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IdeaCasterIdeaCaster Daily: 3 Business Ideas - Bootstrapped SaaS, AI-Automated Physical Businesses & Productized ConsultingWednesday, January 14, 2026. Three business ideas.IDEA 1: BOOTSTRAPPED SAAS IN NON-SCALABLE MARKETSWhy worst markets for VCs = best for bootstrappers.Funeral home software: 19,000 funeral homes using 1997 software, paying $800/month, crashes constantly. VCs run away (not billion-dollar market). Bootstrappers see gold.Build modern system. Charge $300/month. Capture 1% = 190 customers = $57,000 MRR = $700,000/year. Costs $15,000/month. Take home $500K+.Bowling alleys: 3,500 in US. Build modern app. $400/month. 100 customers = $480,000/year.Sales cycle: 2-4 weeks (not 6-9...
2026-01-1521 min
IdeaCasterIdeaCaster Daily: 3 Business Ideas - TikTok Shop Food Products, AI Experimentation Platform & SaaS BundleTuesday, January 13, 2026. Three business ideas you could actually start.IDEA 1: PRIVATE LABEL FOOD ON TIKTOK SHOPProblem: Small-batch food makers create incredible products but have terrible branding and zero marketing.Solution: Find producers, create branding, handle TikTok marketing. They manufacture/ship. You split profits.Numbers: Hot sauce sells $24. Cost $9-10 + $4-5 shipping = $10 profit/bottle.One viral video: 500K views at 2% conversion = 10K orders = $100K profit.Year 1: Start $2K, one...
2026-01-1322 min
IdeaCasterIdeaCaster Daily: 3 Business Ideas - Talent Discovery Platform, Input Curator & Collaborative Essay PlatformMonday, January 12, 2026. Three business ideas to start your week.IDEA 1: ALTERNATIVE TALENT DISCOVERY PLATFORMProblem: Best developers/designers aren't on LinkedIn looking for jobs. They're building things.But they ARE: Answering questions on Stack Overflow, contributing to GitHub, writing technical blogs, creating side projects.Solution: Platform that systematically analyzes public activity to identify high-potential candidates using AI to understand quality.Example: Hiring React developer in Austin. Instead of LinkedIn (competing with 50 companies), search: "Developers...
2026-01-1222 min
IdeaCasterFounder Spotlight: From Target Parking Lot Breakdown to $45K MRR - Maya Chen's SaaS JourneySunday, January 11, 2026. Maya Chen, 34, former product manager now running B2B SaaS at $45K MRR.Two years ago: crying in Target parking lot, ready to quit. 9 months building, zero customers on launch day.Today: sustainable, profitable business. What she runs looks nothing like what she originally built.THE START (JAN 2024)Maya: Senior PM at ConnectFlow, Austin. $130K/year. Restless.Decision: Build nights/weekends. 1 year goal: $10K MRR by Jan 2025. Budget: $20K max.
2026-01-1224 min
IdeaCasterBuild This Weekend: Launch Your TikTok Shop in 48 Hours - Complete Beginner's PlaybookSaturday, January 10, 2026. By Sunday night: live TikTok Shop, real products, real checkout. First sale while you sleep.No inventory. No warehouse. Just you, your phone, 48 hours.WHY NOWTikTok Shop launched US Sept 2023. January 2026 = golden window.Regular video: 500 views. Video with Shop product: 2,500 views. 5x reach free.Won't last forever. Instagram Shopping had same moment 2019. Window closing.THE MODELFind 3 trending products from dropshipping...
2026-01-1120 min
IdeaCasterDeep Dive Friday: Premium Community for Hypergrowth Executives - Complete $1M Business PlaybookTuesday 7:45 AM. VP of Engineering at Series B. Six months ago: 12 people. Today: 63. Best engineer quit ("culture doesn't feel the same"). You've never done this before.Today: Premium community for hypergrowth executives. Complete $0→$1M playbook.THE PROBLEMVP of Sales told: scale 15→50 reps in 6 months. First VP role.Means: Hire 35 people (interview 350), build sales enablement, rewrite playbook (what worked at 15 breaks at 50), hire managers externally, still has quota.She searches for help. Books from Sale...
2026-01-1132 min
IdeaCaster3 Validated Business Ideas: TikTok Shop Private Label Food, AI Fluency Assessments & Founder Essay WritingTikTok Shop processed $17 billion in sales last year. Projecting $50 billion by 2025. Today we break down 3 businesses riding massive shifts.IDEA 1: PRIVATE LABEL FOOD ON TIKTOK SHOPReal example: Texas woman selling BBQ rubs, 8 months in, $20K-$30K/month at 55% margins.Content strategy: Recipe videos, business behind-the-scenes, live selling 2x weekly. Best session: $8K in 90 minutes.Revenue: $38 average order. 55% margin = $21 profit. Pay $7.60 affiliate = $13.40 net (35% margin).Startup: $2K-$5K inventory, $500-$1K compliance.Products working: Health snacks, regional specialties, coffee/tea, specialty salts.TikTok affiliate program: 20% commission...
2026-01-0723 min
IdeaCaster3 Validated Business Ideas: Western Fashion TikTok Shop, AI Interview Evaluation & Newsletter Summit Production40 million Americans identify as country music fans. They're not seeing enough authentic western fashion content on TikTok. That's just one of three underserved opportunities we're breaking down today.IDEA 1: TIKTOK SHOP AFFILIATE - WESTERN FASHIONThe opportunity: Massive, passionate audience completely underserved on TikTok. Western fashion having cultural moment (Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter, Yellowstone effect, Gen Z western aesthetic).Revenue: 20-30% TikTok Shop commission. $200 cowboy boots = $40-$60 per sale.The math: 1M views/month, 1% conversion = 10K sales. At 25% commission = $2,500/m...
2026-01-0622 min
IdeaCaster3 Validated Business Ideas: Privacy Analytics, AI Sales Training & GTM Stack Integration67% of businesses want to replace Google Analytics 4 - even though they're already paying Google. When people will pay to escape free tools, that's real opportunity.This Monday we break down 3 validated business ideas that could each become six-figure businesses in 18 months.IDEA 1: PRIVACY-FOCUSED ANALYTICSThe opportunity: GA4 is a nightmare. Build privacy-first analytics with one-click GA4 data import.Why it works: Plausible hit $1M ARR proving the model. Mainstream businesses just now forced to care about privacy due to...
2026-01-0524 min
IdeaCasterAI-Powered Local Service Directory: Build a $350K/Year Trust Business in Your CityFinding a reliable plumber at 7 PM on Sunday shouldn't feel like Russian roulette. Yet the $600 billion local services market is stuck in the dark ages - fake reviews, sketchy contractors, and lead marketplaces that don't actually vet anyone.This Monday Deep Dive breaks down how to build an AI-powered local service directory that solves the trust crisis: customers can't trust providers they find, and good providers can't differentiate from fly-by-night operators.THE BROKEN PLATFORMS:- Thumbtack: Zero quality control - post a job, get 37...
2026-01-0523 min
IdeaCasterFrom Corporate Drone to $2M Newsletter Empire: The Complete Founder JourneyThe complete story of how Jordan went from $85K corporate job to a $2 million/year newsletter business in 3 years - starting with zero followers and lunch break posts.This is our Sunday Founder Journey Narrative - a deep dive into one person's complete path from idea to seven-figure exit, with all the messy details, false starts, and breakthrough moments that actually matter.THE BEGINNING:Jordan was stuck in corporate hell. Business development at a mid-sized tech company. Pointless meetings. Buzzword bingo. One day they wrote a snarky...
2026-01-0422 min
IdeaCasterBuild This Weekend: Launch a Content Strategy Consulting Business for Creatives in 48 HoursTurn your weekend into a $2K-$5K/month consulting business helping creatives convert their content into paying clients.The problem every creative faces: Gorgeous content. Hundreds of likes. Zero client bookings. Wedding photographers with 50K followers still relying on referrals. Life coaches posting motivational quotes that get engagement but no discovery calls. Designers showcasing beautiful work but never explaining the business results.There's a massive gap between content that gets likes and content that gets clients - and you can build a business solving it THIS WEEKEND.
2026-01-0325 minIdeaCasterTikTok Shop Live Empire: How to Make $480K in One Stream (Complete Playbook)$480,000 in a single livestream. Three hours. Not a celebrity - just someone who learned TikTok Shop Live 8 months ago.This is our Friday Deep Dive Premium breaking down the entire TikTok Shop Live Selling opportunity. TikTok Shop did $15 billion in sales in 2025 (up 750% from 2024), and most of that growth is coming from live selling. But here's the gap: most brands have no idea how to make this work.We cover three complete business models you can pursue:- Service Agency Model: Run livestreams for...
2026-01-0226 minIdeaCaster3 Boring Businesses Making Real Money in 2026 (Competitive Intel, Status Monitoring & Free Summits)Happy New Year! We're kicking off 2026 with three businesses that prove useful beats clever: competitive intelligence that actually tells you what to do, infrastructure monitoring that prevents disasters, and free summits that build audiences worth millions.In this Thursday episode, we break down:- Competitive Intelligence Platforms: How one founder spent 8 years at $25K MRR selling data, then repositioned to "actionable recommendations" and hit 7 figures in 18 months. Why AI-powered strategic insights are replacing raw competitor tracking in 2026.- Status Page Aggregators: The positioning masterclass...
2026-01-0122 minIdeaCasterSmall SaaS M&A Brokerage: How to Make $300K/Year as the Middleman (No Coding Required)End the year with one of the most accessible six-figure business ideas we've covered: becoming a Small SaaS M&A broker. Learn how to make $5K-$15K per deal by connecting micro-SaaS founders who want to exit with buyers looking for profitable software businesses.In this Wednesday deep dive, we break down:- Why traditional business brokers don't understand SaaS (and why that's your opportunity)- The exact economics: 10-15% commissions + retainer fees on $10K-$500K deals- Real examples: How MicroAcquire raised $10M+ and...
2026-01-0125 min
Caustic SodaDoomed Expeditions – Part 2Toren, Joe, and Kevin are back with guest Jessica Pink for the second half of the podcast of DOOOOOOM!Music: "Funeral March" by Frederic ChopinImagesDOOM-O-METER RATINGS (out of 10)The Karluk DisasterToren: 5Kevin: 2Joe: 3Jess: 5Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionToren: 3Kevin: 3Joe: 3Jess: 5MOVIESBlair Witch ProjectToren: 8Kevin: 10Joe: 7Jess: 7Aguirre: The Wrath of GodToren: 7Kevin: 4Joe: 5The FountainKevin: 4The AbyssToren: 7Kevin: 7Joe: 8Jess: 6Into the WildKevin: 8Jess:9SphereJess:7Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic ExpeditionToren: 8Kevin: 7Joe: 8Jess:8
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