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Hey everyone,
Thanks again for tuning into another week of New Venture Weekly.
The format this week will be slightly different as I’m travelling - next week we’ll resume normal proceedings.
But one thing we’ve noticed a lot more in 2025 is a wave of lean, one-person businesses that are quietly pulling in £10K, £30K, even £70K/month.
No office. No team. No funding. Just smart positioning, strong demand, and a willingness to solve valuable problems.
This week, we’ve found 10 high-paying businesses that are actually working right now.
Let’s get into it.
AI founders: Got a game-changing startup?
Building the future of AI? Here's your shot at $50K to make it happen.
The Next Big AIdea pitch competition is live. If you've got an AI startup that's changing how businesses grow, we want to see it.
Record a 60-second pitch and you could win $50,000 cash, $25K in AWS credits, 600K Clay credits + Pro Plan, and exposure to millions through HubSpot Media's network.
Five finalists get flown to San Francisco to pitch live at INBOUND 2025 in front of 1,000+ industry leaders.
Your AI idea deserves more than just another LinkedIn post.
Conversion Consultant for Creators
Help info-product creators (especially coaches) fix broken funnels.
Boost their conversion rates in exchange for a revenue share or flat fee.
Focus on one niche (e.g., fitness) to build repeatable case studies.
Full breakdown here.
AI-Focused Content + Community
Create educational content around AI tools (e.g., automations, AI agents).
Funnel audience into a paid community, cohort, or private membership.
Build MRR by offering “how-to” guides inside the paywall after giving away the “what/why” for free.
Full breakdown here.
AI Consultant for Local Businesses
Help offline businesses save time or increase revenue using AI tools.
Examples: automate data entry, scheduling, inventory, or lead gen.
Charge $2–4K for setup + monthly retainers for support.
Full breakdown here.
LinkedIn Ghostwriting Service
Write personal brand content for founders, execs, or consultants.
Charge $1K–$5K/month for daily posts, thought leadership, and DMs.
Full breakdown here.
Niche Job Boards
Start a simple job board in a hot or underserved niche (e.g. AI Ops, LatAm remote jobs, kids coding).
Charge $99–$499 per job listing or offer unlimited posts on a subscription.
Use Pallet, Niceboard, or custom setup with Webflow + Airtable.
Full breakdown here.
Newsletter Monetisation Consultant
Help small newsletter operators go from $0 to $5K/month.
Offer: Ad placement setup, affiliate integrations, Beehiiv Boost optimisation.
Simple pitch: “I'll 5x your revenue or you don’t pay.”
Flat fee or % of upside.
Full breakdown here.
API Wrapper Businesses
Take a complex API (e.g., DataforSEO, Snov.io, Mixpanel), simplify the frontend, niche it down (e.g., “Keyword Tool for AI Course Creators”), and sell as your own SaaS.
You don’t build the data, just present it better.
Full breakdown here.
Video Sales Letter (VSL) Specialist
Most digital products, courses, and SaaS tools have terrible sales videos.
Offer to script + produce simple VSLs that drive conversion.
Use AI voice, stock video, and tools like Pictory or Veed.io.
Charge $2K–$10K per VSL — easy upsell into funnel buildout.
Full breakdown here.
AI Automations-as-a-Service
Set up Make/Zapier/PhantomBuster automations for creators, consultants, and solopreneurs.
Example: auto-publish podcast snippets to social, or scrape leads from LinkedIn.
Charge setup fee + ongoing retainer for maintenance ($500–$3K/month).
Full breakdown here.
E-learning Productisation Agency
Help niche experts turn knowledge into products: course + community + funnel + email flows.
You don’t create content — you package and systemise it.
Charge $5K+ per project or take rev share.
Full breakdown here.
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