Searching for business opportunities

I’ve been looking around a bit for some small businesses on the side to potentially invest in for additional sources of income. It’s more opportunistic than out of a position of need. I’ve always had that entrepreneurial spirit which is why I’m at a startup.

The startup itch is real and I’ve loved my time building Secfi into what it is. However, I know there’s a lot of ways to make money outside the tech and finance world. And one of our goals this year was to explore that in more detail to see if there’s anything I want to pursue.

Part of this is making sure I keep an open and creative mind at all times. As pretty much everyone, we always fall into a doom scrolling trap from time to time whether it’s on social media or on a website like Reddit.

I find these platforms amazing for generating ideas. People love to post complaints on the internet about problems they are facing in the real world. Most see this as a source of entertainment and most of it is, but at the same time it’s always a great source of inspiration for business ideas.

The /r/SanFrancisco subreddit has been particularly a great source for me. People often use the subreddit as a place to complain about people or the happenings in the city. And I’ve been able to generate some decent business ideas from this. I’m not sure if any of the ones I have right now are going to materialize yet, but I try to keep an open mind to exploring things.