Media
5 vetted media ideas in the catalog, each scored on founder-fit across 10 dimensions, with real startup costs, competitor breakdowns, and honest red flags. Avg founder fit 64/100 · 5 low-cost · 0 beginner-friendly.
Publishing and storytelling around a niche. The economics are attention-first, slow to monetize at the start, but a trusted niche outlet becomes a durable brand with multiple revenue options (sponsorship, subscription, products, events) once it has earned a loyal, returning audience.
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A one-person research firm that becomes the definitive data source for a specific industry niche, publishing annual benchmark reports, pricing/salary surveys, and trend analyses that practitioners and vendors cite, buy, and renew year after year. A slow-to-build but deeply defensible category-authority business.
A free daily or weekly email newsletter covering one specific town or neighborhood, real local news, events, and business shoutouts, monetized entirely through local business ad sponsorships, the model 6AM City and Axios Local have already proven works at scale.
A paid subscription newsletter covering real estate development, zoning changes, and permit filings for a single underserved mid-size metro, the kind of detailed local business journalism The Real Deal provides only for New York, South Florida, and Los Angeles.
A locally-run alternative to NFHS Network's exclusive streaming deals, livestreaming and short-form highlight coverage of high school games for towns underserved by the national platform, sold directly to families and boosters.
A subscription recruiting news site covering high school football recruiting for one specific state in real depth, the players, coaches, and college interest that national recruiting sites only cover for 5-star blue-chip prospects.
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