Skip or Ship — Idea Lists
Most idea lists are inspiration-led. These are verdict-led: every idea includes a difficulty rating, a monetisation model, and — where scored — a predicted Ship, Fix, or Skip verdict.
Micro-SaaS ideas scored for solo founders: narrow scope, fast build, real willingness to pay. Each idea comes with a predicted verdict and reasoning.
Passive income ideas that actually hold up to scrutiny, scored for real effort required versus marketed 'passive' claims. No get-rich-quick schemes.
Mobile app ideas scored for realistic Day-30 retention and a clear monetisation model — not just a fun feature idea with no business behind it.
Fintech business ideas scored with a realistic regulatory pathway in mind — not just the product concept, but how you'd actually get licensed to launch.
Healthtech business ideas scored for realistic clinical evidence needs and medical-device regulatory classification — not just the concept.
B2B SaaS ideas scored for realistic ACV, sales cycle length, and enterprise defensibility — not just the product concept.
Two-sided marketplace ideas scored for a realistic chicken-and-egg seeding strategy and take-rate sustainability — not just the matchmaking concept.
Side hustle ideas for 2026, scored for realistic weekly time commitment and speed to first paying customer — not fantasy passive income.
AI startup ideas scored for defensibility beyond the foundation model — proprietary data and distribution edges that survive.
Ecommerce niche ideas scored for contribution margin, repeat-purchase mechanics, and channel viability — not just trending product categories.
Most idea lists stop at inspiration — a title, a sentence, and no indication of whether the idea survives contact with a market. That is why they are entertaining and useless. Every idea here carries a predicted score and verdict from the same engine that evaluates submissions, so you can see which ones are genuinely worth pursuing and which are crowded or undifferentiated.
A high score is a starting point, not permission to build. These are generic concepts, and the engine can only assess them generically. The moment you add your specific buyer, your distribution advantage and your pricing, the score changes — usually upward if you have a real edge, downward if the idea is vague. That is the point at which running it through the validator becomes useful.
Pick three or four ideas that fit your existing skills or audience rather than the ones with the highest scores. Distribution advantage beats idea quality almost every time — an average idea sold to people who already trust you outperforms a strong idea with no route to market. Then narrow each one: name the specific buyer, the trigger that makes them look for a solution, and the channel you would use in week one.
For industry-specific scrutiny, the industry validators add the signals that matter per category — regulatory pathway for fintech, liquidity for marketplaces, retention for mobile apps. Unfamiliar terms are defined in the glossary.
Direct answer — Idea Lists
Curated startup idea lists across 10 categories, each idea scored for a predicted verdict.
Describe your idea and the Skip or Ship engine returns a Ship, Fix, or Skip verdict with a full 10-category score breakdown — free, in 30 seconds, no signup.
Every idea includes a difficulty rating, a specific monetisation model, and a 'why now' rationale — and many include a predicted score run through the same engine as the main validator, so you can compare ideas on a consistent basis.
Treat them as starting points. The specific buyer, channel, and pricing details you bring will move the real score — run your adapted version through the validator to see how your execution changes the verdict.
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