My First Million
5 Dead Simple Business Ideas You Can Start With A FB Ad | ft. George Mack
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Key takeaways
- Innovative business ideas can address personal and societal issues, such as self-awareness and health, creating opportunities for new service models.
- Embracing advancements in technology could lead to significant changes in traditional practices, such as reproduction and personalized services.
- Effective marketing strategies can enhance engagement through emotional connections and can turn seemingly mundane experiences into lucrative ventures.
- Creating national pride through celebration can strengthen community bonds and give a country a unique identity.
- Understanding consumer behavior and desires, like seeking personalization and self-improvement, is essential for developing successful business models.
Summary
Business Idea Brainstorming
In this lively brainstorming session, Sam Parr, Shaan Puri, and George Mack discuss various innovative and lighthearted business ideas. They explore the concept of a Self-Awareness Test that would offer insights based not only on a user’s answers but also on feedback from their close circle of friends and family. The excitement around this idea lies in its potential for social engagement and viral marketing.
Designer Babies and Genetic Selection
Another standout idea was the concept of designer babies through embryo selection. George Mack elaborates on advances in IVF and genetic screening that may soon enable parents to choose characteristics such as height, intelligence, and health traits for their future children. This sparks a conversation about the ethical implications of such technology and how societal perspectives around reproduction could shift dramatically.
Art of Selling One's Eyes
The trio discusses the unique business of selling eye images as art, inspired by a gallery experience where customers can gaze into a telescope reflecting their own eyes. This section highlights the emotional connection people have with their appearance and how a simple, yet beautiful product can tap into a deeper understanding of self.
Personal Color Analysis Trend
The conversation transitions to the growing trend of personal color analysis where individuals learn which colors best suit them for clothing and makeup. Sam recounts a humorous experience accompanying his wife to a color consultation, illustrating the lengths people will go to enhance their personal branding through color.
Mold Removal as a Service
George presents a business opportunity centered on addressing mold concerns in properties. Observing growing awareness and anxiety around mold's health effects, they discuss creating a service that offers free assessments followed by effective, possibly subscription-based mold removal services. This idea leverages health concerns and home ownership anxieties to create a lucrative model.
A New National Day for the UK
In an intriguing twist, George proposes replacing St. George’s Day with a new Dunkirk Day in the UK to foster national pride and unity. Drawing comparisons to Fourth of July celebrations in the U.S., he suggests leveraging historical events to create an annual celebration that would involve acknowledgment of past struggles and a celebration of British culture and achievements.
Sponsors
- HubSpot · When you're starting a company, you basically duct tape together a ton of different pieces of software and different platforms. That's why I use HubSpot for all of my projects because it does it all so I don't actually have to use any duct tape, which means it doesn't break. It's free to get started.
- Shepherd · Shaan uses Shepherd to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants. Tell ‘em Shaan sent you.
- Hampton · We are launching in-person core groups for your city. Core groups for Hampton are basically like business group therapy on steroids and are life-changing.
Show notes
Episode 624: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm cash-printing business ideas with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack).
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:49) Idea: Self Awareness Test
(16:35) Idea: Designer babies
(26:30) Idea: Selling eyes as art
(30:40) Idea: Personal color analysis
(34:45) Idea: Mold removal as a service
(40:11) Idea: CMO of the UK
(46:43) George's favorite ad campaigns
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Cities and Ambition - https://paulgraham.com/cities.html
• Jack Skeen - https://jackskeen.com/
• Thinking Fast and Slow - https://tinyurl.com/345d9fsb
• Iris Galerie - https://en.irisgalerie.com/
• Ad Professor on Twitter - https://x.com/The_AdProfessor
• r/adporn - https://www.reddit.com/r/AdPorn/
• Ad Professor - https://www.adprofessor.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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