A smart way to build a profitable business is to take advantage of a rapidly growing trend using a well-proven playbook.
I just spent 2 hours going through my personal trend database.
Then I matched the most promising ones to my favorite playbooks.
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📈 Dog Talking Buttons
Speech pathologists use recordable buttons to communicate with nonverbal individuals. These buttons can also help dogs and other animals communicate their needs and wants.
💡 Apply the 12 Months to $1 Million ecommerce playbook by @RyanMoran.
📈 Leaf blowers
No idea why interest in leaf blowers is growing so steadily but this is definitely an interesting trend if you're not afraid to get your hands dirty.
💡 Start a leaf blowing service business, @sweatystartup style.
📈 Dynamic QR Codes
Dynamic QR Codes make it possible to change destination addresses and other code functionality at any time without having to reprint the Codes themselves.
💡 Build a micro SaaS using the Start Small, Stay Small approach pioneered by @robwalling.
📈 Solana Prediction
Crypto predictions are still hot. There are plenty of paid newsletters and communities on Gumroad doing $10k+/month.
💡 Build an infoproduct empire using @russellbrunson's Expert Secrets playbook.
📈 Remote Workers
Remote work is here to stay and companies, big and small, need remote-native tools (not skeuomorphic stuff) to adapt properly.
💡 Use the Laskie B2B SaaS playbook by @ChrisJBakke.
📈 Dice Making
Dice making is one of these niche hobbies that's blowing up right now on Reddit.
💡 Use @JamesonCamp's playbook and acquire an affiliate site in the dice making niche (plus possibly turn it into an ecommerce store).
📈 Hairloss Research
The hairloss research subreddit is blowing up right now.
💡 Apply the $100M Offer playbook by @AlexHormozi to make people struggling with hairloss an irresistible offer.
📈 Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Shelving
Apparently more and more people are interested in how to store bourbon whiskey barrels.
💡 Start building your portfolio of small bets @dvassallo style by selling barrel shelves you built yourself and then a course how to do it.
A related subreddit that's blowing up right now is dedicated to Fence Building.
📈 Financial Modeling
The financial modeling subreddit is all about sharing and discussing ideas and practises.
💡 Use @arvidkahl's Embedded Entrepreneur playbook to immerse yourself in this community, study their problems, and eventually sell a solution.
📈 Expat FIRE
An exploding subreddit about using geographic arbitrage, a nomadic lifestyle, or relocating abroad to retire early.
💡 If you have any first-hand experiences, use @nateliason's Article MVP playbook to validate demand. Then sell a course, book or community.
Should I rebrand Opportunties.so? And if yes, what would be a good new name?
The current name no longer captures the scope of the project and the domain ending hurts trust and SEO.
(More thoughts below)
Business Metagame
I recently thought a lot about metagames and think Business Metagame would nicely capture the scope of the project (Trends, Patterns, Frameworks, Case Studies, ...).
C.f. @ejames_c's theory that "to get good, you have to go after the metagame".
Atomic Entrepreneurship
I think this name is pretty self-explanatory and would be a good fit since I'm basically dissecting entrepreneurship one trend, experiment, business model, case study, and framework at a time.
It also nicely emphasizes my focus on humble projects.
Certain ideas unlock 1000s of opportunities as soon as you understand them.
Here’s a breakdown of one such concept and how you can take advantage yourself.
(It's what the bulletproof coffee guy uses to make $50M/year.)
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People are now hyper-aware of their health and want to make sure they’re in tip-top shape.
This includes being more aware of environmental factors that potentially impact it and, where possible, trying to minimize the impacts.
For example, Health Twitter™ spends a lot of time warning people about things like electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) and telling people to fix their posture.
I recently discovered a simple (but not easy) step-by-step process that tripled by personal productivity and made me happier along the way.
It costs $0 and no, it's not some note-taking or to-do list system.
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In short:
• Step 1: develop meta-awareness of your state of mind.
• Step 2: pattern-match to identify your mind's most common modes.
• Step 3: learn to pick activities that match each mode.
I know that sounds kind of weird but I promise it'll make sense in a minute.
== Step 1 ==
You need to learn to observe what's going on in your mind almost like a third-person observer.
This is difficult and requires a lot of practice.
The goal is to have moments of clarity where you're able to see "ah that's what's going on in my mind right now".
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