Brains on the Outside: A Business Ideas Podcast

Slugs.The worst of all the garden creatures.Slimy. Slithery. Leaving gross trails all over the place. Ugh.This week Corinne has written to us to ask whether we could start up a business to deal with these pests.And honestly our business proposals couldn't be more politically different.Thanks Corinne.If you have a problem you want us to solve with an innovative business then pl

Metal detecting is such a mixed bag. Finding cool stuff is undoubtedly amazing but having to dig things up all the time is not only a drag it's also inaccessible.Listener Kat has messaged us this week to ask whether we could dream up a business that brings metal detecting to more of the population while also making the boring bits well... less boring.Thanks so much Kat!If you

Two factor authentication? More like EW factor authentication. Nobody likes all the hoops you have to jump through in order to log into your bank, your email, your social network of choice or the Warhammer website these days and this week our listener and long time friend of the show, Elliott, has asked us to solve this problem once and for all. Thanks so much Elliott!If you have a

Andrew done goofed today and accidentally recorded the whole episode without turning his nice mic on. He is very sorry about this - please forgive him Aside from just having to live through it, jet lag is something that no one has a solution to. Setting your watch as you get on the plane or rubbing your feet on the carpet, just don't work. Andrew's new app to send a heral

Is your cat getting attacked by the other mean cats in your neighbourhood? How are you stopping it? Andrew and Alex have two innovative businesses that will definitely solve this, and make you a lot of money in the process.Thank you Ashmita for sending in such a violent problem. If you have a problem (not related to cats) you want us to solve with an innovative business then please

Losing your glasses robs you of the thing you really need to find your glasses - your ability to see. So far, even after thousands of years of glasses development, there is no solution to this problem. Can Andrew and Alex pitch a business that will change that?Thank you Jasmine for sending in such a optometristy problem. If you have a problem (not related to glasses) you want us to

Hayfever sucks. It's nothing like nightfever or that fever that you can only cure with more cowbell. It just stinks. You feel terrible but you're not actually ill and you don't have an actual fever and nobody really feels that sorry for you. It's the worst.After an email from a very sniffly listener, Alex and Andrew decided to tackle this problem head on. Have a

Selling your house is a stressful, expensive, and long process. Lets make it quicker. Alex and Andrew pitch two revolutionary, next-generation, Estate Agents that will sell your house faster and for more money (well, Alex's idea definitely won't).Thank you James for sending in such a homely problem. If you have a problem (not related to houses) you want us to solve with a

So much of our infrastructure is wasted most of the day. Once it gets to 5pm offices, opticians, chocolatiers, EVERYWHERE, closes. Even the humble ice rink closes. But isn't this a waste of potential? A failure of imagination? Surely, there is a way of making money in an ice rink at 2am?Thank you to Gary for sending in such a wet problem. If you have a problem (not related to

The world has had enough of crude graffiti, surely we are better than just covering everything with spray-paint drawn willys? Andrew and Alex are here to help, as they both pitch their own ideas for businesses to make vandalism more unique and less NSFW. Listen and decide for yourself whose idea was better!Thank you to Hannah who sent in such a crude problem. If you have a problem