
Klout 2.0:
- Klout was a company that assigned users a Klout score based on their social media influence and allowed companies to give free products in exchange for promotion.
- Creating a similar platform today that measures social media influence and connects brands with influencers could be valuable.
Dribbble for X:
- Dribbble is a platform where designers can showcase their work and connect with clients or employers.
- Creating a similar platform focused on video editing or other creative fields fills a market need, allowing professionals to showcase their skills through portfolios of past work.
Private Elementary School:
- Private schools like the Hamlin School generate significant revenue and profits through high tuition fees and exclusive admissions processes.
- By offering specialized education, such as focusing on STEM subjects instead of social issues, new private schools may attract parents seeking a specific type of education.
Telemarketing Days:
- Working as a telemarketer selling donations for a school can be lucrative if successful in fundraising efforts.
- Alumni associations often use telemarketers to raise funds from former students, improving success rates by building relationships and pitching donation amounts based on donor history.
Towerview Ventures:
- Towerview Ventures exemplifies how alumni associations create venture funds for alumni investments at top universities.
- These funds secure capital while leveraging the reputations of prestigious educational institutions, using branding associated with these schools for recognition.
Creating Niche Networks:
- Building professional networks catering to digitally under-indexed industries presents potential business opportunities.
- Focusing on specific professions or communities differentiates from broader social networks like LinkedIn, attracting professionals through tailored features and exclusivity.
Reviving Klout-Like Platforms:
- Similar platforms measuring influence and connecting brands with influencers are valuable in today's digital landscape.
- Leveraging social media data and algorithms helps identify influential individuals for partnerships and promotions, providing value both for businesses seeking effective promotion strategies and influencers looking for collaboration opportunities.
Church Bundle:
- Lecture for learning community, gathering and congregation, a peaceful and spiritual place, therapy/confession, music vibes, social scene.
- Potential business ideas include restructuring churches as condos or repurposing them for specific bundles like yoga or manifestation.
- Offering done-for-you social media services tailored to each church's needs.
- Using the physical locations of churches to create new experiences such as meditation or yoga franchises.
- Establishing health/spiritual franchises centered around religion/yoga in repurposed church locations.
- Creating innovative ways to offer forgiveness/absolution experiences without religious affiliations.
- Developing programs supporting young entrepreneurs similar to Peter Thiel's fellowship program.
- Finding alternative ways to signal employability/skills without traditional university degrees/certifications.
- Creating a recruitment platform targeting athletes participating in mind sports championships.