A few idea rabbit holes you will want to explore this week.

Hey, Aron here.

Here are a few interesting things worth exploring this week.
No homework. No build requirements. Just fun things to look at if you are an idea explorer. Let’s jump in.

An idea worth thinking about

People love their pets, and the pet economy is massive.

Now imagine adding AI.

• AI-powered pet health monitoring.

• Personalized nutrition and meal planning.

• Smart pet sitters and activity trackers.

• AI tools that help shelters match pets with owners.

• Personalized training assistants.

Could there be a business hiding in here somewhere?

A surprising Kickstarter rabbit hole

I was browsing Kickstarter and sorted projects by the most backers.
Something interesting stood out to me:
Board games, strategy games, and tabletop games seem to be constantly in the top funded startups.

Turns out, tabletop games had an 80% funding success rate in 2024, with $220 million pledged to successful projects.

Why?

Passionate communities? Collectability? The excitement of discovering a new game before everyone else? I honestly am not sure.

Whatever the reason, it's an interesting market to explore.

→ Explore Kickstarter's most-backed projects

What we're seeing at ValidatorAI

Here are a few interesting things from our founder data.

Most popular ideas categories this week:

• Platforms 18.7%

• SaaS 18.2%

• Ecommerce 14.2%
  

Countries that move toward building:

• Japan 38.6%

• Morocco 37%

• Spain 35.4%
  

Highest hesitation category:

• Manufacturing

3 Tools you might like to disappear into this week

• Google Trends

  See what people are searching for, discover emerging interests, and compare trends. Great for finding the level of interest over time for a specific topic.

• Exploding Topics

  Discover products, technologies, and industries that are gaining popularity before everyone notices. It’s like Google trends… but months earlier.

• AnswerThePublic

  Enter any topic and discover the real questions people are searching for. Great for finding problems that might become businesses. You’ll love it.

A strange place to discover business ideas

People are selling spreadsheets for all types of businesses and problems.

Visit Etsy and search for business spreadsheet templates.
You'll find spreadsheets for budgeting, inventory, rental properties, weddings, and hundreds of other things. Some sell for really high prices.

Could one of these spreadsheets become a simple AI-powered business?

→ Explore spreadsheet businesses on Etsy

What would your idea look like?

You don't have to start a business to have fun exploring one. Describe an idea and watch AI turn it into a working website.

→ Mock up an idea with Base44 for free

That's it for now.

Go disappear into something interesting. Let me know what you find.

Aron

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