Oct 9, 2023 · 19m · founders-journal
These 8 Business Ideas Were Pitched To Me. I Pick My Favorites.
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Host Alex Lieberman evaluates eight crowdsourced business pitches on Founders Journal, applying a structured scoring framework to assess market viability, unit economics, and go-to-market execution across diverse startup concepts.
Statements from this episode (8)
Lieberman: A franchised Geek Squad brand could outperform Best Buy
“It's funny, I think a franchise Geek Squad brand Could do better than Best Buy as a retailer.”
Lieberman: Evening childcare fits existing daycares, not standalone business models
“I think it's a good idea in the sense it would be helpful for parents, but I just feel like it could be an add-on service versus a standalone business on its own.”
Lieberman: DTC startups will fail if they raise excessive venture capital
“I give it a seven out of 10 if this business stays lean and it raises as little venture capital money as possible. I'll give it a two out of 10 if it raises a shit ton of venture capital money in the early years. And the reason I say that is, you know, we have…”
Lieberman: Blue Apron was bought for $40M after a $1B valuation
“Blue apron, I think was just purchased for forty million dollars. These are companies that literally were valued at more than a billion dollars in the last few years.”
Lieberman: Podcasts are highly inefficient content mediums, much like books
“The issue with podcasts is they're highly inefficient. Like, if you think about all of the ways to consume content from newsletters to social posts to books to podcasts, I would actually say podcasts are similar to books in the regard that they're really ineff…”
Lieberman: SMB software startups must lead with a sticky Trojan horse
“So I would try to understand what is the core problem that an SMB faces that is not being solved by their existing software. And I would try to focus on, you know, almost like what is the Trojan horse product that would make a, an SMB super sticky where then y…”
Lieberman: Rare book marketplaces should be built around a niche creator
“I feel like this would actually be a great business attached to a YouTube creator or someone who is known in kind of like on the internet as a The authority in rare books or first edition books.”
Lieberman: Pre-sell memberships to validate physical workspaces before securing real estate
“The way I'd actually go about this is I'd pre-sell locations. So I'm in Hoboken before opening the Hoboken coffee shop, I would actually try to sell memberships to the coffee shop. And co-working space ahead of time. Once I hit a certain threshold, then that's…”