Brains on the Outside: A Business Ideas Podcast

Lauren Beukes is the author of award-winning novels like Afterland and Zoo City, with her book Shining Girls was adapted to an Apple TV+ show. She has asked us about how to poison AI and whether there are methods to get it to stop stealing everyone"s work.  Some of our potential ideas: Fill books full of ads, destroy t

July make luggage. Beautiful, useful, perfect luggage. They"ve got a big problem though - they decided to name themselves after the month of July and now, well, they"ve got all sorts of SEO and searchability problems. When their customers tell their friends about July their friends think they"re talking about the month

Naked Sprout make toilet rolls out of bamboo. They"re super sustainable and the company prides themselves on using no fossil fuels in 99% of their process. That remaining 1%, that"s what they wanted us to help with. They currently have to use one gigantic diesel forklift truck to lift the enormous mother rolls of toile

AutoTrader is the UK"s largest digital automotive marketplace. You can buy cars. You can sell cars. You can swap cars. (Maybe? Does it work like that? Like football stickers or Pokemon cards? I don"t drive. I don"t know about car stuff.) AutoTrader are on a mission to make the world a better place by getting people to

Toucan make really nice table tennis equipment. In Germany, where they are based, you can find table tennis tables outside in parks and public spaces. However, how can Toucan make sure they can help you find one that is free? What about in winter? How can they convince you to play out in the cold? Some of our ideas: a

Water and Wines make jigsaws designed to teach you about wine. Designed by sommeliers and their passion for oenology, each jigsaw transports you to a wine region around the world. However, just like many of us, they are haunted by an existential question: what is the best way to solve a jigsaw? Some ideas: an AR app to