Every business challenge has a solution.
Here are 145 of mine. Help me pick what to build next.
I'm Josh Fader. I collect business problems and design their solutions. Browse my open idea portfolio, vote on the concepts you believe in, and if you have a challenge of your own, let's solve it together.
Your vote decides what gets built
This site is an open experiment: the ideas are real, and the feedback steers which one becomes my next company.
Find an idea you love
Browse by solution area, search, or take the 60-second matcher to land on the right one fast.
Vote it up or down
One click. Every vote is counted and genuinely shapes what I build next.
Add your insight
Spot a flaw? Know the market? Leave feedback and help build the idea out. Co-builders welcome.
Bring me your challenge
If this is how I treat my own problems, imagine yours. Get in touch for a consultation.
The kinds of challenges I solve
Eleven solution areas, 145 worked examples. Every idea is a case study in spotting a problem and designing the answer.
Consumer Products & Gear
Fixing the everyday product annoyances everyone tolerates and nobody solves.
32 ideas →Sustainability & Circular Economy
Turning waste streams, climate pressure, and linear supply chains into business models.
20 ideas →Media, Content & Brand
Formats, stories, and brand strategies engineered to earn attention honestly.
16 ideas →Travel & Experiences
Designing experiences people remember and the infrastructure that makes them bookable.
14 ideas →AI & Emerging Tech
Putting AI and new technology to work on real problems: adoption, cost, and agentic commerce.
12 ideas →Food & Hospitality
Reinventing how people choose, eat, pay, and connect around food.
11 ideas →Marketplaces & Sharing Economy
Unlocking idle assets, hidden supply, and trust gaps in peer-to-peer markets.
11 ideas →Trust, Transparency & Reviews
Rebuilding consumer trust where ratings, pricing, and credibility have broken down.
8 ideas →B2B & Business Services
Modernizing legacy operations and finding the efficiency hiding in plain sight.
8 ideas →Health & Wellness
Making healthy behavior the easy default instead of the disciplined exception.
7 ideas →Community & Connection
Building the missing infrastructure for how people meet, gather, and help each other.
6 ideas →Start with these
A taste of the portfolio, one from each shelf.
Imperfect Produce Goods
Tortillas, pastas, and staples made from rescued imperfect produce.
AI Arbitrage
Mastering a handful of key AI tools and selling packaged implementations to businesses.
True Score
An honest rating system that fixes the broken 5-star scale.
Transplant
Everything you need when you move to a new city, vetted doctors, dentists, and local know-how.
GripLock
A featherweight bike lock strong enough to secure both wheels, frame, and seat.
Veg Map
A map of which restaurants have genuinely great vegetarian options, and what they are.
Have a challenge of your own?
This portfolio is how my brain works: find the real problem, design the solution, make it buildable. I do the same for people, teams, and companies.