Welcome to Next Gen Ideas, the newsletter that will be giving you exclusive, no-holds-barred, access to the brain of yours truly. Specifically, this newsletter’s goal is to provide the catalyst for those entrepreneurial types with the time, energy, know-how, and/or money to make their mark on this world. Each week, I will send 5 (for now) ideas that have randomly popped into my head based on my experiences, thoughts, and problems that plague some of us on a daily basis.
Some ideas will be huge concepts. Some ideas will be small gadgets or products that I wish existed. And some ideas will be off-the-wall generations from an overactive imagination stuck in la-la land (credit to my mother). Aside from a quick Google search, I won’t be doing any vetting to see if these ideas exist or have been implemented. I’m simply trying to share the creations of a mind that wishes, multiple times, on a daily basis for a solution to a problem in the world. I hope my weekly observations can jumpstart the entrepreneurial energies stirring in you to go out and explore these ideas with the passion and determination needed to leave a positive impact on the world.
Full disclosure, I’m not some self-made billionaire. I’m not some business guru trying to sell you on a step-by-step guide to starting a successful business. I’m just a guy who goes through life and on a daily basis thinks, “I wonder if that exists?” If you’re here for the entertaining anecdotes on my life, please by all means stay. If you’re here looking for what could be the “next big thing”, I hope I can be a source of inspiration. For everyone that’s decided to ride with me on this journey, thank you, and welcome to Next Gen Ideas.
- Chris
PS: If you ever try to action one of these ideas or have actioned them in the past, please reach out and share your experience with me! I’d love to feature you on a newsletter.
NEXT GEN IDEAS
Idea 1: A His & Her’s Café & Bar
A café and bar? So what? Nothing new. EXCEPT. This idea has the potential to start a community of tasteful masculinity and femineity in the modern era. It’s, of course, a café during the day and a bar at night. However, the space is segmented into two separate sections – an champagne bar in the front and a cigar lounge in the back. Guys, you want to go smoke a cigar but your lady doesn’t like the smoke? Ladies, you want to sit down to a nice afternoon brunch without your man complaining about the size of the portions? This is your place. Endless possibilities. Offer a discounted bottle of champagne or cigar for those who show up dressed in a tasteful midcentury modern Sunday attire? Offer courses, demos, tastings. I’ll let you take the reigns with this catered-for-all venue.
Idea 2: A multi-axel sun visor for your car
Why has the only change in sun visors since the 50’s been a single axel that can rotate to the left of the driver? You get maybe a couple inches of protection, and only to the front and left side of you. How many of y’all forget your sunglasses and are struggling to keep the reflections and beaming sun out of your eyes, because the visors are antiquated mirror holders? It can’t honestly be that hard to add another pivot point on the right side of the visor, and heck let’s add a retractable panel to give us a little more length if needed.
Idea 3: A printer with a built-in laminator
Maybe it’s just the outdated business dealings of a government job, but I find myself constantly searching for a functioning laminator, let alone the plastic sheathes they use. How easy would it be to just combine a printer and a laminator, on the same sheet of music as a printer and a stapler? Knock it out in one click and store the lamination sheathes with the printer paper like we all do – in a pile on the floor next to the damn thing.
Idea 4: A rock band karaoke machine
So maybe you aren’t a singer, but want to get up and put on a show. You don’t want to start a band, but would enjoy an audience with a complete musical group around you. This idea is for those looking to translate those 2007 video game inspired skills into a great night out. All you need is some software that allows you to take a single instrument out of a song, and then you just select the song and instrument you want to play, hit GO, and you’re rock band karaoking! Copyright might be a tad complicated, but if company’s are already taking the singing track out of music, how hard would it be to pull out another instrument? Whether at home, or at a piano bar style venue with a few spare instruments, this idea could be a hit. So go forth, and Carry on My Wayward Sons.
Idea 5: An upcycled candle-making kit
Folks, you know the situation. A candle wick is burnt out, but you still have quite a bit of wax in the candle. Seems like such a waste right? How about a little kit that allows you to scrape out the remaining wax and combine it with that of a few other expired candles into a new container with a ready-to-go wick. Never waste a good scent, nor underestimate how much better of an ambiance you’d create knowing you “made your own candle”. Friends coming over to see the new house? Flex on them with your DIY skills. Stuck on what to give your mom, sister, girlfriend, friend who is a girl, man in your life who likes candles but is afraid to admit that he enjoys spending that much money on them? Do I have the perfect idea for you.
Next Gen Ideas encourages the free and independent use of these ideas and any monetary gains generated from these ideas is the sole property of the individual who took action on these ideas. Next Gen Ideas forgoes any right of ownership over these ideas.