Products I Wish Existed, 2020 Edition

Right now the bar for longevity or anti-aging companies is a high one (cure aging!). Are there simple approaches to help people rapidly with off the shelf or repositioned drugs?

7. Software-only defense contractor.

Silicon Valley enterprise startups often focus on the needs of other mid-stage tech companies as customers, rather than the large enterprises that make up much of the business world by revenue.

It is now possible to take a skin cell from a mouse, turn it into an induced stem cell, and then convert that stem cell into a sperm or egg. The implications to society if someone were to translate this to humans is dramatic. Imagine if any person, of any age, could have a child.

4. ADT 2.0: Digital neighborhood watch

The common approach to security cameras is to sell the camera as a DIY installation hardware sales and then charge an attach to cloud storage. However, the traditional path to home security includes services-centric companies like ADT. ADT will install the hardware for you, have a person in the middle in case needed for monitoring, and spins off ca... See more

9. More RPA and NoCode.

2. New social network.

TikTok is a good reminder for the generational turnover of social products. While most social networks have not proven to be durable over time (Friendster, MySpace, Orkut, ....) the ones that take over generational shifts or new content types and formats have become massive companies.

A bundled climate change product could be sold to enterprises including carbon offsets, carbon sequestration, solar installations, and other climate services.