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Idea of the Day: What Do Forced Labor and Traditional Education Have in Common? 1. It’s well-known that forced labor is inefficient. Similarly, “forced learning” 👊 is just as ineffective. All it does is instill a dislike for whatever you’re trying to teach someone. 2. This problem can be addressed through the method of “competitive learning,” which is used by a startup aiming to cultivate a reading habit in schoolchildren. 3. While adults are rarely forced to learn, they often struggle with motivation, under the guise of “I’ve got more important things to do.” 😉 That’s why this method has a much broader range of applications: https://fastfounder.ru/chto-obshhego-mezhdu-rabskim-trudom-i-tradicionnym-obucheniem/

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Idea of the Day: It’s Easier to Sell “Critical” Than “Useful” 1. Selling “useful” is hard. Selling “critical” is much easier! Things that solve critical problems, prevent them from occurring, or help you act correctly in critical situations to minimize losses. 2. The catch is that to develop skills for critical situations, you need to face them many times ☹️ But companies are more willing to pay to avoid such situations 😉 That is, to ensure employees know how to prevent and handle them properly. 3. So how can you combine avoiding critical situations with knowing how to act in them? For example, through platforms like this one, where AI characters simulate such situations, and employees learn how to handle them: https://fastfounder.ru/proshhe-prodavat-kritichnoe-chem-poleznoe/

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Idea of the Day: Do You Want It Easier or More Profitable? 1. Sometimes it feels like online businesses are started by founders looking for the “easy way” 😉 While those aiming to “make money” head offline. “Come on, offline is dead,” you might say. Not at all! 2. In the coming years, online retail will account for no more than 20% of total sales. This means 80% of consumer spending will still happen offline! That’s where the money is 💰 3. And, as always, it’s best to earn it with other people’s efforts 💪 Meaning you should build platforms that help other entrepreneurs succeed offline. Here are a couple of examples to inspire you: https://fastfounder.ru/tebe-gde-poproshhe-ili-gde-deneg-bolshe/

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Idea of the Day: A Simpler Way to Build a Global Business 1. Many dream of creating a global business 🚀 Most believe they need a unique, world-demanded product. But this approach, while effective, is the hardest 😉 2. A simpler path is “geographic arbitrage”—taking what’s abundant in one country and selling it in others where it’s scarce. Avoid obvious niches like cheap electronics from China or rice from India—fields already saturated. 3. This startup found a less obvious niche, tackling two major issues in developed markets: overstocked warehouses and product returns. Here’s what they did: https://fastfounder.ru/bolee-prostoj-sposob-sozdat-globalnyj-biznes/

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Idea of the Day: An Old Psychological Trick for New Loyalty Programs 1. It might seem like loyalty programs are such a well-trodden topic that there’s nothing new left to invent. However, two students introduced a fresh psychological twist that caught the attention of a major airline. 2. As a result, their startup generated $625,000 in revenue and became profitable without any external investments. Plus, 14 more airlines are now waiting to implement this platform. 3. The beauty of this approach is its versatility—it can be applied across various industries. Considering how many companies already have loyalty programs, this opens up a significant market for such platforms: https://fastfounder.ru/staryj-psihologicheskij-trjuk-dlja-novyh-programm-lojalnosti/

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Idea of the Day: A Simple Way to Stop Worrying Needlessly 1. The hype around mental health apps has faded somewhat, but a new surge is on the horizon 🚀 thanks to the emergence of a new generation of apps powered by AI, capable of delivering a qualitatively better experience. 2. It’s better not to call these apps “mental health” apps, as not everyone is comfortable labeling themselves as “mentally ill.” 😉 Plus, it’s always more effective to offer something specific rather than something vague and generic. 3. For example, this startup created an app that simply helps “eliminate feelings of worry.” It’s a great way to break into the resurging market: https://fastfounder.ru/prostoj-sposob-perestat-bespokoitsja-ponaprasnu/

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Idea of the Day: If you don’t want to lose ready-to-buy customers 1. It’s hard to believe, but 80% of visitors leave online stores from checkout pages, even after finding and selecting everything they need. 🤔 2. This means optimizing the checkout page is way more critical than optimizing landing pages! Stores lose not just curious visitors, but nearly converted customers here. 🥵 3. While there are tons of platforms for creating landing pages, there are far fewer for optimizing checkout pages. That’s why platforms for such optimization raise tens of millions of dollars in investments: https://fastfounder.ru/esli-ne-hochesh-terjat-uzhe-gotovyh-pokupatelej/

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Idea of the Day: The Core Business Model for Professional Services 1. When someone takes on construction or repair work themselves, they aim to save money by trading it for their time. But for professional builders and repair workers, time is their most valuable asset—something they’re willing to trade for money 😉 2. Simply put, when a builder goes to the store to buy materials, they’re essentially doing a courier’s job. And they lose money doing this because a builder’s time is worth more than a courier’s time. 3. That’s why it should be more beneficial for them to pay for material delivery rather than running around stores themselves. This is the idea behind this startup, which created a “DoorDash for construction materials”: https://fastfounder.ru/glavnaja-biznes-model-servisov-dlja-professionalov/

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Idea of the Day: A Simple Tool to Enter a Promising Space 1. The most valuable asset of a startup isn’t the good tool it has built but the great problem it has decided to solve! This approach opens up broad opportunities for the startup. 2. It can now conduct tactical experiments with any new tools while staying aligned with its initial strategy, instead of jumping from one thing to another, losing progress, and chasing the next shiny idea. 3. A good, promising problem, for example, is improving the productivity of remote multilingual teams. You can enter this space by creating a relatively simple tool—like the one this startup used to get into Y Combinator: https://fastfounder.ru/prostoj-instrument-dlja-vhoda-v-perspektivnuju-temu/

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Idea of the Day: How to Catch a New Trend Early and Make Big Money 1. The biggest profits are not made by those who rush to sell what’s already popular, but by those who get into the game early — skimming the cream off the top and then becoming recognized leaders in the field. 2. To do this, you need not just to notice new trends but to predict their emergence! There are countless platforms tracking existing trends, but those capable of forecasting future trends are still rare. 3. Big companies are willing to pay good money for these predictive platforms. And the coolest part? These platforms are often built on well-known principles that can be replicated: https://fastfounder.ru/kak-uspet-vojti-v-novyj-trend-chtoby-pobolshe-zarabotat/

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Idea of the Day: Employee Motivation is Actually Very Simple 1. When something can be done simply, that’s great. When it delivers the desired results—it’s even better 😉 Surprisingly, this is exactly how employee motivation systems work. The only issue is that they’re effective only if someone actively manages them ☹️. 2. However, these simple processes can be automated in a straightforward way—by using platforms that won’t miss anything or get tired of doing it. And when automated, these systems will yield real results 🏆. 3. Such a platform would be something no company would want to pass up 🕺. This creates a massive market where these simple platforms can be sold endlessly: https://fastfounder.ru/motivacija-sotrudnikov-jeto-na-samom-dele-ochen-prosto/.

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Idea of the Day: It Would Be Easier to Listen – But Not the Boring “Blah-Blah-Blah” 1. Aren’t you tired of staring at your phone or laptop all the time? Sure, watching funny videos is fine, but reading work reports constantly—your eyes can’t take it anymore 👀. Of course, you could use standard text-to-speech tools, but listening to their monotone “blah-blah-blah” gets boring quickly. 2. Yet, for some reason, podcasts are much more enjoyable to listen to. It’s not just about the content but also the way the information is presented!👂That’s the idea! We need tools that can transform your work-related information into engaging podcast-style formats! 3. Such tools are already starting to appear, and it seems like the beginning of a big trend you can still jump into. Check out these examples: https://fastfounder.ru/udobnee-bylo-by-slushat-no-ne-unyloe-bu-bu-bu/

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Idea of the Day: An Innovative Marketing Combo of Two Products on One Engine 1. Do startups win competitive battles by having better products? Not really—they win by having better marketing. 💪 Here are two interesting examples of startups from different industries that used a similar marketing trick. 2. They simultaneously created two products—one B2C and one B2B—both built on the same engine. The free B2C products in these pairings drive popularity and grow the audience, creating momentum that helps the startups successfully sell their B2B products. 3. Since these two startups come from completely different fields, it raises an intriguing possibility: you might be able to pull off a similar marketing strategy in your own market. The secret to their success is revealed here: https://fastfounder.ru/interesnaja-marketingovaja-svjazka-dvuh-produktov/

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Idea of the Day: A Book Is the Best Gift… for an Influencer 1. Tens of millions of people regularly share smart ideas on social media or in video formats. So why not help them turn those thoughts into beautiful books? This is a massive audience that’s already mentally prepared for it! 2. Some might argue that “books are dead.” But that’s clearly not true! The global book market is worth around $150 billion and continues to grow. Moreover, the number of books self-published by authors bypassing traditional publishers is growing 17 times faster than the overall book market. 3. It’s time to create “non-traditional” publishing platforms that help online influencers publish their books. Here’s what it could look like, as shown by a startup that recently raised its first millions of euros in investment: https://fastfounder.ru/ideja-dnja-kniga-luchshij-podarok-infljuenseru/

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Idea of the Day: There Are More Millionaires Than Programmers, but Fewer Services for Them! 1. There are at least 58 million dollar millionaires in the world. That’s a huge target audience. For comparison, there are “only” 27 million programmers. I bet that even if you’re not a programmer, you could name at least a dozen startups offering products for developers. But how many startups catering to millionaires can you name? 🤔 2. It turns out that millionaires are a massively underserved audience, despite being highly solvent 😉. This issue has only become noticeable in recent years as traditional luxury brands have shifted focus to the middle class. As a result, many luxury-level services have essentially become mid-tier services for the average consumer.

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Idea of the Day: A Truly Disruptive Product Shouldn’t Improve 1. A disruptive product eliminates what others are trying to improve with endless fixes and patches 😉. For instance, every company wants to improve their internal communication processes to boost overall efficiency. But Jeff Bezos thinks the opposite! 2. “Communication is a sign that an organization isn’t functioning properly. If something needs to be discussed separately, it’s because collaboration isn’t happening naturally. So we need to rethink the very principles of teamwork — so employees communicate less, not more!” But how? 3. For example, by implementing platforms like this, which leverage modern AI technologies. These platforms are not only disruptive but also perfectly timed: https://fastfounder.ru/po-nastojashhemu-proryvnoj-produkt-ne-dolzhen-uluchshat/

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Idea of the Day: Not All Short Videos Compete with TikTok 1. Many startup founders are so obsessed with technology that they see competition everywhere things are built the same way. Meanwhile, users tend to focus on what’s written on the label 😉. 2. That’s why a typical startup founder might ask about an educational platform using short videos: “How is it different from TikTok?” But a user will ask: “How is it different from other educational platforms?” And upon learning that everything is based on quick and simple short videos, people will eagerly start watching them 🚀. 3. The founders of this startup understood this critical difference. Over the past year and a half, they’ve attracted more than 100,000 paying users and raised $11 million in funding: https://fastfounder.ru/ne-ljubye-korotkie-video-konkurirujut-s-tiktokom/

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Idea of the Day: It’s More Exciting to Create Something Interesting Than to Automate Something Boring 1. AI is currently the hottest field for startups. However, there’s a common misconception that AI should only be used to automate boring tasks that humans don’t want to do. But this impression is wrong! 2. The field of creating AI characters with personality, backstory, and unique traits is gaining momentum. These characters are opening up new and fascinating applications. Exploring interesting uses for an exciting technology is far more engaging than automating boring tasks 😉. 3. Here’s a whole collection of examples, including some quite unexpected ones, that can serve as inspiration for building your own exciting startup in this fascinating area: https://fastfounder.ru/luchshe-sozdavat-interesnoe-chem-avtomatizirovat-skuchnoe/

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Idea of the Day: When You Want to Learn a Language but Don’t Want to Read Dumb Texts from a Textbook 1. Of course, you want to learn a foreign language. But you definitely don’t want to read dumb textbook texts like “Mom washed the window” 😢. However, until you learn to understand those, you can’t move on to anything more interesting, right? 2. Turns out — you can! This startup has created an incredibly cool tool that lets you start reading articles in a foreign language that interest you and even watch YouTube videos right away. 3. Naturally, AI is involved here 😉. But no, this AI tool doesn’t just translate texts and videos. It actually helps you learn the language! And here’s how it does it: https://fastfounder.ru/kogda-ty-hochesh-vyuchit-jazyk-no-ne-hochesh-chitat-debilnye-teksty-iz-uchebnika/

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Idea of the Day: What’s the Best Way to Make Money in Corporate Training? 1. Corporate training is a rich topic. In every sense of the word — from its breadth to the opportunities it offers to make money 😉 But what’s surprising is that for the third year in a row, companies have been prioritizing training their employees in leadership skills. 2. The problem is that leadership skills can’t be learned in theory. They can only be honed through real interaction. But in the process, employees might make too many mistakes, which could be costly for companies. So how can this problem be solved? 3. By giving employees the chance to practice endlessly on “safe subjects” — AI-driven characters with whom they can have very realistic conversations. And with that, you can quickly enter this lucrative space with a platform like this: https://fastfounder.ru/na-chjom-luchshe-zarabatyvat-v-korporativnom-obuchenii/

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