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4 business ideas you could start this weekend.
One of these ideas is ridiculous (and might work)
If you had just one weekend to start something that could actually make money… what would you build?
In this week’s episode, we put that to the test.
No fluff. No “raise funding” advice. Just four scrappy, realistic ideas you could launch fast with minimal cost and a bit of creativity (and yes… a touch of AI).
Here’s a taste of what we cover:
Turning classic games into new markets (and why that shortcut works)
A surprisingly viable “Nerf war” rental business for parties
How to spin up funny, low-cost books using AI + Amazon
And… a product idea solving a very human problem (we warned you)
It starts light. It gets a bit chaotic. But there’s real opportunity in there if you’re paying attention.
The best part?
We break down which ideas we’d actually back and which ones we’d avoid (and why).
If you were forced to pick one and go all in this weekend… which would it be?
I’d genuinely love to hear what you’d try (or what you’d build instead).
P.S. Fair warning: one of these ideas might make you laugh… and then immediately think, “Wait… that could actually work.”
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