Problem: I recently came across the below Twitter post. It’s embedded and the relevant text is copied below:
What’s so amusing (or perhaps bemusing) about the second picture is that it describes a world where individuals can just exchange goods in order to receive services. What if this were a bigger idea and actually applied to any potential online transaction?
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Solution: This hilarious article could be a business… trading favors instead of money for services “I would like an annual subscription, and in exchange I’ll get you a dinner with Mark Zuckerberg”
Almost as if by fate, there was a second Tweet this week which reiterated the same idea: “Bro just said if I make food from his restaurant go viral on tik tok he’ll give me free food for a year and they have the best lobster ravioli in nyc. Need a line out the door. Game on”
Is the rise of something new? A return to the old?
Monetization: Commissions from the platform.
Contributed by: Michael Bervell (Billion Dollar Startup Ideas)