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Punny humor greeting card brand

A greeting card brand built around wordplay, puns, and niche humor, often run by a solopreneur selling directly online.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Puppet making craft business

A specialty craft business that sources puppet fabric and other materials to design, make, and sell handmade puppets.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Quick-prep traditional Mexican pozole soup kit

Packaging a slow-cooked family pozole recipe into a quick-prep shelf-stable meal kit sold to busy families.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Random-acts-of-kindness kit business

A founder designs and sells packaged kindness kits that buyers give to strangers, marketing the products through a positivity or…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Realtor CRM cleanup and automation service

Provides a flat-fee service that cleans up real estate agents' CRMs by merging duplicates, tagging leads and wiring up automated follow-ups.

Agency Services1 videos · 1 channels
Real-world-work API for AI agents

A startup that exposes real-world tasks, like ordering a contractor, dispatching a home visit, booking a vendor, or placing a phone call,…

SaaS & Software1 videos · 1 channels
Receipts to spreadsheet automation

Build a SaaS or service that turns paper receipts and invoices into spreadsheets or QuickBooks entries.

AI & Automation1 videos · 1 channels
Reclaimed lumber resale

A business that sources, processes and resells salvaged wood from demolition sites, barns and pallets to woodworkers, builders and DIY…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Recreational gold prospecting

An individual pans for gold on weekends and sells what they recover, treating it as a slow lifestyle side income.

Other1 videos · 1 channels
Reddit-driven SaaS growth playbook

A bootstrapped SaaS that grows almost entirely through Reddit and Facebook community marketing plus an AI-built MVP, with no paid ads.

Agency Services1 videos · 1 channels
Referral marketing SaaS for SMBs

A bootstrapped SaaS platform that lets small businesses run customer referral and word-of-mouth programs with built-in tracking and…

SaaS & Software1 videos · 1 channels
Refurbished marimba rental for schools

A niche instrument business that buys used marimbas, refurbishes them, and rents them out to schools, ensembles and events as an affordable…

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Regional-pride beer coasters brand

An ecommerce brand selling coasters and small drinkware themed around a specific region's craft beer and hometown identity, sold…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Rent-a-stranger companion service

A service that rents out a friendly stranger to accompany, stand in for, or simply be present with a client, paid by the hour or job.

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Residential house painting company

An entrepreneur starts and runs a residential painting service, hiring crews and managing jobs to scale revenue into six figures annually.

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Restaurant recommendation subscription app

An app or service that uses an algorithm to recommend where to eat locally, monetized as a 'Netflix for restaurants' subscription.

SaaS & Software1 videos · 1 channels
Reusable bike shipping box rental

A niche ecommerce/rental side business that supplies cyclists with durable reusable bike shipping boxes for transporting road or triathlon…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Reusable eco-friendly plastics product line

Designing and selling a line of reusable, eco-friendly plastic housewares as a designer-led CPG brand.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Reusable moving tote rental

A local rental business that delivers reusable plastic moving totes to customers for a fee and picks them up afterward, replacing…

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Reusable sticky-note paper product for venues

A product designer created a reusable, writable sticky paper product and sells it B2B to brands, restaurants and venues as branded…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
‘Revenge by mail’ novelty postcard service

A novelty mail service that sends anonymous postcards congratulating recipients on fake purchases, sold as gag gifts.

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Roadside fruit stand business

A seasonal low-overhead business selling fresh fruit from a roadside stand, often starting as a college tuition project and growing into a…

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Romance novel cover modeling

A side gig that earns recurring income by modeling as the face or body on the cover of independently published romance novels.

Agency Services1 videos · 1 channels
Rugged ‘badass’ duffel bag brand

A DTC brand of rugged, premium lifestyle duffel bags built around a masculine ‘badass’ positioning.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Scar-cover temporary tattoo product

A DTC brand selling temporary tattoos specifically designed to cover surgical scars, sold online to people seeking confidence after…

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Scar-cover temporary tattoo product

A cosmetic product business making temporary tattoo cover-ups designed to hide surgical and trauma scars, sold directly to consumers.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Scenic aerial tour business

A licensed pilot offers paid sightseeing flights over a scenic region, charging per passenger or per flight for tourism flights.

Local Services1 videos · 1 channels
Scent / fragrance social club

Run a subscription social club around perfume or scent discovery, monetized via monthly fees and product sales.

Marketplaces & Communities1 videos · 1 channels
School candy reselling business

A kid-run reselling business buying candy in bulk and selling single pieces to classmates for cash during the school day.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
Scratch-off baking hobby poster

A printed scratch-off poster featuring classic pastries, sold to home bakers who reveal and try each recipe as a gamified baking challenge.

Ecommerce & Products1 videos · 1 channels
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