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Car-seat-compatible winter coat for babies and toddlers

A baby apparel brand that designs and sells winter coats engineered to be safe and warm over car-seat harnesses, allowing parents to buckle…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Cats-only pet-sitting service

A local in-home pet-sitting business that exclusively serves cat owners while they travel, differentiating from general pet sitters.

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Cause-driven bamboo apparel brand

Two finance professionals launch a sustainable apparel brand selling bamboo-fiber socks and similar basics, donating a share of revenue to…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Cause-driven candle brand

A handmade or eco-conscious candle company that donates a percentage of every sale to charity, marketed as a feel-good everyday product.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Cause-driven hometown jewelry brand

A jewelry brand whose sales support a local cause such as marine wildlife, tied visually to a hometown coastal region.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Cause-driven social enterprise sock brand

A sock brand sold as a social enterprise with a cause, sold mainly through schools and institutional channels.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Chef-inspired apron apparel brand

A niche apparel brand built around reinvented, chef-inspired aprons, scaled into a multi-million dollar apparel company.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Chess tutoring side hustle

A one-on-one private chess tutoring practice run by an experienced player, teaching beginners and intermediates for hourly fees.

Info Products & Education1 videos · 1 channels
Chewable energy gum CPG brand

A consumer packaged-goods brand selling sugar-free, chewable energy gum as a portable alternative to energy drinks for athletes and…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Children’s healthy-food magazine

A subscription media product about healthy food aimed at kids, sold as a recurring magazine with related chef-for-hire children’s events.

Content & Media1 videos · 1 channels
Chinese baby naming service

A naming service where foreign consultants give Chinese babies an English or stylish name, sold per client to families in China.

Agency Services1 videos · 1 channels
Client systems and productivity consulting

Consulting for overwhelmed clients to design and install productivity systems that save them time and hassle.

Agency Services1 videos · 1 channels
Coaching community for local service operators

A paid membership or course community that teaches operators how to run and scale a specific local service business (e.g., pet-waste…

Info Products & Education1 videos · 1 channels
Cocktail-themed enamel pin brand

Designing and selling cocktail-themed enamel pins with punny drink-inspired names as a novelty ecommerce brand.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Collaborative email and chat SaaS for teams

A subscription product offers shared inboxes and team chat for customer-facing teams, replacing fragmented email with a unified…

SaaS & Software1 videos · 1 channels
College- and hometown-pride pennant apparel brand

A designer creates sports-themed pennants and t-shirts celebrating college and hometown pride, selling print-on-demand apparel to alumni…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
College student cheesecake business

A home-baking side hustle run by a student that scales dessert production (cheesecakes) around a class schedule and sells by the unit to…

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Commercial semi-trailer rental fleet business

A business that leases 53-foot dry-van trailers from a carrier at a low monthly rate and re-rents them weekly to owner-operators and small…

Other1 videos · 1 channels
Concert ticket reselling business

An arbitrage business that buys unwanted concert tickets and resells them at higher prices, scaling event ticket flipping into a meaningful…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Constructed language creation toolkit

A digital kit of templates, guides and prompts that helps writers and game designers build their own fictional languages, sold as a…

Info Products & Education1 videos · 1 channels
Construction loan draw inspection service

Visit new-build construction sites to photograph progress and submit reports to banks so they can release loan draws, typically marketed as…

Agency Services1 videos · 1 channels
Contractor-based transcription agency

Runs a transcription business that scales output by managing a network of freelance contractors rather than hiring employees.

Agency Services1 videos · 1 channels
Conversation starter card product

A physical or digital card/prompt product designed to spark meaningful in-person conversations among friends, sold as a deck or…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Corporate mindreader / mentalist performer

A solo performer books and delivers mindreading and mentalism shows for corporate events, charging high fees per engagement.

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Cosplay and themed portrait photography

A specialty portrait studio that does cosplay, Star Wars or other geek-culture themed photo sessions sold as packages with prints and…

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Counter-surveillance and privacy training

An online education business taught by a former intelligence operator, selling courses and content on how individuals and businesses can…

Info Products & Education1 videos · 1 channels
Coupon and deals directory website

A niche website that aggregates coupons, promo codes and deals for shoppers, monetized through affiliate links to retailers.

Marketplaces & Communities1 videos · 1 channels
Craft kit ecommerce store

Sells curated kits (yarn, patterns, tools) for a specific craft hobby like knitting through an Etsy shop, earning income from hobbyist…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
CrossFit gym chalk import and resale

A niche ecommerce business that imports magnesium-carbonate gym chalk and resells it to the CrossFit community.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Crowdfunded boxed comedy experience product

A crowdfunded subscription or one-off box that ships a themed live comedy game night experience to customers nationwide.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
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