Second Startup Ideas

1 year ago

A shopping site for second-hand, used books

219

2 years ago

In May, the startup launched its first version, a $300 PC that it said could run as much as 40% faster than similarly priced machines. The company’s second version is a $1,000 PC that it says is twice as fast as its first version.

182

2 years ago

A software platform that helps people shop for second-hand furniture and home decor

146

10 months ago

A social network for people who want to find a second job. It’s for people who want to find a second job but don’t have the resources to do so themselves, and for people who have a job and are looking for a side hustle.

141

2 years ago

This’s the second time around for the company, which previously launched a version of its product in China in 2017, and lost most of its customers after the Chinese government blocked its service.

129

2 years ago

"Idea 2.0 is a tool for entrepreneurs to help them learn about new technologies in the market and network together. It’s the Uber of technology conferences. The conference is in its second year and has had over 1,000 attendees and 300+ speakers from 45 countries. The conference’s format is based on the model of Airbnb, where the host gets to pick the guests. The guest list is highly curated and the speakers are handpicked by the company’s CEO. The conference has been very well received by attendees and has been named a Top 10 conference in the US in 2018.

122

1 year ago

This startup is building a new kind of fitness tracker that uses a smartphone app to track a person’s activity, then sends the data to a wearable device that’s connected to an account. The team is looking to launch in the second half of 2020.

122

2 years ago

A digital tool for borrowing money from friends and family for small business purchases. The current model is still simple: the startup is working to launch an app that lets you borrow money in seconds from your friends and family. The company has raised a seed round, and is launching today

121

1 year ago

A startup that helps homebuyers find the best rates on mortgages. Users can compare rates and get quotes in 30 seconds or less.

119

2 years ago

An online platform for secondary market transactions, where you can buy and sell stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments.

118

2 years ago

The startup’s first product is a pen that allows people to annotate documents on a computer screen. The second is a virtual keyboard that people can use on their phone to type and dictate on their computer. Second, it’s an app that tracks the time it takes for people to type on their phone.

118

2 years ago

A tool to help connect students with secondary education with students in a similar grade at a university. The startup helps with translation and registration, and says it has successfully helped one student find a roommate for her roommate’s apartment.

115

1 year ago

A community marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods. It is very similar in kind to the popular site OfferUp, but with a community-focused twist

115

2 years ago

A startup that buys household items in bulk for consumers, and delivers them in bulk After shipping the products, the startup makes money by selling those items on the secondary market

114

2 years ago

A second-screen app for creating, managing and distributing podcasts, taking on a market dominated by hosts. The company is also building an app for the live video market, aiming to be the first to tap into the VOD market on the cheap.

114

2 years ago

A startup that looks to make it easier for the elderly to get a second smartphone. They’re looking to make it easy for the elderly to get a second smartphone when they’re already paying high smartphone bills. They’re launching in a few months and have already received a $250,000 investment from an angel group in the Valley that helps solve “pioneering problems in emerging markets.”

113

2 years ago

A distributed blockchain that can accommodate the 100,000 transactions per second that will be needed for the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

113

1 year ago

A physical marketplace for selling and renting used cars in New York City. The startup wants to build a “supermarket for second-hand cars” and focus on luxury cars.

112

1 year ago

A video editing platform that lets users edit 30-second videos that they’ve recorded privately with their phone.

110

2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can get a second opinion on medical tests

108

1 year ago

A software platform that allows small businesses to “pay anyone in the world in less than a second”.

108

2 years ago

This is a project management platform with two components. The first is the product, a team collaboration tool that connects members to the other tools they use for project management. The second is the company itself, which focuses on building software to help teams achieve their goals.

106

1 year ago

A company that helps companies use the power of their social networks to promote their offerings online. They say they are the second largest influencer marketing agency in the industry, with clients like Dove and Nestle.

106

2 years ago

The company offers an online tool that lets users manage and track lessons for teaching English as a second language.

104

1 year ago

Current recruiters have to rely on job boards to find candidates. The startup wants to fix that problem by building an AI that can find the best candidates in seconds.

100

2 years ago

"Growth Hack" is the second-most cited book on Amazon.com, after The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

99

10 months ago

A middleman for buying and selling secondhand clothes, bringing buyers and sellers together.

98

10 months ago

A company that buys and sells cars. They’re on their second year and want to build a $5 billion car buying and selling business.

96

2 months ago

A startup that lets you build landing pages in seconds that look like the real thing.

95

2 years ago

The company is building an app that helps companies to purchase and sell used cars. The company’s claim is that it’s the only app that allows you to purchase a used car in under 90 seconds.

93

1 year ago

A startup that helps users buy and sell spare gadgets to each other, with a platform that allows people to buy and sell second-hand computers, phones, and other devices.

91

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build an AI-powered bot for streamlining the process of buying and selling tickets on secondary markets like Stubhub. The startup is also building a mobile app that helps users make these transactions more easily.

90

2 years ago

A device that can act as a second screen for your smartphone, beaming to your TV or a projector. The startup is focused on the touchscreen issue, as the screen is often the weak link in smartphone use.

87

10 months ago

The second-largest e-commerce marketplace in India wants to be the Amazon of India.

85

1 year ago

A startup that offers an app of more than $20 billion in ticket sales on the secondary market.

80

6 months ago

A startup to help people buy and sell second-hand goods, with an emphasis on helping people in emerging markets.

79

2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to help people create fantasy sports leagues, with the primary focus on fantasy football, and a secondary focus on fantasy MLB.

78

2 years ago

A company that helps major brands like Target and Chipotle via a “three-second check-in” that lets customers add a fast, simple rating to a product to build a sentiment score for it.

77

1 year ago

A computer-aided design app with an emphasis on the “2D” side of things. The startup is looking to do two things: first, it’s trying to “democratize” design, a notoriously expensive and time-intensive process, by helping people do their own designs. Secondly, it takes some of the things people do on their own and turns them into a “compelling product”.

74

10 months ago

A startup that wants to create a platform that allows people to participate in virtual competitions using video chat. The platform will launch in the UK and the US in the second half of the year, and will allow people to compete in a range of different games, from puzzle solving to trivia.

74

1 year ago

A startup that helps you find a doctor in your area in seconds. It’s similar to Yelp, but it’s more focused on finding primary care physicians.

72

1 year ago

A notification app for your phone that gives you a couple of seconds to not answer calls and texts while it pulls up the phone's number details.

70

2 years ago

Transports data around the world in under a second and converts it into a visual format for users.

69

2 years ago

A startup that offers investors access to startups looking for funding. The company has raised $500,000 from investors such as Y Combinator, SV Angel, and Second Home Ventures.

66

6 months ago

A smartphone application that finds you a local babysitter, or a group of friends to go to a concert, or a ride home. The startup is planning on soft launching in the second half of 2020.

61

10 months ago

The startup helps people sell their second-hand products online, with the process integrating with eBay.

60

1 year ago

A startup for secondhand goods to help you get the best deal on that old furniture you’re using to store your old cat’s remains.

55

4 months ago

“In order to be successful as a startup, you need to do three things,” says Naveen Selvadurai. “First, start with a good idea. Second, you need to build something that people want. And third, you need to build something fast.”

54

1 month ago

A video platform that provides close to real-time video, allowing users to capture and edit video in as little as 30 seconds.

54

1 year ago

A smart suit that monitors a cyclist’s body and sounds an alert if the cyclist is having a heart attack. Geekster’s founders say that it’s a much cheaper alternative to an electrocardiogram, and only takes a few seconds to measure a person’s heart rate.

53

1 year ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods, where a community of users can post items for sale, and buyers can check things out and message sellers to arrange a pickup.

52

8 months ago

A way to buy and sell second-hand cars that doesn’t involve a car dealership.

52

1 year ago

A startup that enables parents to record and share their kids’ development and play. The app is based on a few different ideas: First, it’s a video game that you can play with your kids. Second, it’s a way to record and track their development. And third, it’s a way to celebrate their accomplishments.

49

1 year ago

A startup that helps you set up new accounts in seconds, and instantly transfers funds from your other accounts

48

7 months ago

Imagine if you could order a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza in 30 seconds with the tap of a button, and then get that same order the next day.

48

1 year ago

A platform for buying, selling, and exchanging secondhand goods, like clothing, furniture, and toys.

47

1 year ago

In September 2014, Y Combinator announced a second batch of companies it funded, including the following:

47

7 months ago

A startup for product bundling, where users can buy a product in one size and receive a discounted bundle with a second item. The company says it’s more convenient for users than buying separately, and says it’s cheaper for brands too.

45

7 months ago

A platform that lets you upload and sell your own book. Williams has sold 30,000 copies of his book, which is currently in its second printing.

44

1 year ago

There are two ways to get around the city. The first is the conventional private vehicle. The second is a bicycle. EcoBike wants to connect users to their bicycles via apps, and provide a software platform to allow the bikes to talk to each other.

42

9 months ago

“The most important thing we do is commercialize our research and enable companies to build on top of it.” This is the second year they’ve won the Thiel Foundation award and their prize was $100,000 to help them “accelerate commercialization” and hire a new team member to help bring their product to market.

41

7 months ago

Launching in India and Brazil, this startup wants to make it easier to buy and sell second-hand goods.

41

1 year ago

A software company that helps users find a product or service for their specific needs. Based on the number of users it has, it’s looking to raise a round in the second half of 2019.

40

1 year ago

A mobile app that uses machine learning to help people learn Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish. The company says that “Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world after Mandarin, and it’s the second most spoken language in America.”

40

8 months ago

A smart contract platform for labor, where workers are paid in the form of a token that can be traded in the secondary market.

39

8 months ago

A place where people can shop for high-end, cheap, and secondhand sunglasses. The startup’s founders are a pair of optics industry veterans with an idea for a pair of industry-focused sunglasses, and a desire to sell them directly to consumers.

38

3 months ago

An online tool that lets you set up an account in 15 seconds.

38

7 months ago

This Atlanta-based startup has launched two products in under two years. The first is a “credit score simulator” that helps users see how they might fare in a credit crunch. The second is a mobile app that gamifies the process of paying bills.

37

7 months ago

This company is working on a technology that lets you take a picture of a document, and then run a search across the entire document in a matter of seconds.

37

5 months ago

A new type of blockchain that can perform millions of transactions per second while keeping the cost of running a full node low, enabling a new level of decentralization.

37

5 months ago

A mobile app to help you book the cheapest flights in 30 seconds.

34

1 year ago

A way for doctors to order medical supplies online to make sure they’re stocked up on the medication they need. It’s currently in its seed round with 2 doctors and plans to launch in India in the second half of 2020.

32

1 month ago

A startup that’s building one of the first collaborative platforms to help people find and book in-home beauty services. It’s the second big beauty startup to launch in the past few weeks.

31

5 months ago

A startup that bills customers by the second for the amount of time a product is used.

28

3 months ago

A platform for purchasing, selling, and renting of second-hand cars. The startup is building a platform for buying, selling, and renting of vehicles across the US.

27

3 months ago

A company that builds and sells robots for construction, merging the two industries and giving a second chance to people who are laid off from construction.

26

3 months ago

Ideas are posted on the semi-annual application days. The startups are given a 5 second pitch followed by a 2 minute response. The judges will choose the top-5 ideas to

26

2 months ago

The company’s founder tells Fast Company that a better way to sell & ship items would be to charge 20% less for the first month, 90% less for the second, and a savings of 50% for the third.

24

4 months ago

A startup that lets users create and manage virtual “second lives” for their photos, allowing users to upload and stream their photos to Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks as well as searchable online databases.

23

3 days ago

A startup that helps people with spinal cord injuries receive a second way to communicate with the outside world. When users are able to communicate through a device, they’re able to send $15 to a researcher in the US, who uses the money to purchase a device to make the communication possible.

21

2 months ago

A home security startup that uses a $15 camera and a $25 monthly subscription to give out a second-screen security camera experience to consumers.

17

2 months ago

A startup that tracks the real-time price of financial products (stocks and cryptocurrencies) across different exchanges. It uses machine learning to find the optimal prices across a wide range of exchanges, and can compete with the information on major exchanges in seconds.

16

2 years ago

A startup that is a repository of 30-second video clips that you can use for inspiration or to help you remember how to do something

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2 years ago

Idea: We’re building a gift card marketplace that will allow small businesses and brick & mortar stores to sell gift cards and let you buy them in seconds

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2 years ago

Idea: A subscription box that helps people get into the sport of boxing. The company is currently working on a second version of the box with plans to launch in late October.

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2 years ago

Idea: A company that helps people find, buy, and sell secondhand goods. The startup wants to be a Craigslist-like platform for local goods.

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Second Startup Ideas

A shopping site for second-hand, used books

In May, the startup launched its first version, a $300 PC that it said could run as much as 40% faster than similarly priced machines. The company’s second version is a $1,000 PC that it says is twice as fast as its first version.

A software platform that helps people shop for second-hand furniture and home decor

A social network for people who want to find a second job. It’s for people who want to find a second job but don’t have the resources to do so themselves, and for people who have a job and are looking for a side hustle.

This’s the second time around for the company, which previously launched a version of its product in China in 2017, and lost most of its customers after the Chinese government blocked its service.

This startup is building a new kind of fitness tracker that uses a smartphone app to track a person’s activity, then sends the data to a wearable device that’s connected to an account. The team is looking to launch in the second half of 2020.

A digital tool for borrowing money from friends and family for small business purchases. The current model is still simple: the startup is working to launch an app that lets you borrow money in seconds from your friends and family. The company has raised a seed round, and is launching today

A startup that helps homebuyers find the best rates on mortgages. Users can compare rates and get quotes in 30 seconds or less.

An online platform for secondary market transactions, where you can buy and sell stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments.

The startup’s first product is a pen that allows people to annotate documents on a computer screen. The second is a virtual keyboard that people can use on their phone to type and dictate on their computer. Second, it’s an app that tracks the time it takes for people to type on their phone.

A tool to help connect students with secondary education with students in a similar grade at a university. The startup helps with translation and registration, and says it has successfully helped one student find a roommate for her roommate’s apartment.

A community marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods. It is very similar in kind to the popular site OfferUp, but with a community-focused twist

A startup that buys household items in bulk for consumers, and delivers them in bulk After shipping the products, the startup makes money by selling those items on the secondary market

A second-screen app for creating, managing and distributing podcasts, taking on a market dominated by hosts. The company is also building an app for the live video market, aiming to be the first to tap into the VOD market on the cheap.

A distributed blockchain that can accommodate the 100,000 transactions per second that will be needed for the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

A physical marketplace for selling and renting used cars in New York City. The startup wants to build a “supermarket for second-hand cars” and focus on luxury cars.

A video editing platform that lets users edit 30-second videos that they’ve recorded privately with their phone.

A startup that provides a service where people can get a second opinion on medical tests

A software platform that allows small businesses to “pay anyone in the world in less than a second”.

This is a project management platform with two components. The first is the product, a team collaboration tool that connects members to the other tools they use for project management. The second is the company itself, which focuses on building software to help teams achieve their goals.

A company that helps companies use the power of their social networks to promote their offerings online. They say they are the second largest influencer marketing agency in the industry, with clients like Dove and Nestle.

The company offers an online tool that lets users manage and track lessons for teaching English as a second language.

Current recruiters have to rely on job boards to find candidates. The startup wants to fix that problem by building an AI that can find the best candidates in seconds.

"Growth Hack" is the second-most cited book on Amazon.com, after The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

A middleman for buying and selling secondhand clothes, bringing buyers and sellers together.

A company that buys and sells cars. They’re on their second year and want to build a $5 billion car buying and selling business.

A startup that lets you build landing pages in seconds that look like the real thing.

The company is building an app that helps companies to purchase and sell used cars. The company’s claim is that it’s the only app that allows you to purchase a used car in under 90 seconds.

A startup that helps users buy and sell spare gadgets to each other, with a platform that allows people to buy and sell second-hand computers, phones, and other devices.

A startup that wants to build an AI-powered bot for streamlining the process of buying and selling tickets on secondary markets like Stubhub. The startup is also building a mobile app that helps users make these transactions more easily.

A device that can act as a second screen for your smartphone, beaming to your TV or a projector. The startup is focused on the touchscreen issue, as the screen is often the weak link in smartphone use.

The second-largest e-commerce marketplace in India wants to be the Amazon of India.

A startup that offers an app of more than $20 billion in ticket sales on the secondary market.

A startup to help people buy and sell second-hand goods, with an emphasis on helping people in emerging markets.

A startup that uses AI to help people create fantasy sports leagues, with the primary focus on fantasy football, and a secondary focus on fantasy MLB.

A company that helps major brands like Target and Chipotle via a “three-second check-in” that lets customers add a fast, simple rating to a product to build a sentiment score for it.

A startup that wants to create a platform that allows people to participate in virtual competitions using video chat. The platform will launch in the UK and the US in the second half of the year, and will allow people to compete in a range of different games, from puzzle solving to trivia.

A startup that helps you find a doctor in your area in seconds. It’s similar to Yelp, but it’s more focused on finding primary care physicians.

A notification app for your phone that gives you a couple of seconds to not answer calls and texts while it pulls up the phone's number details.

Transports data around the world in under a second and converts it into a visual format for users.

A startup that offers investors access to startups looking for funding. The company has raised $500,000 from investors such as Y Combinator, SV Angel, and Second Home Ventures.

A smartphone application that finds you a local babysitter, or a group of friends to go to a concert, or a ride home. The startup is planning on soft launching in the second half of 2020.

The startup helps people sell their second-hand products online, with the process integrating with eBay.

A startup for secondhand goods to help you get the best deal on that old furniture you’re using to store your old cat’s remains.

“In order to be successful as a startup, you need to do three things,” says Naveen Selvadurai. “First, start with a good idea. Second, you need to build something that people want. And third, you need to build something fast.”

A video platform that provides close to real-time video, allowing users to capture and edit video in as little as 30 seconds.

A smart suit that monitors a cyclist’s body and sounds an alert if the cyclist is having a heart attack. Geekster’s founders say that it’s a much cheaper alternative to an electrocardiogram, and only takes a few seconds to measure a person’s heart rate.

An online marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods, where a community of users can post items for sale, and buyers can check things out and message sellers to arrange a pickup.

A way to buy and sell second-hand cars that doesn’t involve a car dealership.

A startup that helps you set up new accounts in seconds, and instantly transfers funds from your other accounts

Imagine if you could order a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza in 30 seconds with the tap of a button, and then get that same order the next day.

A platform for buying, selling, and exchanging secondhand goods, like clothing, furniture, and toys.

In September 2014, Y Combinator announced a second batch of companies it funded, including the following:

A startup for product bundling, where users can buy a product in one size and receive a discounted bundle with a second item. The company says it’s more convenient for users than buying separately, and says it’s cheaper for brands too.

A platform that lets you upload and sell your own book. Williams has sold 30,000 copies of his book, which is currently in its second printing.

There are two ways to get around the city. The first is the conventional private vehicle. The second is a bicycle. EcoBike wants to connect users to their bicycles via apps, and provide a software platform to allow the bikes to talk to each other.

Launching in India and Brazil, this startup wants to make it easier to buy and sell second-hand goods.

A software company that helps users find a product or service for their specific needs. Based on the number of users it has, it’s looking to raise a round in the second half of 2019.

A mobile app that uses machine learning to help people learn Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish. The company says that “Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world after Mandarin, and it’s the second most spoken language in America.”

A smart contract platform for labor, where workers are paid in the form of a token that can be traded in the secondary market.

A place where people can shop for high-end, cheap, and secondhand sunglasses. The startup’s founders are a pair of optics industry veterans with an idea for a pair of industry-focused sunglasses, and a desire to sell them directly to consumers.

An online tool that lets you set up an account in 15 seconds.

This Atlanta-based startup has launched two products in under two years. The first is a “credit score simulator” that helps users see how they might fare in a credit crunch. The second is a mobile app that gamifies the process of paying bills.

This company is working on a technology that lets you take a picture of a document, and then run a search across the entire document in a matter of seconds.

A new type of blockchain that can perform millions of transactions per second while keeping the cost of running a full node low, enabling a new level of decentralization.

A mobile app to help you book the cheapest flights in 30 seconds.

A way for doctors to order medical supplies online to make sure they’re stocked up on the medication they need. It’s currently in its seed round with 2 doctors and plans to launch in India in the second half of 2020.

A startup that’s building one of the first collaborative platforms to help people find and book in-home beauty services. It’s the second big beauty startup to launch in the past few weeks.

A startup that bills customers by the second for the amount of time a product is used.

A platform for purchasing, selling, and renting of second-hand cars. The startup is building a platform for buying, selling, and renting of vehicles across the US.

A company that builds and sells robots for construction, merging the two industries and giving a second chance to people who are laid off from construction.

Ideas are posted on the semi-annual application days. The startups are given a 5 second pitch followed by a 2 minute response. The judges will choose the top-5 ideas to

The company’s founder tells Fast Company that a better way to sell & ship items would be to charge 20% less for the first month, 90% less for the second, and a savings of 50% for the third.

A startup that lets users create and manage virtual “second lives” for their photos, allowing users to upload and stream their photos to Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks as well as searchable online databases.

A startup that helps people with spinal cord injuries receive a second way to communicate with the outside world. When users are able to communicate through a device, they’re able to send $15 to a researcher in the US, who uses the money to purchase a device to make the communication possible.

A home security startup that uses a $15 camera and a $25 monthly subscription to give out a second-screen security camera experience to consumers.

A startup that tracks the real-time price of financial products (stocks and cryptocurrencies) across different exchanges. It uses machine learning to find the optimal prices across a wide range of exchanges, and can compete with the information on major exchanges in seconds.