I feel like I've been on an idea tear lately thanks to trying to jot down ideas when they float into my head.
1. Public Smart is the name. Basically an idea to make all public items smart and collect data to make everyone smarter. Let's say public bathrooms. There must be public sinks that you stare into every time you wash your hands (hopefully) but Public Smart would make a Smart Sink for the public and people can watch ads for things in the area, or they could take a one answer survey like "Do you want a coupon for a movie at 2pm? It's 1:45pm now...." Something like that. Urinals have ads so you have to watch as you take a piss with certain codes like Starbucks. If you're pee'ing, Starbucks pays me $100 to put my ad into your face as you pee. It says "Go to Starbucks and enter in promo code "PEEALLDAY" and kaboom, you get 15% off. Starbucks can see that PEEALLDAY code has been entered in 103,491,103,201 times in the last year so they want MORE exposure since I'm only running their ads for 10% of the operating hours of the mall and at non peak times (dinner and lunch) also in non areas that provoke your bowel movements.
A Mexican restaurant with a heavy consumption of beans right next to a Starbucks is valued higher because there are 1000 people using these bathrooms an hour. Whereas an ice cream shop next to a Apple store has only 10 people using the bathroom an hour.
The main point is making Smart Public stuff for the Public. Public Smart.
2. My photo company idea I stole from my brother Chris. It's called .... "Picture Selling" or whatever it doesn't matter now. It is THE photo company.
I setup a studio in Brooklyn Park and I take photos of people. Especially kids growing up, it's like a haircut. You want a yearly sub so that you can document your child once a month for 12 months to see him or her grow. Then you get digital copies to share how you want. No one selling CDs here folks. I also provide you amazing frames sourced from Vietnam which is where I make the margins.
THEN I open this business up even further. Here's the great idea - people bring in their items and I'll take photos for them to sell online. Nobody wants to buy an item on eBay with a crappy photo. How about you let me professionally shoot it and maybe even store it in the studio for a flat fee so that when it sells, I will ship it out for you. If it doesn't sell you can come get it back or leave it there so I can continue to collect my monies.
I would then have a unique ID for each item and it goes into a huge contraception on the wall which is 3D printed. It basically folds to mold perfectly for that time and can rotate. Picture a wall full of holes that are easily transformed to any shape or size per item, then it plays Tetris with itself for the best and most efficient storage. Once something sells, you can just find it on your computer system (grown in house) and ship it out. I'd get a cut for the sale, storage and maybe even the photoshoot. The value I am providing to you is that one day when you're bored you can grab all your junk, put it into your car and have a photoshoot with me for the items you don't want but can make you money.
I start my own ecommerce fulfillment and photo center. I build a family business right next to my house and then scale this business to disrupt nothing.
Eliminate waste, make it easy and make everyone money.
Got some old Vietnamese paintings laying around your house collecting dust? Why not invest $5 to put it up on the web with great photos, write your own content or pay me to do it then get notifications on your phone if you want to sell or not. Then collect money. Easy does it.
3. Maybe richest idea. An app (of course) but hear me out.
You want a nice watch. You can pay $100 now at Rolex at the mall which is 1.9 miles away OR you can wait 6 MONTHS and save $50. Is that worth it to you? This app let's call it "eCom Logistics" for good measure.
Everyone needs toilet paper. You can choose to place an order on Amazon for $1 per roll now and receive it tomorrow. OR you can go buy it at Target at $1.25 per roll (must buy 10 rolls though) which is 1.5 miles away. OR you can place a future order, pay now and pay 75 cents per roll and have it delivered to your house in 10 days. You have X amount of toilet paper at home.
If you have 0 toilet paper, you'll go to Target and pay $1.25 because your friends are in town and you wanna look like you have your life together. If you have 2 rolls though and you normally do 1 roll a week and plan to have no guests any time soon, then just buy in bulk for .75 cents per for a 10 day delivery.
The idea is that you get to choose. To pay more for something that is close and instant, or save X amount of money to better plan for the future.
I explained this horribly but hope you get the idea.
That's a billion dollar idea.
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