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You could sign people up for grocery/sundry subscriptions, just like Amazon, etc, and fulfill through those retailers.
Just starting with weekly groceries that omit single use plastics, by choosing glass peanut better jars and cardboard detergent boxes.
An open problem that's "sexy" but may be intractable is that of fact checking. Can you determine which articles in a corpus of news, or other documents, agree/disagree with one another? Can you cluster and sub-cluster along statements of fact being made? Can you then trace a statement of fact back to it's "original source" based on when that entry was acquired? There's a lot of opportunity in that space...
Ask them what problems they need fixed in their life or what things they thing are crap and could be improved.
What you need is something where you provide a specific solution to a real problem, something people are really willing to pay for.
Network, speak to people, ask them about their problems. What do they wish existed. And if it existed, would they pay for a solution (is it a real business).
I've got some ideas for things from recent life experiences that seem to be common. This is where the best ideas come from. When there is a real need, and those addressing it aren't doing it well, or at all. Look for that gap.
Never hesitate to connect with others either. A good conversation can spur thoughts, and this is where ideas germinate.
Remember, the idea doesn't have to be a killer. Lowering friction in a process to make it faster/easier/cheaper/better goes a long way to turning into something good (think Uber/Lyft/AirBNB), even if the business is old and commoditized.
just live your life as usual, and when you encounter a problem that you can foresee solving, ask yourself: 0. would i pay someone else to solve this problem? 1. do other people have this problem as well? 2. can i make a profit by solving this problem on scale?
an obvious point but always worth mentioning: a good business proposal should be short, obvious after the fact, and uses no big words (like AI, fintech, Blockchain Technology) (at least internally)