American entrepreneur Varadh Jane (Opendoor, Polymail, who were in the Y Combinator program, previously worked in the seed fund) published several ideas about which niches for startups can be attractive in 2020.

Managing the process of obtaining a VISA

If you are from the USA or Canada, this is not such a big problem for you, but if not, this process is terrible.

If someone is creating a service for obtaining visas, do something with the hell of the process of selecting the same information, again and again, the same documents, references, bank information, etc.

International tourism is growing and the solution to this problem will lead to its even greater development.

The main problem here will be the monopoly of visa support centers, but it seems to me that in some countries it is possible to launch a pilot project.

Document Management / Task Managers / Link Management

The whole context for work tasks is stored in documents, documents are filled with links: to sites, files, resources, other applications. Making it all work together is a real possibility. Dropbox Paper and Notion came close to this.

Privacy and Cybersecurity

I am paranoid in this matter, and I think that other users should be like that too, especially in the light of recent scandals. Here’s what I do on privacy issues (and it would be cool to see tools that make things easier)

Phone numbers: for example, I have a public and non-public number.

Settings on a smartphone / laptop: configure everything regarding notifications, location, camera and microphone controls, advertising restrictions, etc.

Regular application checks: remove all unused, disable unnecessary features, such as web tracking or location tracking in Google, etc.

Password Management: This is still a challenge for users. Either OS developers must solve this problem, or you need to completely abandon passwords and go to one-time passwords and “magic links.”

VPN: priceless for those who constantly sit in public Wi-Fi.

Business management software for small companies

Growth for small businesses, especially in traditional niches, remains challenging as it is more difficult for them to tune in to process management. Such companies are not used to paying for SaaS, so you have to think about related developments.

It seems to me that it is correctly implemented for Square restaurants and shops, and that the opportunity to create something similar for real estate, furniture stores, etc. remains open.

Housing Finance Projects

In popular cities, it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy housing. In the USA, the main method of purchase is a mortgage for many years. It seems that there is a huge space for innovation, partial ownership, joint lending / leasing, leasing to the city, etc.

Family Account Management

Over the past few years, I transferred everything to Apple: music, data storage, devices for the whole family, and it really helped in managing family accounts. But the task of gathering all family members, organizing new accounts for them, paying, managing family subscriptions is still not trivial.

Manage email subscriptions and newsletters

Over the past 3 months, I subscribed to a dozen Substack mailings, and this made me think about the opportunities that lie here. 2016 comes to mind: Medium publications and Mailchimp mailing lists. You might think about how to read the newsletters without clogging up your mail.

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