this service before investing more money to my new business. This is especially true for retail businesses, whereby location and traffic can really impact the business performance.

43. Card Box Recycling

• Why: I have seen many people throwing out used card boxes in my office. The problem is that the card boxes are in perfect condition, clean and undamaged. So, why not purchase these card boxes in a low price or barter them, and process those boxes into a new recycled card boxes? After that we can sell it back to those who need it. Notice that I skipped a lot of details here since this is just the raw idea, and you still need to dig deeper if you are serious about turning this into a proper money making machine.

44. Facilities Locator

• Why: A few days ago I had a flat tire and don’t know where to find somebody to fix it. I guess this is a common problem in Indonesia. Let’s say that you could come up with a facilities locator, which help people to locate the nearest gas station or just a simple “Tambal Ban (literally wheel patching)” store. I think this could be very useful. Apart from that there are many other facilities that you could help people with such as hospitals, specialties stores, tailors, etc.

45. Pet Assistant / Care Taker

• Why: It’s basically a service that is provided for people who would like to keep a pet, but either too busy to take care of it or doesn’t know how. So, this trained pet assistant will take care of the pet whenever the owner isn’t around or just by helping the owner to carry the dog for a walk. This service could also be combined with veterinarian services, pet supplies store, pet hotels, etc.

46. Pet Hotels

• Why: Yes. Pet hotels. To pet lovers it is nothing foreign. Basically it’s a service whereby your pet can stay overnight just like a human accommodation, but of course altered for your pet comfort. Usually, pet owners need this service when they are away from home for a long period of time. By long period of time maybe more than three days. The “hotel” owner should pamper the pets by giving them food, shower, and maybe some other benefits like massage or hair treatment. Of course all those additional services could be charged extra.

47. Book Exchange 

• Why: If you want to be successful at what you do, you got to have a great knowledge about that subject. One way is by reading to learn. But always purchasing a new book can hurt your spending, especially when you’re just starting up. So, for those book lovers (count me in!), let’s create a platform whereby we could exchange books or rent or sell it to others. This way, we could all benefited from the knowledge.

48. Sell the Garage Sale

• Why: I know a few friends who have so many unused stuff sitting in their warehouse. I think they know that those stuff still have values in them but they are just too lazy or just do not bother. So, why not help them to sell all those unused stuff and get a percentage out of the total revenue made. One party can now has more room in his/her warehouse plus additional cash, another party could have additional cash inflow. So a win-win.

49. Video Summary of Books

• Why: Sometimes, I wish that I could finish a book while doing some other things. Although audio books exist, sometimes it’s kinda a bit too long to listen to. So, why not create a summary of books in a short video style or audio style, therefore, people like me can still learn the knowledge from the book in a shorter amount of time.

50. Voice Coach

• Why: It might be something unusual in Indonesia to have a voice coach. But this is a usual thing that people have in America and some other western countries. Voice is really an important asset that people have, especially if you want to become a leader. Your voice tone, pitch and volume will determine whether people could trust you or not or even influencing them. Although it may sound new to you, I think this is an opportunity for you to capture.

Day 4 – 100 Days of Ideas

Chinese New Year has just passed. I flew back to my hometown and missed the postings.

No excuses. It’s hard to be consistent. But not impossible.

Well, it’s only day 4 but it’s getting more difficult to get new ideas running.

Maybe this could help to push me to be more creative. That’s the whole point of this challenge.

Alright, so this is another 10 ideas that I came up with:

31. Pick Up Laundry

• Why: The other day, I saw a few empty laundry stores around the city, so I thought why not create a pick up and delivery service for laundry. This includes picking up from any random location such as car park, offices or somewhere by the street. I think this could make people’s lives easier. You could also offer a priority laundry with extra charge.

32. Bone Powder

• Why: I heard from my uncle that one ingredient of stock feed is bone powder. Since we have plenty of restaurants wasting hundred kilograms of bones daily. Is there any way that we could utilise those “waste” and turn them into something profitable.

33. Business Partner Speed Dating

• Why: Based on my own experience, finding a business partner is as tough as choosing a wife. Once you choose one, you have to face a sticky situation before you could choose another. So, getting those who are looking for a business partner in the same room and help them to break the ice, could be a service that you could keep an eye on, especially in Indonesia. It is the era where startups are blooming like never before.

34. Party Planner App

• Why: Who doesn’t love a great party? But sometimes planning a party and preparing for it could be troublesome. So, why not capitalise on this. Becoming a private party planner could provide a lot of help to those who are too busy or too lazy to plan or someone who is looking for a twist in their party. Let those creative juice flowing!

35. Selling Spare Luggage Allowance

• Why: I was in the plane a few days ago, and this came up. I did not bring any luggage and had a spare of 20kg. And when I checked in, I saw a few people with many bags and luggages. So, I thought to myself if I could sell my luggage to them, I could make some money. Airlines will hate me for this, but who cares. Of course it sounds dangerous if someone brought illegal stuff and put it under your name. But if we could eliminate this problem, this is another area that you can capitalise on.

36. Collectibles barter or auction site

• Why: I am not really into collectibles even though I have a few of them myself. Once in a while I enjoy buying them too. So, rather than looking for special edition of your favourite collectibles in general market place, why not create a platform that could accommodate a barter or even auction for collectibles. It has a niche market to begin with.

37. Last Minute Marital Hall for Sale

• Why: The other day, my friend posted in her social media that one of her friend’s wedding was cancelled last minute. The hall has been paid and now the seller is willing to take a lost on the sale of the reservation. To me it sounds like a very good deal. But I am not ready to get married yet, so I passed on the opportunity. Even though I felt bad for her friend’s. Anyway, I think a marketplace for a discounted last minute marital hall can be a good opportunity too. It helps both party who is looking to buy and to sell.

38. Warehouse to Share

• Why: Thinking about small businesses, sometimes it’s tough to store all your products in your rented apartment or house. However, getting a warehouse is too big and too expensive. What if I tell you that there is a platform to share a warehouse based on the area that you occupy? I think it’s a good idea since sharing economy is no longer a new stuff.

39. Digital Instruction for Gym Equipment

• Why: I think chain gym stores will hate me for this. Earlier today, I had a hard time figuring out how to use an equipment in the gym. Although they always put a sticker at the side of every equipment showing how the equipment is supposed to be used. However, the information is hard to follow since it’s just a static image. I think adding a video on how the equipment is used or an app to show how each equipment is used, could really help people like me.

40. Cap Cleaning Service

• Why: I know one store has opened this service in my area. But I think we still need more of this. Wearing a cap has become cool again. But wearing a sweaty and dirty cap is not cool at all. So, creating an express cap cleaning service in malls or other strategic area could actually provide values for all cap users. And the market is there for you to grab.

I hope you like one of the idea and explore it in more details. If you happened to have thought about this idea before or even had a chance to explore it. Share it with me in the comment section below. I would love to hear your insights. 🙂