Business Ideas From r/Entrepreneur

“I run a 12 person company and I just did our annual software audit and the number genuinely startled me so I want to see if other business owners are experiencing the same thing. We are paying for 23 separate software subscriptions right now, everything from accounting to project management to CRM to email marketing to analytics to internal communication to file storage to scheduling to customer support to payroll, and the total monthly spend across all of them is $4,100 which is almost $50,000 a year on software for a 12 person company. five years ago that number was about $1,200/month for roughly the same functionality the thing that's happening is every tool is creeping their prices up 15 to 20% annually while simultaneously moving features that used to be included into higher tier plans, stuff that was in the basic plan two years ago is now "premium" and the basic plan has been hollowed out to the point where it barely does anything useful but the part that really gets me is th”

Small businesses need SaaS subscription audit and optimization tool — 23 subs and rising costs for 12-person company

“doing everything myself and its getting unsustainable. sales, content, email, scheduling, all of it. tried cobbling together free tools but nothing talks to each other and I spend more time managing tools than doing actual work. what ai assistant are solopreneurs actually using? need something that handles day to day tasks not just chat.”

Solopreneur needs integrated AI for sales/content/email/scheduling; build all-in-one AI business OS for solo operators

“I'm a solo developer with over 3 years of experience looking to build something useful with my free time and I'd love your input. I've already built a bunch of open source tools including an inventory management system and a garage or workshop management system. They're not trying to be all in one or the end all be all for every company under the sun, but they handle the core jobs without the bloat. Now I'm looking for inspiration on what to build next. So.... 1. What's the biggest pain point in your day to day operations? 2. What task eats up way too much of your time? 3. What's that thing you keep thinking "there has to be a better way to do this"? Could be anything, inventory (if you have something more you'd like to add on top of my current software, or even ideas for a full second version), scheduling, customer follow ups, quote generation, expense tracking, communication with clients, etc. Even if it's super specific to your industry, I'd love to hear it. I'll pick something t”

Small business owners frustrated by time-consuming inventory and workshop management still done manually; solo dev seeking to build targeted SaaS tools for trades/garages underserved by big software

“Hi everyone. I have been aggregating a now daily [list](https://www.houston.do) of interesting problems that people have shared that if solved might turn into great businesses. A couple of interesting things have repeatedly come up and I thought this subreddit might find them interesting. Here are the 10-12 that seem to have resonated the most with people: 1. **[Hiring a personal trainer is expensive](https://houston.do/p/5d01f61db538034f84cdd230)** Personal trainers are one of the last few things that’s reserved to the ultra-wealthy and celebrities. Uber democratized chauffeurs so who’s doing the same for personal trainers? Virtual AI assistants probably won’t cut it in this case, but some sort of telepresence service could make a service like this scalable. New technologies and sensors like the Apple Watch might make it possible to give trainers detailed information on how their clients are doing even if they are not literally with them in the same gym. 2. **[Counting calori”

List of 11 recurring problems people face that could become businesses; aggregate into a problem-validation SaaS platform that matches founders to validated niche pains with market size data

“been using the same crm for a couple years now and its starting to drive me nuts. customization is a pain, every little change takes forever and half the time it breaks something else. reporting feels clunky too, like i have to jump through hoops just to pull basic pipeline data from a customer relationship management tool. integrations with email and calendar work okay but sync issues pop up constantly, and the mobile app is sluggish on simple tasks like updating a deal stage. speed is the biggest issue though, dashboard loads take ages especially with more than a few custom fields. do people actually stick with this long term or switch when it gets like this and what do you like or hate most about your crm setup?”

Simple customizable CRM for small businesses frustrated by complex customization and clunky reporting in existing tools

“So I'm a web developer by trade. I've been building applications, website and SaaS products for the last 20 years. So I have the skillset to build and maintain software, but I've never really had the marketing skills to build a long term sustainable business. With the way AI is advancing, it has become clear that it is time to build a business that will allow me utilize my skills besides SaaS companies and start-ups. While brainstorming I came up with a few ideas, but one that I really like is helping small businesses create and maintain their websites. The main idea is that I handle all technical aspects of creating and maintain their website. From registering domains, setting up landing pages, configuring email servers, backups and making sure it is up to date. For a flat fee (not sure how much yet) I got this idea because one of my wife's friends had a website built for their restaurant, but after they paid to have it built, they had no idea how to maintain it and adding new cont”

Service businesses need outsourced website management SaaS/service — 20-year dev validating idea