Feb 19, 2026
A founder tells you they tried cold email and it failed. You check their setup and realize the campaign never had a chance. The mail was landing in spam, not in front of buyers.
Feb 18, 2026
A small site earns $600 a month. The owner is tired and lists it cheap. The buyer tweaks a few fundamentals and the same site suddenly throws off $1,000 a month.
Feb 17, 2026
A solo founder ships a tool that does one job, like turning messy receipts into clean invoices for a niche. No team, no funding, just a monthly bill tied to a task that never stops.
Feb 16, 2026
Someone Googles “convert PNG to JPG” for the tenth time this month and clicks the same ugly tool again. No brand. No design award. Just the fastest answer.
Feb 13, 2026
Most directories fail for the same reason most local “marketplaces” fail. They try to be Yelp, and they die under their own weight.
Feb 12, 2026
A founder types “best payroll software for contractors” into ChatGPT, scrolls the answer, and realizes something uncomfortable. The first brand that shows up in that answer is about to own the next 100 clicks.
Feb 11, 2026
A local roofer wakes up to a dead phone, checks Google, and sees the unthinkable: their listing is suspended. No map pin, no reviews, no calls.
Feb 10, 2026
Sunday morning at an Airbnb: everyone is wrecked, checkout is in three hours, and someone jokes about “needing an IV.” Then they look it up and realize mobile IV teams exist.
Feb 9, 2026
Someone posts “selling my vending machines, need them gone” on Facebook Marketplace. To most people it looks like junk. To you it looks like discounted cashflow.
Feb 6, 2026
At a wedding, the dance floor is empty for an hour, but the photo booth has a line all night. The next morning, the couple posts booth videos and three friends ask, “who was your vendor?”