Ask HN: What are some promising side/solo business ideas?

#1

Post by Thomasmack » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 7:11 PM UTC

Hi guys,

i am currently trying to generate ideas for a side business. However, I am having a hard time doing so. Since they say 'ideas are cheap, execution is everything' I would like to try my luck here for myself and other people who feel the same way.

Maybe you have some ideas/problems you don't want to tackle but want to see a solution for? Great! Maybe you'd like to share it with us :)

Thanks :)

Re: Ask HN: What are some promising side/solo business ideas?

#2

Post by JackOfCrows » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 7:15 PM UTC

I am a single person in a city where I don't know anyone because I just moved here. I need something that will set me up with someone to run me home from the medical clinic as I need minor surgery and can't drive myself home. They will not release me to an Uber or Lyft or anything. So I need someone to drive me, sit there, then drive me home.

The services that do this for old people think I'm insane. None of the car services will do it.

Go.

Re: Ask HN: What are some promising side/solo business ideas?

#3

Post by Thomasmack » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 7:25 PM UTC

JackOfCrows wrote: post #2

I am a single person in a city where I don't know anyone because I just moved here. I need something that will set me up with someone to run me home from the medical clinic as I need minor surgery and can't drive myself home. They will not release me to an Uber or Lyft or anything. So I need someone to drive me, sit there, then drive me home. The services that do this for old people think I'm insane. None of the car…

Thanks for sharing! Gladly I never experienced that problem myself.

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#4

Post by arthurcolle » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 8:37 PM UTC

JackOfCrows wrote: post #2

I am a single person in a city where I don't know anyone because I just moved here. I need something that will set me up with someone to run me home from the medical clinic as I need minor surgery and can't drive myself home. They will not release me to an Uber or Lyft or anything. So I need someone to drive me, sit there, then drive me home. The services that do this for old people think I'm insane. None of the car…

Liability issues make this challenging, but definitely a great idea. in FL I was able to get discharged from a hospital and get an Uber, but maybe I just got lucky.

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#5

Post by BlameKaneda » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 8:49 PM UTC

I want to have fitted sheets that are easy to put on a mattress and will not snap back when I'm trying to put them on.

Fitted sheets are constructed the same, more or less, so something that breaks the mold and does the above would be a game-changer.

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#6

Post by ipaddr » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 9:56 PM UTC

What you want to work on, what people want you to work on and what might make you money live on different islands.

Pick one and go for it.

What would you pay for? What do you want?

What do people want? I would want an automatic family tree builder based on dna. I wouldn't pay for it.

What will actually make you money? Spamming memes on twitter selling your new coin

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#7

Post by he11ow » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 9:56 PM UTC

JackOfCrows wrote: post #2

I am a single person in a city where I don't know anyone because I just moved here. I need something that will set me up with someone to run me home from the medical clinic as I need minor surgery and can't drive myself home. They will not release me to an Uber or Lyft or anything. So I need someone to drive me, sit there, then drive me home. The services that do this for old people think I'm insane. None of the car…

Look for a doula. Birth-support aside, it's not too far off from what they do.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 10:37 PM UTC

JackOfCrows wrote: post #2

I am a single person in a city where I don't know anyone because I just moved here. I need something that will set me up with someone to run me home from the medical clinic as I need minor surgery and can't drive myself home. They will not release me to an Uber or Lyft or anything. So I need someone to drive me, sit there, then drive me home. The services that do this for old people think I'm insane. None of the car…

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#9

Post by runnerup » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 10:41 PM UTC

JackOfCrows wrote: post #2

I am a single person in a city where I don't know anyone because I just moved here. I need something that will set me up with someone to run me home from the medical clinic as I need minor surgery and can't drive myself home. They will not release me to an Uber or Lyft or anything. So I need someone to drive me, sit there, then drive me home. The services that do this for old people think I'm insane. None of the car…

I have this exact same problem for an annual procedure that I travel cross-country to. I used to be able skirt the rules by claiming I had someone with me but then they changed the rules and now need that person to be with me when I check in. It’s a huge pain in the butt, I don’t know anyone in Cleveland and I hate to make family fly/drive and stay in a hotel overnight for a very minor procedure…which needs to be done at that specific hospital because they specialize in my specific condition.

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#10

Post by visox » Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

I build this, maybe it helps lol https://ideasfilter.com/