Think of problems, outline a solution into a video and a pitch, put it on kickstarter and market. You only need to implement it after you received the money (th

Think of problems, outline a solution into a video and a pitch, put it on kickstarter and market. You only need to implement it after you received the money (the lean startup method). To find problems, do searches on google, yahoo answers, and twitter. Look at the bureau of labor job outlook handbook online and see which parts of each job could be eased with software, or whether online marketplaces could be created (taxi drivers -> uber, hotel desk clerks -> airbnb). Also, each section of craigslist is potentially a online marketplace. Grab data and build recommendation systems. Movie, music, book, stock/currency prediction, photo, video, blog, vacation, sentiment, patents, similar people (from facebook/twitter/blogs). Programmatically generate data visualizations and put them on youtube, slap ads on. Build control systems for drones to automate transportation/photography/surveillance/games. Look at the academic research and commercialize it. Drones that can play catch games, deliver orders to tables, do photography for functions/weddings, do surveillance of perimeters of offices/homes.