The Graveyard - Ideas I've Tried

Hit Rate: 5.13% (2/39)

2024

• Retime AI 4.0 — Cursor for sales teams — paused to work on Rivin 2.0

• Retime AI 3.0 — Find companies looking for your solution on Reddit — paused to focus on Rivin 2.0

• Retime AI 2.0 — AI-powered CRM for startups — switching costs too high for customers

• SupplyBase AI — AI-powered platform to manage and automate all your supply chain operations — currently doing outreach

• Retime AI 1.0 — AI to automate admin work in your sales workflow — thinking too small

• Shadow — Live AI sales coach for customer calls — Thesis was incorrect

• Cannoli — AI-powered CRM for influencers. Automatically outreach, book, and manage partnerships for influencers with AI (currently getting feedback) — paused to focus on Rivin 2.0

• Garren — Stop unauthorized resellers with AI — Little to no demand

2023

• Rivin 2.0 — Analyze product data across all e-commerce marketplaces — currently scaling 🚀

• 925 Spaces — Marketplace to rent restaurant spaces as coworking spaces when they’re closed between 9 to 5 — this would still work with the right founder

• Rivin — Inventory bidding software. $4,728 in ARR. Quality Issue

• Cleer — Making surgeons’ records public. Zero customers— HIPAA issues.

• Thare — Automatically clip and repurpose podcasts. Zero customers.

• Minds — Productivity software. Zero customers.

• Design Studio — Zero customers.

2020 to mid-2023

• Scale Online — Operations software for Amazon sellers. Hit $50,000 ARR in the first month → scaled

2019

• ZG Network — YouTube Channel + Media Consulting. Hit a few thousand a month.

• Shootr —Track your basketball shot percentage with your iPhone. Zero customers.

• Meritz Holdings — Selling on Amazon w/ hiring from the beginning. Raised money & scaled to $25,000/mo in revenue.

• Meritz Trading — Selling on Amazon w/ friends. Scaled to $30,000/mo in revenue.

2018

• MEO Capital — Selling on Amazon w/ friends. The team fell apart.

• Instagram Marketing Software — Scaled to $3,000+/mo and sold it.

• Facebook Ads Marketing Agency — Zero customers.

• Skincare Products — Some customers. No pricing power.

2017

• Tropic Top — Sold women's bathing suits online. Some customers. No pricing power.

• One Stop Onesies — Sold onesies. Zero customers.

• Widget Watches — Sold watches online. Zero customers.

2016

• Finance YouTube Channel — Under 20 subscribers.

2015

• Flipping on eBay — Scaled to a few thousand in revenue per month.

& 10+ other attempts I’ve forgot