Set up phones, fix printers, teach adults the tech you already know.
Things you find obvious are genuinely hard for a lot of adults. Getting photos off a phone, setting up a printer, organizing a mess of files, showing someone how to video call their grandkids. You already know how to do these. Somebody two streets over has been putting one of them off for six months.
Pick the neighbor or relative who complains about their phone. Fix one thing. Take no money.
Then say this:
"If you ever get stuck again, I do this for [your price] an hour. And if you know anyone else who needs help with their phone or computer, tell them about me."
That free fix is not charity. In this business the referral is the whole engine, because the person you help will absolutely tell their friends, and their friends have the same problems.
Your own knowledge, plus a small bag of the cables everybody has lost.
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This is Sophie's line running underneath the whole deck: you can't read the label from inside the jar. What feels boringly obvious from where you're standing is the exact thing somebody else has been stuck on for months.
That gap is the business. You don't need a rare skill. You need to notice that something easy for you is hard for someone else, and then be willing to ask for money to close it.
The full Young Founder kit walks you through everything Andre and Sophie learned: how to find the gap between what you know and what people need, price it, and grow on referrals. The book, the workbook, the videos, and more.
See what is inside the kitA kid walking dogs in their own neighborhood usually starts between $10 and $18 for a thirty minute walk. Professional walkers average about $21 for the same walk.
Read the answerLess than almost anyone expects, and for a lot of these ideas the honest answer is nothing until somebody has already said yes to a price.
Read the answerTen people who already know them, one prepared sentence, and an easy way for each of them to say no.
Read the answerFind out whether this is not working or just not fun right now. Those look identical from outside and they need opposite responses.
Read the answerThey are not buying feeding. They are buying a holiday where nobody is quietly worried about the cat.
See the ideaSmall money that arrives every single week without anyone having to be asked again. The cleanest lesson in recurring revenue there is.
See the ideaNobody puts it on the list, and everybody notices once it is done. The before and after photo does the selling.
See the ideaForty minutes, a bucket, and a customer who can see the problem from their front door.
See the ideaA program from Founder's Best Friend. Built for kids 8 to 18 who want something of their own.