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New business ideas: $5K/weekend slumber parties, $200K/yr in an untapped market, $5.7K/mo selling AI to tradesmen 🤑
New AI tool just raised $7.5M with a viral launch.
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Hey, it's Niall 👋
Ever notice how some solopreneurs look like they know what they're doing straight away, while others… like they're winging it?
In the early days, nobody knows if your project or side hustle is actually any good.
So they judge based on what they see – your visual appearance 👀
Sure, polished visuals won't make a business good. But they're the first thing people use to decide whether to give yours a chance.
AI was supposed to fix this. It didn't 🤨
Everyone's using the same AI tools, posting the same generic-looking stuff.
Which means even if you launched something tomorrow – you'd blend right in.
Until this dropped:
We raised $7.5M to kill AI slop.
Moda says they're the world's first design agent with “taste” – here to end AI slop forever.
Their recent launch video went viral and racked up 4.4M views in 48 hours 🤯
Social posts, carousels, visual marketing assets, slide decks, animations – all polished, all fully editable.
You can even ask Moda to build a full brand for you.
Curious what all the fuss is about? Judge it for yourself – watch that viral video below 👇
Then keep scrolling for my latest batch of fresh business ideas.
Niall Doherty
eBiz Insider
TOGETHER WITH MODA
Moda is the AI design agent with taste
Moda's viral launch hit 4.4 million views in two days. Tens of thousands of professionals signed up. Startups, agencies, forward-thinking brands and top firms are now using Moda to create brand-aligned slides, ad creative, reports, social carousels and more.
Most AI tools tend to create what we call "AI slop": repetitions of the same colors, layouts and fonts. And when you try to fix it, you get stuck in a loop of re-prompting.
Moda is different. Drop in your website URL, and Moda learns your brand from the ground up: your colors, your fonts, your visual language. Then it helps you generate pro-quality slides, docs, and marketing assets.
The best part? Every layer is fully editable on a real canvas, and exports to powerpoint, PDF and more.
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PARTY RENTAL
$4-5K/Weekend Renting Out Themed Slumber Parties
Firefly Slumber Parties
Anne McGraw runs Firefly Slumber Parties in Nashville on the side of a full-time job.
On a recent weekend she and her husband booked five parties at $800-$1,000 each 🤑
The setup: themed canopy tents, air mattresses, matching pillows, decor – delivered and styled before the birthday girl walks in.
Pricing 👇
3-tent: $425
5-tent: $565
8-tent: $755 (most popular)
10-tent: $895
Plus upsells like a $25 invite graphic (5 mins in Canva), $45 karaoke machine, and a $45 sibling tent for the little brother who'd otherwise feel left out.
Sweet spot: girls aged 10-15. Top themes are Taylor Swift Eras, Harry Potter, Minecraft, and Boho.
Anne started for under $5K. The tents are DIY – wooden staves with fabric covers sewn at home.
Every party doubles as marketing. Parents who see the setup at drop-off immediately want one for their own kid 🔥
She's been at it since 2020 and now coaches new operators in Dallas, Savannah, Jacksonville and East Tennessee. Her advice for newbies…
This is a long game.
Could be a tidy weekend side hustle in your town if nobody's running one yet 😎
AI AGENCY
$5,700/Month Selling AI To Tradespeople
📝 Special-Mastodon-990 started his UK-based AI agency as a side project in September 2025 alongside freelance web dev.
By month 7: a dozen clients and ~$5,700 MRR 🤑
Pricing: ~$3,200 setup + ~$500/month retainer. Cost per client is $20 to $40. All infrastructure on a single $5/month Hetzner box.
The product is an AI voice agent that answers a tradesperson's calls and runs the front office 👇
Books jobs into a live calendar
Fires an SMS within 30 seconds to anyone who got missed
Follows up on quotes at day 2, 5, and 10
Sends a review request a day after each job
Sends the owner a weekly WhatsApp summary
📝 From his system breakdown...
Small trade businesses lose 30-40% of inbound calls because the owner is up a ladder, under a sink, or driving between jobs.
That 30-second SMS catches a chunk of them...
Around 40% of those missed calls convert into booked jobs just from that one text.
What's worked: LinkedIn outbound to dental practices and estate agents, cold email to US HVAC companies, and demo-first sales – let prospects hear the agent live.
What hasn't: Facebook ads, cold calling, content marketing on its own.
You could try this with vets, cleaners, mobile mechanics, local gyms 💪
TOGETHER WITH LINDY
Why 400,000+ professionals switched to Lindy.
Lindy reads your email as it arrives, drafts replies in your voice, and texts you a meeting brief before every call. Works over iMessage. One minute setup. Try it free.
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UNTAPPED MARKET
$200K/Year Potential as a College Tuition Negotiator
US colleges are scrambling.
High school grad numbers peaked in 2025, the demographic cliff is pushing smaller schools toward closure, and private colleges now discount tuition by 56.3% on average to fill seats – a record high 🤯
But most parents don't know they can negotiate further. Michael Girdley recently pitched a fix – be the consultant who does it for them 👇
$2,000 refundable deposit to filter serious clients
10-15% commission on whatever you save them
On a $30K saving = $3-4.5K per family
20 clients/year, nights and weekends = $200K per Girdley 💪
Demand is real. A parent recently asked on Reddit…
I'm looking for a company or a consultant who for a fee can negotiate college tuition and scholarship on my behalf. Is there a service out there?
Zero replies.
No startup costs. Learn the appeal process, then park a wrapped truck outside a wealthy high school and offer free consults 😎
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