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  • Post Your Idea

    Post Your Idea

    Click here to post your idea in the Shrimp Tank

    How to make an effective post:

    1. Make it easy to respond to your post. You shouldn’t just walk up to a stranger and say, “I have X idea,” and expect a thoughtful response.
    2. You do not need to post a business plan, but a few thought out sentences go a long way.
    3. Share the event, problem or other ideas that served as the basis for yours.
    4. Tell us if you think your idea will make people happy, fulfill a need or make life a little easier. Even tell us if you have no clue.
    5. Tell us if you have a particular goal in mind.
    6. Ask questions. Give a starting point to create a real dialogue.

    Click here to post your idea in the Shrimp Tank

    Post Your Idea

  • Financial Benefit of Buying

    Financial Benefit of Buying

    In mailings or advertisements, instead of rent vs mortgage payment in ads, lean on 30 yr or 15 yr wealth build by own vs rent.

  • Kitchen Only

    Kitchen Only

    A restaurant, minus the restaurant. More ‘send out’ than ‘take out.’ This caters to the gig economy deliveries. Since the restaurant portion only exists online, many types of a restaurant can exist from one kitchen. Since their is not actual physical design, if one type is a failure, simply remove the listing.

  • Leasing Rooftop Rights for Solar

    Leasing Rooftop Rights for Solar

    Leasing the rights to rooftops of commercial buildings for solar, which is subleased to others as a means of more efficient power generation than the roofs of their personal homes.

  • Coders Keyboard

    Coders Keyboard

    In addition to Caps Lock, have Symbol Lock. When coding, at least in my experience, there is far more use of the symbols above the numbers than the numbers themselves. In Linux, I can custom map the keyboard so it defaults to the symbols. Simple having an extra key on the keyboard for this function would be way easier than switching between keyboard maps.

  • VR version of an Opium Den

    VR version of an Opium Den

    Simple, a place for people to go and live in a VR world and escape reality while being sustained physically by the outside world. It’s science fiction and the future of retirement.

  • Group Author

    Group Author

    People write screenplays in teams, why not a book over a weekend?

    Have an event where participants get to pitch a story idea. After, everyone can vote on a couple of them to narrow them down. Then people can join up in teams with the ideas that were voted on. Over the next day or two, they can collaborate to write the story. At the end, a winner can be chosen.

  • Bitcoin Theft Tracking

    Bitcoin Theft Tracking

    Because all Bitcoin transactions, including theft, are traceable. It is possible for law enforcement to track them as stolen property. As such, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin that have a black market history may continue to be passed about through transactions, but eventually, once they make their way to an exchange or something else that makes them locatable, they may be seized. Meaning, you might have received bitcoins in a perfectly legal transaction that are still marked from a history you are not aware of.

    We propose a validation system before a transaction takes place in which the currency to be sent can be flagged as being as having an illegal history that may subject them to seizure.

  • Velcro Phone Body Strap

    Velcro Phone Body Strap

    Velcro gloves or a velcro vest that you can strap your phone to it so when you go skydiving or whatever your phone is not going to come out of your hand or off your chest

  • Homemade Medicine Chemistry Set

    Homemade Medicine Chemistry Set

    Medicine is expensive, so why not make your own? Granted, Iimagine this is probably a horrible idea that could inadvertantly turn into a meth lab kit or accidental suicide. But, maybe this could be done.

  • Home Office Installation

    Home Office Installation

    Specialize in creating/installing home offices. In one day we can turn a room in your house into a badass office or studio.

    We can use the same sales tactic as seminars, which is buy this expensive thing that not only makes productivity easy but commites you to succeeding because you just invested more money than you can afford to waste.

    We could also do gamer rooms.

  • Combine Lottery & Pink Sheets Investing

    Combine Lottery & Pink Sheets Investing

    Give lottery players something to buy that gives an instant risk/reward thrill, but also gives some longterm win. If nothing else, this justifies investing more. Having an education lottery gives one cover to say that they are playing for a good cause. How about giving one the cover of investing in a sound financial future with no risk. One can win at best cash and at worst a 1000 shares in a pink sheet company. The Lottery could own X shares of a pink sheet listing, and the ticket could serve as a right of claim to Y number of those shares. Over time, players can see their portfolio grow as they play more.

  • YouTube Shock Collar

    YouTube Shock Collar

    Something to shock, or otherwise inflict physical pain when I spend more than 5 minutes of every hour on youtube.

  • Pitch Contests in Tertiary Markets

    Pitch Contests in Tertiary Markets

    As a way of building a catalog, have pitch contests in tertiary markets. It’s (almost) free advertising. A town with 40,000 people has ideas to share but might not support a regular meetup. However, having one time events might be enough to turn out 20 or 30 ideas. Which can be enough to make a day trip worth the time.

  • Local Drag Racing Timer

    Local Drag Racing Timer

    Local drag racing competitions work on the driver’s ability coming closest to their qualifying time without going over. If the driver had a live display of their current time against their qualifying time, they could maintain a proper speed. It could be color based. Something like the driver needs to keep the car in a ‘yellow’ category.

  • Anti-Hangover Drink

    Anti-Hangover Drink

    Something along the lines of vitamin water, but with after a night out recovery in mind. This is more of a marketing angle than a science.

  • Mattress Cover Sheet Clip

    Mattress Cover Sheet Clip

    For the life of me, I cannot keep the mattress cover from coming up at night. If two bands are placed on the mattress diagonal, they could have clips to hold onto the corners of the base sheet. This way you are not altering the mattress or the box spring to add clips.

  • Napkin Holder Spring

    Napkin Holder Spring

    A napkin holder where the spring tension that is pushing the napkins out relaxes so they aren’t so hard to grab. I went to a restaurant last week, and when I’d try to take out one napkin, it was so tight that it tore. After a few tries, I ended up grabbing way more than I needed. However, when there were few napkins in the holder, they would start falling back in when I tried to grab one. So, again, by grabbing a number of them, I could pull them out. Proper tension would significantly reduce napkin costs.

  • Author Teams

    Author Teams

    Like script writing teams, have novel writing teams. I don’t see a way to profit from this idea, yet it could be a powerful force in developing stories from a simple idea to a fully developed novel. You don’t always need to make a buck.

  • Luggage Storage for Day Travelers

    Luggage Storage for Day Travelers

    Luggage Storage. This is a huge issue for short-term, Airbnb type travelers. One might schedule a 12-hour layover for the chance to tour a city. However, carrying one’s luggage for such a day trip is awful. If one cannot store luggage at the airport, a pickup/dropoff service could take luggage from the airport to an offsite location.

  • Screw Pole Beach Umbrella

    Screw Pole Beach Umbrella

    No more having your umbrella blow away at the beach. With the screw pole, instead of driving it into the ground, you turn the crank and screw it into the ground for a solid hold.

  • Cologne Dissipation Rate

    Cologne Dissipation Rate

    Cologne is notorious. Too much and you repel. Too little, or none at all, and you are merely average. Perfect, and you are… perfect. Sadly, even the best cologne wears off. If you really, you risk overdosing. If you do nothing, midway through the work day, you have nothing.

    I propose the cologne strip. It could be wearable or sticker. It dissipates consistently over some hours. Additionally, by dissipating at a predetermined rate, a gentleman does not have to worry about over or under applying. Our expert’s design the perfect dissipation speed and design it specifically to your clothes and location. A gentleman in a suit needs a different dissipation rate than when wearing a t-shirt and jeans.

  • Perfect 360° Sphere Phone Photos

    Perfect 360° Sphere Phone Photos

    I find that taking a 360° photo is difficult because one cannot easily rotate the phone on a perfect axis. However, the quality of the images, at least on my Google Pixel XL is outstanding. Even if there is a handheld device that works with levels to keep guide me to keep the phone in the perfect position that I can see from all sides, not just the screen side.

  • Sell access to WiFi signal

    Sell access to WiFi signal

    Buy high-speed wifi, then share it. This can be an app where people advertise their signal. Perhaps it could autogenerate a password for a the time duration and individual pays for. It could be tied into a preprogrammed router. Routers run on installed software just like a computer, so this could ask be programmed in. This would be great in student areas or tourist areas. We could even sell high power repeaters or antennas that compliment the service.

  • Stapler Co

    Stapler Co

    Staplers for all. Helps people who are in need of a stapler.

  • Clear Vapor E-Cigarette

    Clear Vapor E-Cigarette

    Perhaps having no visible vapor from an e-cigarette would circumvent no smoking rules. With no visible vapor I am not sure if many people would even notice. I do not know if the vapor that is exhaled is unhealthy. It might be that people associate it with smoke and simply do not like it for that reason. If it was clear and even odorless it might be a none issue.

     

     

  • Give memorabilia to a celeb to increase value

    Give memorabilia to a celeb to increase value

    This is not so much a business plan as an investment play. Rich people collect memorabilia. Celebrities are rich. Memorabilia that happens to also be owned by a celebrity is worth even more. One example is Charlie Sheen’s selling of Babe Ruth memorabilia.

    My idea is to buy memorabilia, then gift it to a celebrity. In return, I would be guaranteed something like the original purchase price plus 50% of the profit. The real deal comes down to a negotiation.

  • Two-way resistant weight workout

    Two-way resistant weight workout

    If exercise equipment utilized shock absorbers, it could provide resistance in both directions.

    Fluid flow through the piston controls the resistance of shock absorbers. It can be adjusted for different resistance in each direction. For example, one direction could simulate 30lbs of weights and the other direction 15lbs.

    Also, the resistance would be constant throughout the lift, unlike rubber bands. Like bands, the equipment does not need to be as heavy or cumbersome.

    This could be applied to an entire line of equipment. Or, the shock absorbers could be stand alone or hook to a wall mount of foot holder to giving more freedom of movement.

  • Ctrl-F on your PHONE

    Ctrl-F on your PHONE

    Here is a idea. Why on earth in 10 years sense the first introduction of smart phones, is there still no way to search for a particular word in a webpage on your mobile phone.
    Ctrl-F has been a normal function for finding specific words for decades on computers. But why is this not a standard feature on the smart phones of today. Have you ever had a webpage on your phone that you wanted to pinpoint via a particular word in the webpage? I have.

  • Fabric Phone Visor

    Fabric Phone Visor

    Using my phone at the beach is hell. I already want to cover my beautiful face when laying out to avoid wrinkles. Plus, I want to use my phone because laying out is boring as hell. I generally throw my shirt over my phone and hold it above me so I can see it and keep the sun out of my eyes.

    I think if a piece of cloth is cut specific with this in purpose in mind, it will hang better and cause less hassle. The shirt hangs badly all around.

    A problem that I don’t know how to address is my arms getting tired holding up the phone. If this could also be solved this product would be killer.

    Long-term, if this took off, I am not sure if a brand strategy would be centered around products for phones, beach or random infomercial crap.

    Does anyone have an idea on how to address the issue of tired arms? Also, what are some complimentary products to this idea?

    Lastly, has anyone else had this problem or am I the only one?

    Thanks.

  • Successful Kickstarters as Mentors

    Successful Kickstarters as Mentors

    Our successful Kickstarter friends are an excellent resource for validated comments. They can provide examples of the cost of building prototypes of the product. As well as designers and manufacturers and the overall team structure an inventor needs to have around them.

  • Plane Dinner

    Plane Dinner

    Frozen dinner is so trashy. Unless, it’s first class plane food! It’s perfect for someone too poor to fly and to busy to cook.

    “Feel like you’re ​in the sky when you have your block of key lime pie.”

  • Everyday things database

    Everyday things database

    A database of everyday tasks that can be referenced to help spur ideas to make them easier, better or to compliment them. An example being a selfie. Which someone then thought of making a selfie photo editor.

  • Uber for Cessna

    Uber for Cessna

    This already exists. It’s called Skyüber. It is not affiliated with Uber. However, it hardly has any flights, and is not at all consistent in offerings.

    A similar app could focus only on specific markets. A more targeted approach could provide a stronger launch point.

    A concern is the highly regulated flight industry. I imaging there is a real possibility this is not allowed. However, I believe regulations are looser around light aircraft.

  • Long distance ride share like in Europe

    Long distance ride share like in Europe

    BlaBlaCar is a popular ride sharing service in Europe. Unlike Uber or Lyft, it specializes in long distance trips. This service does not exist in the USA. I simply propose that it be copied.

    One problem I foresee would be the higher vehicle ownership rate in the United States. However, the ability for individuals to relax instead of driving themselves may be appealing.

    Would any of you use a service like this and for what length of trips?

    Are there legal consequences to copying a service?

  • Hide and Seek-The board game

    Hide and Seek-The board game

    Hide and seek, only as a board game!

  • Drone quidditch

    Drone quidditch

    The same quidditch in Harry Potter but played with drones. Each team must build their own drones and pilot them as well during the game through a pc/mac.

  • Highlighter Scanner

    Highlighter Scanner

    When you highlight something in a book, it’s because you need to study it. These are the same items that one might then use to create a study guide.

    The highlighter can scan the text highlighted and automatically add it to a document to copy, paste, or edit.

    I am not sure if this is something that could grow into a brand or if it is a one-off product for the infomercial world.

  • Need Ideas for a Million-Dollar-Idea

    Need Ideas for a Million-Dollar-Idea

    Great ideas, inventions, and companies are born of providing convenience to our daily lives. It would be nice to have a database of daily tasks. It would serve as a reference point to spurn creativity.
    Another way to get the mind thinking and innovating could be with a word game. A few words could be provided, and then a user could create an idea for a company from those words. I participated in a live version of this at Startup Weekend Charlotte.

    Overall, both of these are for when a person wants to come up with a million-dollar-idea but can’t think of anything.

    Besides a website, a mobile app could be made in a game format. It could help users build ideas through a series of questions following the initial starting point (a daily task or random words). It could guide the user into building an idea, piece by piece.

    As for long term, look at Cashflow, the game based on Rich Dad, Poor Dad. This created an international community of clubs and Meetups for people interested in new ideas.

  • How long until you die

    How long until you die

    There are endless statistics on death. I want to build a calculator that asks you questions, then tells you statistically how likely you are to die tomorrow, within a month and within a year. This is the ultimate new year’s eve game.

  • Chique-2-give

    Chique-2-give

    An international rewards card for all major clothing outlets that turns your points into clothes donated to charity.

    Retailers might be interested in using this with their existing rewards cards. Then all the points could be channeled to the platform.

  • Block Specific Picture

    Block Specific Picture

    I hate when ads on sites like yahoo show nasty pictures. I want a plugin that lets me pick a picture, then never see it again.

    Google can search images by images. Does Google have an image API that can match pictures with a click? From there, written code can block the css layer that displays the picture

  • Chips for Japan

    Chips for Japan

    Japan is in the midst of a potato crisis. Due to poor crops in the year following a destroyed potato crop, there is a shortage of potato chips, which are popular in the country. As such, the price of a bag of chips has skyrocketed. This presents an arbitrage opportunity.

    Deflating, then resealing bags of chips will allow multiple bags to fit in a small package. Doing to Japan is roughly $33 for 6 bags of chips. Bags at asking for $12 in Japan.

    Selling 6 bags below the inflated market price (including cost of shipping) could net $10.

  • Grandfam

    Grandfam

    Barter platform that specifically encourages bartering services and/or goods with and for Retired seniors for the purpose of intergenerational mixing. Grandfam.. extend your family.. for a fuller life. “Get-A-Grand!”

  • Nudge Presentation Timer

    Nudge Presentation Timer

    A timer for presentations that updates you on time by touch. Subtle enough that can’t be heard. More nudge than vibrate.

    This keeps you on track without glancing at a watch or clock.

  • Sort Penny Stocks by Location

    Sort Penny Stocks by Location

    Create program/app that sifts through penny stocks. Arrange them by geographic location. Also, adjust how much money it takes to get on the board of the company, or to take controlling interest. By investing in companies that are local, you can investigate them. You can visit them. See if they’re real. Real employees. Real location. Real anything.

    And, making it easier to investigate companies and set investment goals, the stock value of real companies can rise above the fraud. They have such low volume; even a few local investors could boost stock price with slight liquidity… I think.

    Depending on how hard it is to get the data, sort by market cap, employee size, how many companies the board members are a part of (some of the fraud companies are one of multiple companies with the same ceo.

  • Charlotte Airport Parking App

    Charlotte Airport Parking App

    Charlotte has open data regarding parking at Charlotte Douglas Airport. There is not currently an app that provides live parking availability for the airport. It is available online, but that is not convenient to find in your car when you are near or at the airport. An app is an easier means of delivering this information.

    http://parking.charlotteairport.com/

  • Web Controlled Robot Fights

    Web Controlled Robot Fights

    You can have a robot battle. Robots can be controlled online. So you can have real robot fights from your computer.

    You could mail your bots to the competition but control them locally. An entry fee could even include on-site tech support to fix stuff on your behalf. This allows international competitions without travel costs.

    Maybe live tweet the battle.

  • Live Shrimp Tank Startup Events

    Live Shrimp Tank Startup Events

    Live two hour events where people submit ideas on Shrimp Tank and get live feedback from guaranteed, verified expert commentators. Then, a winner from the ideas can be chosen. This could be a weekly event. Just like people watch a TV show every week, they could participate in the event every week.

  • Demo Derby Drones

    Demo Derby Drones

    My idea is a demolition derby but using flying drones. Literally, they just crash into each other and the last one flying wins.

    Any number can start. Like a traditional demo derby, half of the drones can start on one side and half on the other.

    This can have separate divisions with different cost controls, sizes, and speeds. Also, there should be a division with a single, inexpensive type of drone so that anyone with a few hundred dollars can participate in at least one division.

  • Pony Express Ride Share

    Pony Express Ride Share

    A ride share or messenger service that uses more than one driver to transport stuff. One driver can take you from Charlotte to Spartanburg. Then person or item gets in next car which takes them on to Atlanta.

    This can be a more affordable way for a person to travel on short notice as plane tickets are expensive when not purchased ahead of time.

  • Shared Personal Assistant as a Service

    Shared Personal Assistant as a Service

    On Demand Personal Assistants, who each can handle multiple clients, which vastly grows the pool of potential people who can afford the service… Each assistant would ideally be matched with multiple people close to their physical location.

  • Charlatte

    Charlatte

    Charlatte is the name of Charlottes new coffee shop. It is made for the queen by the queens of Charlotte.

    Charlatte is the name of Charlottes new coffee shop. It is made for the queen by the queens of Charlotte.

  • Auto Recommend Open Source Pictures

    Auto Recommend Open Source Pictures

    Use Google API to provide photo suggestions based on keywords in your idea automatically. That will enable Shrimp Tank to require a photo without creating an additional hassle when posting an idea person. In fact, the recommendation could come straight from ‘tags’ that the user creates.

  • Add Eyes to Existing Robots

    Add Eyes to Existing Robots

    Simple, add eyes to robots. There is a vast market of automation already in use, which is upsetting and impersonal. Simply providing something the size of an iPad with eyes that move with the bot will add a personality and might make the impression of automating jobs less harmful. Big companies spend tons of money on crap that corporate psychologists recommend. Find a corporate psychologist that recommends it and sell a thousand tablets with motion sensors and moving eyes.

    Just eyes can take a bot from being a job killer to being cute. Happy eyes!

  • The Entrepreneur’s Guide to College

    The Entrepreneur’s Guide to College

    Method, book or forum that is specific to the entrepreneur or aspiring entrepreneur regarding education.

    Include success rate of students in specific fields, their majors, companies, and players in a particular field that are involved in the university or program. Also, factor cost of attendance into a return on investment.

    There could be a scoring system. Based on your profile, a number can be provided for each school or program as to how well it meets your needs.

  • Fiteo – find and share exercises

    Kind of like a mixture between Vine and Instagram…
  • Coffee Shop Atmosphere for Shared Work Space

    Coffee Shop Atmosphere for Shared Work Space

    Run a coffee shop style shared work space.

    Current shared spaces offer free coffee and tea, but are uncomfortable to hangout in unless you are renting an office. This is essentially a premium version for those that use the shared work spaces specifically for the open space, tables, etc.

    The target is the person that doesn’t actually need, or want, to pay the price of an individual desk, but is still willing to pay more for a more comfortable open space.

  • Anything to prevent Rx overdose

    Anything to prevent Rx overdose

    Anything that can help prevent prescription drug overdoses. Perhaps as simple as taking a picture of the medication label and the app automatically adds it to your profile and matches it against your other medications. It does not have to be limited to Rx’s.

    It can include over-the-counter drugs, and anything else one can think of that causes conflicts. Such as a feature that asks how much alcohol or recreational drugs the user consumes.

    Drugs.com already has this feature. The idea is about how to make it quicker and simpler to check. As easy as opening the app and taking a picture of the label.

    Funding for an idea like this could be available from both drug makers and grants.

    Any feedback will be appreciated.

  • Shrimp Tank

    Shrimp Tank

    Shrimp Tank is the idea validation station. See your business ideas sink or swim in the shrimp tank.

  • Poop B Gone!!

    Poop B Gone!!

    Why bend to pick up that dog poop?.. when there’s harmless chemicals to liquify it… introducing “‘poop-b-gone!’ Don’t pray it away!… Spray it away!

    POOP-B-GONE!!
    3 sprays and you’re done!

  • ReviewJungle

    Collection of reviews from different websites to help make it easier for people to find reviews for products their considering on buying

  • A website for posting Ideas

    A website for posting Ideas

    Bring an idea to bounce around this community of similarly driven individuals. Community members can comment, post thoughts, share opinions and present opposing viewpoints. Refine ideas before spending a dime.

    With a refined idea, you are ready to meet and greet. Find the people and resources to turn your idea into action. With sponsors, meet-ups, mentorships, and interaction among industry experts, you can develop a clear, concise plan of action. No longer exists a mere thought, but a map from the launch date to a profitable exit strategy.

    Having made the connections and vetted the plan, it’s game time. The prepared entrepreneur submits through grant proposals and presents the detailed path to return on investment to credit unions, banks, private lenders and angel investors.