Local service businesses

Operate recurring or on-demand local physical services using dedicated teams, vehicles, or equipment.

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Sources: Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast · John's Vault · My First Million · Young Entrepreneurs Forum

Parking-lot and driveway maintenance business offering line striping, seal coating, and crack filling

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Provide parking-lot and driveway maintenance services, starting with inexpensive line striping and expanding into higher-ticket seal coating and crack filling. Line striping can be sold by the line, stencils and special markings can be priced separately, seal coating by square foot, and crack filling by linear foot.

Problem: Customers need parking lots to look professional, remain usable and clearly marked, and last longer without the much higher cost of replacing the pavement.

For: Churches, nonprofits, and other businesses with parking lots or asphalt areas that need new lines, handicap markings, fire lanes, seal coating, or crack repair.

Examples

  • A five-line nonprofit parking-lot job was completed free and cost about $5 in paint.
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Premium concrete coating business focused on garage floors

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Install decorative flake floors for garages, with related work on basements, patios, pool decks, walkways, porches, shop spaces and some commercial floors. The core process uses a ground and prepared concrete surface, a polyurea base coat, broadcast flake and a polypartic top coat. The business differentiates through fast responses, punctual crews, transparent pricing and a premium customer experience rather than competing at the lowest price.

Problem: Customers want their concrete spaces to look attractive and become easier to protect and maintain. The coating protects concrete from salt and oil while giving the garage a decorative finish, and the service removes the need for customers to handle the coating work themselves.

For: Mostly males aged 55 and over who own organized two-, three- or four-car garages and have money for a luxury home improvement. Secondary customers include owners of basements, patios, pool decks, walkways, porches, shops, churches and warehouses.

Examples

  • Old Cap Coatings: started in Iowa, tested the process on the owner's garage, booked three early jobs through word of mouth, then reported approximately $60,000 in April revenue and a projected $69,000 in the following month.
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Seasonal porch-pumpkin decorating and delivery service

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Sell pre-designed pumpkin packages to homeowners, then source, deliver, arrange, and optionally retrieve the pumpkins after the fall season. The business combines product packages, local delivery routes, optional design, and upfront payment.

Problem: Customers can obtain an attractive, festive porch display without choosing individual pumpkins, sourcing them, transporting them, or arranging the design themselves.

For: Homeowners who want a decorated fall porch, including customers who want the pumpkins delivered for self-assembly and customers who want professional design and setup.

Examples

  • Porch Pumpkins designed and displayed 250 homes in the 2020 DFW season, generated nearly $100,000 in sales, and reported a 50% profit margin.
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Local junk removal and hauling business with resale and scrap revenue streams

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Remove unwanted items from homes and businesses, charge for hauling and disposal, and generate additional revenue by reselling usable items and scrapping materials such as copper and aluminum.

Problem: Customers need unwanted items removed when donation services cannot accept them, while realtors and property-related businesses need a reliable hauler for cleanouts and property preparation.

For: Homeowners, realtors, storage-unit facilities, apartment complexes, senior living facilities, and commercial businesses needing junk, hoarded-property contents, furniture, cardboard, green waste, or other materials removed.

Examples

  • Sonoma Strong Hauling: started part-time with a beat-up pickup truck while Matt worked at Safeway, generated $87,000 in its first year part-time at a stated 70% profit margin, and later reached $50,000 per month at approximately 35% net margin.
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Residential forestry mulching and land clearing service

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Clear overgrown woods, invasive honeysuckle, brush and unusable land for residential and commercial property owners using a forestry-equipped skid steer with a mulching head. The opportunity is to market the service using consumer language such as "clear my woods" or "get rid of this honeysuckle" rather than relying only on industry terms such as forestry mulching.

Problem: Property owners need to reclaim overgrown land but may face high costs and long timelines from tree services doing the work by hand, and many do not know the industry term for the service.

For: Landowners with overgrown or unusable property, including residential owners, farms, commercial properties, solar fields and government or right-of-way projects.

Examples

  • The operator's own forestry mulching and land-clearing business: its first job was about $6,500, its first 30 days produced about $25,000 in revenue and roughly $16,000 to $17,000 in profit, and its first seven months produced about $170,000 to $180,000 in revenue with approximately 70% gross profit.
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Local estate sale company that liquidates household contents for clients

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Contract with homeowners, heirs, real estate investors, or other referral sources to price, market, staff, and sell the contents of a house. The company collects the sale proceeds and earns a percentage of gross sales, while passing eligible marketing costs to the client. The model can begin as a weekend side hustle with borrowed tables and family labor, then expand into warehouse sales and related services.

Problem: Clients need the contents of a house liquidated quickly and professionally so the property can be emptied, sold, or transferred without the client handling thousands of individual items.

For: People dealing with deceased estates, divorce, debt, downsizing, relocation, foreclosure, or an urgent need to clear a house before it is sold.

Examples

  • Braden's first smoker's-house estate sale: nearly everything was sold, leftover items went to an auction, and the sale grossed about $5,000 to $6,000.
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Fresh-squeezed lemonade business operated through farmers markets, pop-ups, catering, and cart rentals

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Sell made-to-order fresh lemonade using lemons, cane sugar, water, ice, and optional flavor purees. Begin at farmers markets with a simple stand, then expand into catering, event pop-ups, semi-permanent market booths, and rentals of the lemonade cart.

Problem: Customers want a visibly fresh, cold beverage at markets and events, while event organizers need a simple beverage or attractive cart service for short-duration gatherings.

For: Farmers-market shoppers, festival attendees, wedding and cocktail-hour guests, corporate events, school events, homeowners associations, graduation events, bartending companies, concession companies, and entrepreneurs or event hosts renting a lemonade cart.

Examples

  • The lemonade operation began at Frisco Fresh Market and later operated at Frisco Fresh Market and Dallas Farmers Market.
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B2B-first stump grinding service for tree and landscaping companies

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Provide stump grinding as a specialized service for tree companies and other contractors that do not want to own, transport, or operate a stump grinder. Start with contractor referrals, then build homeowner demand through reviews and local search.

Problem: Contractors often do not want to add stump grinding to their workflow because it requires separate equipment, transport, labor, and cleanup. Homeowners need a responsive specialist to remove stumps after tree work or from inherited landscaping problems.

For: Primarily tree companies, landscape installers, fence installers, and concrete contractors that encounter stumps but do not handle them efficiently themselves; secondarily, homeowners who need stump removal.

Examples

  • Grind Time Stump Grinding: Tyler's business began with contractor work, generated $9,000 in revenue in its first month while he still had a full-time job, and generated $23,000 in the second month after he quit.
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Private insurance adjusting franchise

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A private adjuster represents policyholders in negotiating insurance claims for property damage such as fire, water, or hail. The business charges a percentage of the total claim and helps clients seek a larger settlement.

Problem: Policyholders may accept an initial insurance settlement that does not fully reflect their damage. A private adjuster handles claim negotiation and seeks to increase the amount recovered.

For: Property owners with insurance claims who want professional help negotiating with an insurance company, especially after significant damage to a home or other asset.

Examples

  • A claim initially valued at $2,000 was described as potentially being increased to $17,000.
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Home-sale preparation and light-renovation franchise

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A home-services business prepares houses for sale by coordinating cleaning, staging, and targeted improvements such as small bathroom remodels, exterior painting, garage-door replacement, electrical work, drywall, or plumbing. The franchisee acts as a general contractor and project manager rather than performing the work personally.

Problem: Homeowners may not know which improvements will produce the greatest sale benefit or how to coordinate several trades before listing. The service provides a single accountable project manager and uses data to prioritize improvements.

For: Home sellers and real-estate professionals who want to improve a property's presentation, sale likelihood, and sale price without coordinating multiple subcontractors themselves.

Examples

  • A homeowner might pay $5,000 to $15,000 for improvements and receive an estimated two to three times that amount in additional sale value.
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Recurring window-box installation and seasonal planting service

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A route-based specialty home-improvement service designs and installs custom exterior window boxes or planters, then repeatedly replaces flowers and seasonal decorations through a subscription. It earns installation revenue and recurring service revenue without a storefront.

Problem: Homeowners may want attractive, seasonally changing exterior planters but not want to design, install, maintain, or replace the flowers themselves.

For: Affluent households that value exterior home aesthetics, seasonal decoration, and convenience and are willing to pay for recurring flower replacement and maintenance.

Examples

  • The business was described as requiring less than $140,000 of investment, with approximately $14,000 to $15,000 of personal capital if financed.
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Mobile iced-coffee and nitro-coffee cart for events and high-foot-traffic locations

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Sell fast-serving iced coffee, nitro coffee, lattes, cream and syrup from a compact converted tool cart instead of operating a coffee shop, coffee truck or espresso-machine setup. The model is designed as a low-cost, portable business that can serve events, schools, farmers markets, car washes, gas stations, fairs, festivals, sports venues and other locations with built-in traffic.

Problem: Customers at outdoor events often want a simple cold coffee drink but face slow service and expensive coffee setups. The business also gives operators a portable income source without the capital, rent, logistics and maintenance burden of a coffee shop, coffee truck or $30,000 espresso machine.

For: Event attendees, families, students, festival visitors, car-wash customers and other people who want a cold coffee drink quickly; the operating opportunity is especially suited to divorce mothers, military spouses, immigrants, disabled veterans and people seeking weekend, part-time or full-time income.

Examples

  • A two-day, very hot event generated about $8,000 in net profit.
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Thermal drone deer-recovery service

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Use a thermal drone to locate deer that hunters shot but could not recover, charging a fee for a successful find and a lower fee when the deer is not found.

Problem: Hunters need to recover a wounded or dead deer without sending people or tracking dogs through the property and potentially disturbing other deer.

For: Hunters who have shot a deer but cannot locate it, especially hunters pursuing valuable or trophy deer.

Examples

  • Drone Deer Recovery: began in Ohio and made $50,000 in its first 10 weeks of deer recovery; the service originally charged $550 when it found a deer and $450 when it did not.
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Wall-printing service

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Print artwork, training guides, or other designs directly onto residential, commercial, warehouse, industrial, and office walls using a wall printer.

Problem: Customers need distinctive, large-format wall artwork or instructional graphics without installing separate signs or panels.

For: Residential customers, retail businesses, restaurants, warehouses, industrial sites, and offices.

Examples

  • People who started wall-printing businesses reported finding success, including operators serving restaurants.
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Crawl space encapsulation and moisture control

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Rapid-testing, on-demand custom-printing service

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Use a printer that can print on many types of objects and materials as a vehicle for testing customer demand before committing to one product category.

Problem: People want customized physical products, while the builder needs a low-commitment way to discover which products, designs, colors, and prices have real demand.

For: Students, school teams, clubs, and people who want customized tumblers, shirts, banners, shoes, phone cases, or stickers.

Examples

  • A group of students bought a printer that could print on anything and were advised to take it to school to test products on demand.
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Independent appliance delivery service for local appliance stores

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Deliver washers, dryers, refrigerators, and other appliances for small appliance retailers that do not want to handle delivery themselves. The operator advertises the service, builds referral relationships with stores, and uses a car with a hitch and trailer or rented hauling equipment.

Problem: Small appliance retailers need a way to get sold appliances to customers without taking on delivery labor and liability themselves.

For: Mom-and-pop appliance stores that lack delivery staff or prefer to offer customers multiple delivery options.

Examples

  • A washer delivery in Orem was priced at $150 and expected to take about 45 minutes.
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Car-seat cleaning service

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Clean customers' child car seats in batches, using basic cleaning supplies, advance payment, and coordinated pickup and drop-off.

Problem: Parents need dirty child car seats cleaned but may not want to perform the work themselves.

For: Parents of young children with dirty car seats.

Examples

  • A car-seat cleaner in Derby, Kansas, reportedly had 2,600 Instagram followers and was swamped with demand.
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Residential trash-bin cleaning service

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Clean household garbage bins on collection day using a pressure washer and guerrilla neighborhood marketing.

Problem: Residents do not want to clean dirty garbage bins themselves.

For: Households that want cleaner, less odorous, and more sanitary garbage bins.

Examples

  • The transcript describes an operator in Pennsylvania or New Jersey who reportedly quit a six-figure job and now makes six figures cleaning bins.
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Children's-artwork keepsake canvas service

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Mobile grill cleaning business

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Clean outdoor grills for homeowners, organize jobs into efficient routes, and expand into related exterior and appliance-cleaning services.

Problem: Homeowners want a professionally cleaned grill without doing the labor themselves.

For: Households that own outdoor grills and are willing to pay for professional cleaning.

Examples

  • Dallas-Fort Worth was described as having eight grill-cleaning businesses serving eight million people.
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Neighborhood mini-pancake or Dutch-pancake stand

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Prepare sweet or savory mini pancakes, also called Dutch pancakes or poffertjes, and sell servings with toppings from a neighborhood location or temporary street setup.

Problem: Customers want a distinctive, customizable food experience without visiting a permanent restaurant.

For: Local pedestrians, neighborhood residents, and customers seeking a customizable snack or dessert.

Examples

  • A mini-pancake seller was described as charging $12 to $14 per serving and earning as much as a two-week paycheck in four hours.
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Watermelon-based seasonal food stand

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Sell watermelon products in high-foot-traffic locations, including watermelon on a stick, watermelon-and-cheese sandwiches, and watermelon slushies served in the fruit.

Problem: Customers want a portable, refreshing, visually distinctive summer snack.

For: People attending parades, farmers markets, celebrations, and other high-foot-traffic outdoor events.

Examples

  • A first-time seller bought seven watermelons and two bags of ice, sold about 50 watermelon-on-a-stick products, and estimated a cost of $0.15 to $0.20 per item with a $1 selling price.
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Artificial-turf installation franchise

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Frozen banana and apple-nacho catering as an add-on to a beverage or concession business

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Add frozen bananas and apple nachos to an existing lemonade or concession operation, primarily for catering. Prepare frozen bananas with chocolate and toppings, preserve unsold inventory by keeping it frozen, and offer the product as a distinctive dessert option for large events.

Problem: Event organizers need a distinctive dessert or snack station, while a concession operator can increase the value of existing catering leads with a product that can be prepared ahead of time and stored frozen.

For: Trade shows, parties, corporate events, dessert portions of large catered events, festivals, and existing lemonade or concession customers seeking an additional food option.

Examples

  • The first frozen-banana catering order served approximately 1,500 people at a trade-show party and was charged at $19,000.
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An iPhone repair store marketed through custom wristbands distributed at college bars

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Repair broken iPhones and place the store's message on wristbands distributed to college students at bars, so customers remember the business after breaking their phones.

Problem: A newly opened repair store had no customers, and potential customers might not remember which repair business to visit after breaking their phones.

For: College students who break their iPhones while going out and need a repair the next morning.

Examples

  • Phone Restore: the store survived after the wristband campaign, opened three additional stores, and the business was eventually sold for about $1 million.
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Used shed acquisition, relocation, and delivery business

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Find unwanted or cheaply listed sheds on Facebook Marketplace, acquire them with removal and hauling capacity, and resell them with delivery and setup convenience included.

Problem: Sellers may be unable to move heavy sheds and may otherwise need to pay for junk removal or a roll-off trailer, while buyers lack the equipment to transport and set up a shed.

For: Property owners who need sheds removed and buyers who want a shed delivered without arranging transportation or installation.

Examples

  • A North Carolina shed flipper is described as making $600,000 per year in net profit.
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Acquire and operationalize an underdeveloped local service business

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Invest in an established service business whose owner has demand but limited capacity, then add systems, equipment, and facilities to expand it.

Problem: Captures demand that an experienced owner is turning away by adding operational capacity and software.

For: Established local service businesses owned by operators who lack modern systems or the capacity to serve all available demand.

Examples

  • A forklift repair business owned by a 65-year-old operator had operated for 30 years, charged about $300 per hour, and turned away work. After Hector invested, added vans, trucks, a warehouse, and software, the business was described as doing very well after about six months.
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Commercial grease trap cleaning

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Commercial kitchen exhaust hood cleaning

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Mobile knife and tool sharpening

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Small appliance and household equipment repair

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Bobcat-based commercial snow removal subcontracting

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Use a Bobcat fitted with a snow box to clear parking lots and HOA properties as a subcontractor for general contractors that have sold snow contracts but need additional equipment and operators during snow events.

Problem: General contractors need additional machines and crews to meet snow-trigger obligations when a specified snowfall depth is reached.

For: General contractors responsible for commercial snow contracts, especially those that have oversold their snow-clearing capacity, along with the commercial property owners and HOAs whose lots require clearing.

Examples

  • The operator's snow-removal service: a good snow event generated around $10,000 to $11,000 across about 20 hours of clearing spread across multiple machines.
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Event-based coffee cart business that can be packaged as a business-in-a-box for at-risk operators

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Operate a coffee cart at events, using ice and reusable supplies kept in storage between events. The concept can be adapted for people such as divorced mothers or disabled veterans.

Problem: Provides event refreshments through a low-cost, portable business model with limited risk if an event performs poorly.

For: Event attendees who want coffee and related refreshments; potential operators include divorced mothers or disabled veterans.

Examples

  • A two-day event: $8,000 net profit.
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Building maintenance and small repair service

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Organize on-call repair and preventive maintenance by hiring skilled workers, standardizing prices, and managing service quality.

Problem: Customers struggle to find reliable technicians for recurring and urgent building repairs.

For: Homeowners and commercial building owners or managers.

Examples

  • Plumbing: named as an on-call service.
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Mobile fleet washing

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Concrete coating and polishing

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Tree removal and arborist services

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Propane delivery and tank services

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Junk removal with resale of recovered items

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Use a pickup truck and trailer to remove unwanted household and business items, then resell usable furniture, appliances, electronics, and scrap metal after charging for removal.

Problem: Customers avoid the physical effort and logistics of hauling unwanted items to disposal facilities.

For: People whose garages or properties are overflowing with unwanted items and who want someone else to remove them.

Examples

  • A Reddit operator in the Sweaty Startup community reported that 20% to 30% of revenue came from reselling items clients paid him to remove.
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Residential and commercial pressure washing

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Residential and commercial window cleaning

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Mobile phone screen repair

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Travel to customers' homes, offices, or coffee shops to repair damaged smartphone screens quickly, competing on convenience, speed, and price rather than against manufacturer stores.

Problem: Customers need a broken phone repaired immediately without a two-week mailing delay, a 30-minute trip, or a two-hour store wait.

For: People with damaged smartphones who do not want to mail them away or spend time traveling to and waiting at a repair store.

Examples

  • A mobile repair technician was described as charging $80 to $150 for screen replacements using $25 to $40 in parts.
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Solar panel cleaning

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Clean residential solar panels with purified water and soft equipment, then sell quarterly or bi-annual maintenance contracts.

Problem: Dust, pollen, bird droppings, and hard-water deposits can reduce solar-panel energy output by 20% to 30%.

For: Homeowners with solar installations, especially in sunny regions such as Arizona, Texas, and California.

Examples

  • Solo operators in Arizona, Texas, and California: the transcript claims gross revenue of $5,000 to $15,000 per month.
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Mobile tire services

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Bring tire-changing and balancing services to driveways, offices, job sites, and commercial fleets instead of requiring customers to visit a tire shop.

Problem: Vehicle owners and fleet managers lose time taking vehicles to brick-and-mortar tire shops, while fleets cannot afford vehicle downtime.

For: Commercial fleets such as plumbers, electricians, and delivery companies, plus vehicle owners needing on-site service.

Examples

  • A fleet contract with 30 vehicles: the transcript claims one such contract can replace 200 individual customers.
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Fence installation and repair

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Mobile Botox therapy

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Provide Botox treatments through a mobile service, including Botox parties and recurring treatment packages.

Problem: Customers want convenient access to recurring Botox treatments, including group appointments such as Botox parties.

For: Primarily women between 25 and 55, as well as men interested in Botox treatments.

Examples

  • Botox parties hosted by women and men are cited as a customer-use example.
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Recurring pet waste removal

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Provide weekly residential yard cleanups using basic equipment and charge recurring customers for removing dog waste.

Problem: Customers avoid an unpleasant, recurring chore that continues as long as their pets use the yard.

For: Pet owners who want clean yards but do not want to pick up dog waste themselves.

Examples

  • DoodyCalls was described as reporting that its top operators earn over $100,000 per year.
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Commercial cleaning service

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Provide recurring professional cleaning for offices and small industrial or commercial facilities.

Problem: Organizations need clean facilities without hiring and managing in-house cleaning staff.

For: Offices, warehouses, clinics, and co-working spaces.

Examples

  • Offices: named as a target facility.
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Parking lot striping and line marking

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Repaint faded parking-lot lines and provide ADA-compliant spaces, crosswalks, fire lanes, and specialty stencils. The work is recurring because lines need repainting every one to three years and compliance has legal deadlines.

Problem: Faded or noncompliant parking markings create an unsafe, poorly maintained property and expose owners to ADA lawsuits.

For: Property managers and owners of commercial parking lots.

Examples

  • Operators on A Sweaty Startup: the transcript claims that pricing ADA spaces, crosswalks, fire lanes, and specialty stencils separately increases profit.
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Industrial generator installation and servicing

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Install and maintain industrial-scale backup generators for organizations that cannot tolerate a power outage.

Problem: A power outage can seriously endanger patients and disrupt critical operations, so institutions need reliable generator installation and ongoing servicing.

For: Hospitals, nursing homes, and other organizations that depend on continuous electrical power.

Examples

  • An unnamed generator-installation and servicing business was described as potentially becoming a $100 million or billion-dollar company.
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IV hydration and vitamin therapy service

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Provide IV hydration and vitamin therapy sessions to consumers seeking wellness-related services.

Problem: Customers want access to IV hydration and vitamin therapy without relying on an established healthcare facility.

For: Gym goers, health-focused consumers, people dealing with hangovers, and executives.

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Airbnb co-hosting business

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Manage other people's Airbnb properties as a co-host, grow a client portfolio, and use the resulting cash flow to invest in and buy properties.

Problem: Provides a way to participate in Airbnb property management without initially owning the property.

For: People who want to enter the Airbnb industry without putting money down to buy a property.

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Parking service near World Cup match venues

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Arrange parking for visitors attending World Cup matches by working with businesses within walking distance of host venues.

Problem: Large events create concentrated parking demand near match locations.

For: World Cup match attendees who need parking near the venues.

Examples

  • A man was described as pursuing parking for the World Cup by calling businesses within walking distance of match-hosting locations.
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Miniature-house construction business promoted through AI-generated video and crowdfunding

Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast — Find Your Passion in 20 Minutes, Not 20 Years

A business based on building miniature houses with miniature concrete, rebar, two-by-fours and shingles, using an AI-generated demonstration video to attract attention and launch a Kickstarter.

Examples

  • Ethan's miniature-house business: an AI-generated video received 7 million views and the Kickstarter raised $50,000.
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