YC Alum Shares Three Business Ideas for 2021
YC Alum and Founder of Indie Hackers, Courtland Allen maintains one of the best pulses on business trends and opportunities. Listen to Courtland share three business ideas that are ready to launch in 2021.
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Nuggets:
- Launching a great product can also build your email list
Action Steps:
Podcast Dashboard
- Start by creating an info and/or coaching product to help podcasters manage and grow their shows
- Understand the pain points podcasters are experiencing
- Create software to solve said pain points (listen to episode 15 with David Hauser for more details)
Teach programming to start a business
- Find the type of programming jobs that are boring to experienced coders, but still valuable to end users
- Develop a systematized approach for novices to learn and deliver upon this type of work
Bundle indie creator content
- Find independent creators who have a sizeable audience but aren’t huge; want them to both benefit from and contribute to your launch list
- Pitch these creators
- Consult with JV and Affiliate specialists
Follow through on these action steps and email us your results at update@runwithit.fm. You'll get exclusive access to a private Facebook group of action takers and one listener will earn a free mentorship call with our guest, and potentially, a business partnership.
Links:
- Indie Hackers: Work Together to Build Profitable Online Businesses
- @csallen
- Humble Bundle
- Sahil Lavingia on the Indie Hackers Podcast
- codecademy
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