# Channel Memory: Discord #new-ventures
Last updated: 2026-04-25 15:00

## Channel Purpose
Side projects, new business ideas, and ventures beyond NMC.

## Parked Ideas

### Cleaning Company Mastermind/Course (Mar 25)
- High-ticket membership or mastermind for people building cleaning companies with contractor model
- Gap in market: nobody teaching the sub-contractor angle specifically
- Potential partnership with DM Tran (has education background in this space, may be restarting)
- Plays well with Mike's personal brand + 10 years NMC experience
- Needs: competitive research, validation plan, execution roadmap
- Status: Parked, needs research

### Idea Validation SOP/Framework (Mar 25)
- A big prompt / structured doc for rapidly scoring, validating, and MVPing new ideas
- Scorecard + kill/park/test decision + 30-day sprint template
- Meta-tool to solve "I have too many ideas, don't know what to do"
- Status: Parked, flagged as a "today" task

### AI-Native Bookkeeping & Tax Advice for Cleaners (Apr 2)
- Many of Mike's subcontractors struggle with tax advice, immigration issues, business setup, bookkeeping
- Idea: AI-native bookkeeping/tax advice service (and maybe software), mostly AI-run with human oversight
- Potential partner: Maurizio (or go solo)
- Built-in early customers: Mike's contractors who already come to him for advice
- Niche: cleaning industry contractors specifically
- Status: New, needs exploration

## Open Threads
- DM Tran research (mastermind idea)
- Competitive research on cleaning education space
- Idea validation SOP build