Anyone else thinking they might still be able to come up with the next billion dollar idea during quarantine?

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Tell me the idea and I’ll let you know if it’s worth a billion dollars

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I just think I’m now definitively FAT.

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Friend of mine did ;) I hopped on board as a co founder. It’s gonna take almost a year to build but stay tuned

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BA1 come back to this post and let me know if it worked out!!! GL

Here is mine- electric car company

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Working on building two SaaS things right now

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Not a billion dollars but it’s for B2B.

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Business to business

Yup... And I'll leave it there

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Definitely not billion dollar ideas, but I've come up with a few more to add to my list to iterate through. Working on four very disparate businesses right now, though all four are established ones that I've been working on for years.

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Essential. Oils. But for dudes. Just a few drops of “sweaty jock strap” into your diffuser and you’ll be transported back to your high school locker room as you’re getting ready for the big game

Hi sharks, I’m looking for $420,000 for 6.9% of my company, “Dude Oils”

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