1,000 Validated Startup Ideas You Can Build Today
Anyone else refreshing their email to see if Branson sent an invite to join him in space this Sunday? Neither did we. Frankly, I’m disappointed. But we are counting on catching the economy flight taking off 9 days later with Mr. Jeffrey Bezos. 😬 He’ll probably be a better conversationalist anyways.
Rockets aside, we've put together a juicy round-up. Some of the ideas are as big as the shoes Andy Jassy will try to fill after taking over as CEO of Amazon. Others aren’t going to be as intimidating. So top up your french press, cue the low-fi playlist and let's dive into our startup news. 🎶
🎉 5,000 Users & 1,000 Startup Ideas
The good times keep rollin' and we couldn't be happier. We're passing 5,000 Kernalers and over 1,000 publicly available startup ideas any of you could go build this weekend. We’ve had close to 30 MVPs already spun up in an effort by the founders eager to get started.
Wanna know our next stop? 10k users. Think we can do it by September? Tbh, we've been pretty shocked how fast this rocket's been taking off, without the need to pull a 2nd mortgage on any of our homes. 😅
But if you have an extra minute your precious day to send out a Kern.al invite (or 10), we’d be eternally grateful. You can forward this email to a friend or text them this link.
Haven't posted a startup idea? Share one today. And tweet it out for us to re-share or plug in the next newsletter.
Here's a cheat sheet of the top followed categories 😎
💼 The New Resume for Startup Ideas
Let's be honest. We're all tired of LinkedIn notifications.But no startup ever took off from finding their key hire on Indeed either. COVID proved that hiring can be done entirely remote and VCs are tweeting that you can find much better talent on twitter than you can at Harvard job fairs (we agree). 🎓
To top it off, Morning Brew claims [41% of workers globally](https://link.morningbrew.com/click/24358265.1235906/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWljcm9zb2Z0LmNvbS9lbi11cy93b3JrbGFiL3dvcmstdHJlbmQtaW5kZXgvaHlicmlkLXdvcms_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1tb3JuaW5nX2JyZXc/5e8544d02a077c4c7a57478fBd6e08703 are considering leaving their current employer this year (yikes). It's the highest level of quitting seen in the last 20 years. But don't get down. Our friend Harley, President of a $220B rocket Shopify, takes the words right out of our notion doc:
So where does this take us? 🤷🏽♂️
- Quitting is at an all time high
- Remote work is surging around the globe
- The creator economy world is growing like a weed
- Global startup investments exploded to a record breaking $156 Billion in Q2
🌎Our bet: there's going to be a whole new wave of sourcing startup talent. The question is, how will they get hired? The traditional in-person interview process has been radically transformed.
With decentralized offices as the norm, web 3.0 tools in our back pockets and digital communities all the craze, this will likely make for the most exciting decade to start and scale a startup in human history.
🍿 Why we're hyped: we get a front row seats to help creative folks find, share and grow startup ideas and bring them to market. (stay tuned for next month) 🤓
Sneak Peek:
Here's a taste of some of the features we'll be rolling out to make it easier to connect with founders, seed investors and engineers.
Now you can easily view someone's online resume via LinkedIn, Twitter, Dribble or AngelList - without having to log into each platform. Look for this to start appearing in more places on the platform. Edit your profile by clicking here.
🔦 Creator Spotlight: Trevor Lasn
Last week our team got an email from Kernaler, Trevor Lasn. The TL;DR: He's decided to start building one of the startup ideas he found on Kernal. We got excited to learn more.
For those that don't know Trevor, he works as a Venture Associate at Seed Round Capital and is a Tech journalist at Startups Crushing.But this didn't hold him back from browsing for timely startup ideas on the platform. The concept he decided to jump on was Audio Alerts for Podcast Phrases.
Imagine getting alerted when your favourite brand, business leader or research keyword is mentioned in the world of podcasts? Think about how powerful it would be for a sales team to be able to message prospects every time they mention a certain use case?
Trevor liked the vision enough to start building it. When he first heard the idea, he actually voted that he wanted to be a "builder". Turns out, he was serious.
One thing led to a next and he started pulling together a domain name, landing page and tally form. Just like that, a kernal 🌱 of an idea sprouted into a beautiful MVP. 🌼 Meet: Podmentions.co
What's next? Trevor plans to launch a beta at the end of this month and welcomes any feedback readers have. We asked him how we could help spread the word and he said that if interested programmers or designers want to jump in, he'd be happy to connect for a chat. He also said that anyone interested in testing out the beta version can join the the waitlist. 📩
Feel confident enough to drop some seed money in? Trevor even built an investor memo with some preliminary terms drafted up. Here's a screenshot for the crypto whales that might wanna wet their beak and grab a piece of the cap table. 🏦
To Sum it Up:
Codie Sanchez has a great reminder that the internet is the great equalizer. Regardless of your degree, employer, ethnicity or age, if your ideas spark a response, there's no telling where it can take you.
Our challenge to you: How can we build a high signal community focused on finding, validating and funding the hottest startup ideas? We believe Kernal can be the platform that revolutionizes the start up space, completely unlike any other community on the internet. But we'll damn well need your help to get there.
Now for the goods:
⚒ Featured Startup Ideas to Build
As promised, here’s 5 startup ideas you can build this weekend. Got a startup idea in your notebook? Write it here, add a photo and we'll feature it next week.
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That’s it for today’s round up of startup ideas. Liked the deep dive? Let me know on twitter @joelshansen or drop me an email at hello@joelhansen.com.
**Want to submit a startup idea to be featured in the next round-up? Sign up to be a Kernal member with this link: https://kern.al/register?invitecode=INDIEHACKER.
Stay out of trouble and see you next week.
