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132. “Chopped” show for Interior Designers

Basically, chopped for interior designers. Instead of food ingredients like on the popular TV cooking show, they are given a blank space and a bunch of random furniture items. They have to use these items to manufacture the best themed living room, dining room, etc. possible. Lots of potential here too for marketing and partnerships with the items that are used.

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156. Cook It Forward

This could be a marketing idea for a food blog, restaurant, or just an interesting project in general. Basically you would start out with a simple pot, or several. Make your favorite dish or something close to your family, heritage, life, etcetera. Then you give your dish away to a friend, family member, someone random on the street who might appreciate it, and never worry about it again. The only caveat is that the recipient needs to (honor system) in turn make a dish and pass it along. If you inscribed a “cook it forward” or specific hashtag, you could track the progress of the pot and dishes as they make their way around the country and/or world through social media. 

It would be interesting to see different types of people from various backgrounds contribute to the project with food that is close to them, all while bringing a smile to those who are unknowingly in line to receive a random dish. 

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155. Make Cents

Here is an idea for all restaurants out there trying to do a little good. I guess the same could go for many businesses, too. Basically, every bill would get rounded up (I know some banks, etc do this) with the excess getting thrown into a charitable pool. Maybe every paying customer or diner gets to vote where the money should go? Maybe restaurants would give the excess to a food bank? Maybe a clothing store could donate this money towards a charity providing clothes for the needy? Basically, if you are lucky enough to eat out or go shopping for clothes you don’t need, might as well use that pocket change to benefit those less fortunate. Everyone wins. 

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153. Blowhole Waterpark Waterslide

This is one of those silly, terrible ideas that actually might work as a marketing ploy. Could be great for waterparks, etc. Basically, it would just be a massive slide that sends you into a giant whale’s mouth, after which you get launched out of the whale’s blowhole and into a swimming pool. Crazier marketing ploys have worked in the past. I mean, there are people out there now buying air pods attached to a string “holder.” In other words, paying more money to turn their expensive air pods into circa 2004 earbuds. 

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152. Noozed

This is an idea that’s about 12 years old, and while many websites, blogs, and other places people go to for news have since adapted similar ideas, the ground-up article format is something that’s yet to be implemented effectively in the way people digest journalism. Basically, Noozed is for busy (or ill-informed) people who want to be briefed, fast. They aren’t news junkies looking for a 5-page in-depth article, they’re everyday people hoping to just stay in the loop and be able to hold their own at the dinner table (which also doesn’t really exist these days). Noozed is a potential website that would summarize each day’s news into 5-10 user-friendly bullet points. Each subscriber / user would be able to personalize their feed by selecting the topic(s) they’re interested in. The thing that would make Noozed unique, is that it does not assume any prior knowledge of a news story from the reader, rather each story is built from the ground up. For example, a complex story like Brexit might turn some readers away, as if they haven’t been following the developments from the start jumping right in would be difficult. Noozed would assume you, the reader, knows nothing of Brexit. The first couple of bullet points would help you get up to speed on the matter and explain the complexities in simple terms, with the remaining bullet points delivering the latest developments and actual news. You could basically know nothing, and leave your daily briefing with a great beat on what’s happening in the world. Perfect for the busy professional who doesn’t want to seem ignorant. 

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150. Group Gamble

A gambling app that allows friends to bet with each other, on anything, for money. It could be linked to Venmo, and all gamblers would have to validate a third party to regulate the bet. They could then make a custom bet...Will “Steve” show up tonight? Can Jim make this 3-pointer, etc. Once the amount and bet are validated, the regulator, who is agreed upon by all members of the group, enters the result. Yes, Steve showed up and yes, Jim made the 3-pointer...bets would then be automatically squared by pulling from the gamblers’ venmo account for example. The app could take 10 cents on the dollar for profit.

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149. Layover Networking

Now I’m not a successful businessperson, but if I were I wouldn’t want to waste layover time at airports. This is an app that would function like Tinder. A user, said business person, could enter their field of expertise along with what they would want out of a potential networking opportunity. When they are stuck in a terminal for a couple hours and want to go have a drink, they can log onto the app and see if there is anyone else in their field nearby also wanting to maximize this waiting time. 

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148. Dead But Alive

Not sure if this is within the parameters of technology, but given that we can land on rocks in space it has to be possible. An app that emits a default message to those trying to call or text you, saying that your phone is dead so they can stop worrying....mom.