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Marc Nathan's avatar

Elaine, I've been a very happy subscriber to your outstanding newsletter for a few weeks now, and you never fail to surprise me with excellent and well-researched ideas and concepts. They get better and more interesting every week and it's even more impressive to know that you have a demanding full-time job and a brand new baby to boot.

Part of the reason for my comment is to thank you for the high-quality effort you put into this every week and the second is that there happen to be few 'answers' to your ideas this week. They are not precisely what you describe, but they represent approximately 80% of the solutions you outline:

1) Sleep-as-a-Service = https://apnix.com/

2) Marketplace for Rare Earth Elements = https://metalnetworks.ai/

3) DIY Home Improvement Subscription = https://www.instructables.com/

My sincere hope is that you continue writing and might I suggest listing all of your ideas in a database (maybe Airtable or Notion) that others can add their comments and companies they discover to respond to your concepts. Thanks again.

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Elaine Zelby's avatar

Thanks so much for the kind words and awesome feedback Marc! And most of all thanks for reading! Metal Networks looks really interesting so thanks for pointing me in that direction! And, as a former mechanical engineer and avid maker instructables (and thingaverse)is a staple resource :) Love that site.

Funny you should mention a database as I'm right now in the process of pulling them together into an ebook and associated reference database :) The idea of making it interactive for the community is a fantastic suggestion.

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