# 1mil.app > 1mil.app is an on-demand business idea discovery and validation platform. Enter a topic (a market, niche, or industry) and your role or background, and the system generates ranked business opportunities with named competitors, current pricing, market gap analysis, a packaging recommendation, and a literal next step you can take this week. Operated by Million Opportunities LLC. The guides are written by Eli Fayerman, an attorney and software engineer (https://1mil.app/about/). ## Product - [Workspace](https://1mil.app/app): Run an opportunity scan. Enter a topic plus your role and get ranked opportunities for that exact combination. Works in any language: write the topic and role in your language and results come back in it, competitor research included. - [Homepage](https://1mil.app/): Overview of how the scanner works, the free tier, and paid plans. - [About Eli Fayerman](https://1mil.app/about/): Founder of 1mil.app, attorney and software engineer, who writes the guides on this site. ## Section hubs - [Ideas: by profession, by niche, and from the field](https://1mil.app/ideas/): Index of the opportunity guides and the monthly ideas mined from public practitioner threads. - [Example scans](https://1mil.app/examples/): five complete scans published unedited, each with named competitors, checked prices and a winnability label, so the output can be judged without running one. - [Pricing](https://1mil.app/pricing/): what each plan costs and what it includes, including the free tier and bring-your-own-key. - [Learn: finding and validating startup ideas](https://1mil.app/learn/): Index of the guides on finding, choosing, and validating ideas. - [Startup idea validation guides](https://1mil.app/validate/): Index of the validation guides and the free validator. ## Comparison pages How 1mil.app compares to other tools in the business-idea-discovery space. - [Ideabrowser alternative](https://1mil.app/compare/ideabrowser-alternative/): Side-by-side with Ideabrowser (Greg Isenberg's curated idea catalog with 1,000+ pre-researched ideas). - [ValidatorAI alternative](https://1mil.app/compare/validatorai-alternative/): Side-by-side with ValidatorAI (Val, the conversational AI advisor that scores a single idea and emails a launch plan). - [IdeaProof alternative](https://1mil.app/compare/ideaproof-alternative/): Side-by-side with IdeaProof (deep validation engine with TAM/SAM/SOM market sizing and investor-ready PDFs). - [Best startup idea tools 2026](https://1mil.app/compare/best-startup-idea-tools/): Roundup comparing 8 startup idea tools across validators, generators, and discovery categories with feature tables and pricing comparison. ## Business ideas by profession Persona-specific opportunity discovery pages that scope ranked ideas to a particular role. - [For attorneys](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/attorneys/): Business ideas scoped to legal practitioners: side projects, productized services, and SaaS spinouts that draw on legal expertise. - [For CPAs](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/cpas/): For accounting professionals: opportunities adjacent to tax, audit, and advisory practice. - [For financial advisors](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/financial-advisors/): Side business and tool ideas for wealth managers, financial planners, and RIA owners. - [For teachers](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/teachers/): For K-12 and higher education professionals seeking outside income or content products. - [For nurses](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/nurses/): Side business and digital product ideas for healthcare professionals. - [For agency owners](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/agency-owners/): Productized service ideas and SaaS spinouts for marketing and digital agencies. - [For operations managers](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/operations-managers/): Internal tools and B2B product ideas drawing on operations expertise. - [For developers](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/developers/): SaaS and tool ideas for software engineers building on the side. - [For product managers](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/product-managers/): Strategy, analytics, and tool ideas for PMs branching into entrepreneurship. - [For marketers](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/marketers/): Tool, creator economy, and agency-style ideas for performance and content marketers. - [For non-technical founders](https://1mil.app/ideas/for/non-technical-founders/): Business ideas ranked by operator edge, validation speed, and revenue clarity for founders who don't code. ## Methodology and how-to How the scanner works and how to use it well. - [Research-backed methodology](https://1mil.app/learn/research-backed-methodology/): End-to-end explanation of how a scan works: research grounding, opportunity generation, normalization, and scoring. - [Does AI idea scoring work?](https://1mil.app/learn/does-ai-idea-scoring-work/): We tested whether our own AI winnability score was reproducible. It was not: rank correlation of -0.05 between identical runs. The full measurement, the failed fix, and what shipped instead. - [How to validate a startup idea](https://1mil.app/learn/validate-startup-idea/): Validation checklist and what signals count as evidence. - [How to validate without building anything](https://1mil.app/learn/validate-without-building/): Test demand with landing pages, manual services, pre-sales, and interviews before writing code. - [What a validation workflow should include](https://1mil.app/learn/validation-workflow/): The end-to-end validation sequence from hypothesis to first paying customer. - [How to find a startup idea worth building](https://1mil.app/learn/find-startup-idea/): How to identify ideas that match your time, capital, and skills. - [How to use AI to find business opportunities](https://1mil.app/learn/ai-business-opportunities/): AI-native product opportunities across industries. - [What business to start based on your background](https://1mil.app/learn/business-idea-for-my-background/): How to scope opportunities to your specific work history and skill set. - [What is operator fit](https://1mil.app/learn/operator-fit/): How to match an idea to your specific background, skills, and context. - [How to choose between startup ideas](https://1mil.app/learn/choose-between-startup-ideas/): Decision frameworks when multiple ideas compete for your attention. - [How to compare startup ideas](https://1mil.app/learn/compare-startup-ideas/): Structured rubric for ranking the ideas you are considering. - [Service vs SaaS](https://1mil.app/learn/service-vs-saas/): When to start with a service business versus build a SaaS product. - [Idea generator vs discovery platform](https://1mil.app/learn/idea-generator-vs-discovery-platform/): The category distinction between prompt-based idea generators and structured discovery platforms. ## Validate a specific idea Run a validation pass on an idea you already have, or explore opportunities in a specific category. - [Validate a startup idea (free validator)](https://1mil.app/validate/startup-idea/): Run a validation pass on a startup idea you already have in mind. - [How to validate a SaaS idea](https://1mil.app/validate/saas-idea/): Validate a software idea on SaaS economics: recurring willingness to pay, feature-vs-product risk, and tool displacement. - [How to validate an app idea](https://1mil.app/validate/app-idea/): Validate a consumer or mobile app on discovery, retention, and whether it needs to be an app at all. - [How to validate a niche SaaS idea](https://1mil.app/validate/niche-saas/): Validate a niche SaaS idea before committing to build. - [Business ideas in local services](https://1mil.app/ideas/in/local-services/): Local-service opportunities: clients in physical proximity (cleaning, tutoring, repair, hospitality). - [AI operations opportunities](https://1mil.app/ideas/in/ai-operations/): Internal AI operations and back-office automation opportunities for B2B. - [Micro-SaaS opportunities](https://1mil.app/ideas/in/micro-saas/): Small, focused SaaS opportunities for solo founders. ## Ideas from public threads - [All markets](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/): 371 product ideas across 26 markets, each derived from a public thread posted August 2026 and quoted verbatim. - [What small business owners say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/small-business-owners/): 25 product ideas from small business owners' own threads. - [What attorneys say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/attorneys/): 20 product ideas from attorneys' own threads. - [What HR managers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/hr-managers/): 20 product ideas from HR managers' own threads. - [What property managers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/property-managers/): 20 product ideas from property managers' own threads. - [What dentists say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/dentists/): 18 product ideas from dentists' own threads. - [What gym owners and trainers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/gym-owners/): 18 product ideas from gym owners and trainers' own threads. - [What software developers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/software-developers/): 17 product ideas from software developers' own threads. - [What insurance brokers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/insurance-brokers/): 17 product ideas from insurance brokers' own threads. - [What real estate agents say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/real-estate-agents/): 16 product ideas from real estate agents' own threads. - [What veterinarians say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/veterinarians/): 16 product ideas from veterinarians' own threads. - [What marketers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/marketers/): 15 product ideas from marketers' own threads. - [What agency owners say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/agency-owners/): 15 product ideas from agency owners' own threads. - [What product managers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/product-managers/): 15 product ideas from product managers' own threads. - [What restaurant owners say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/restaurant-owners/): 15 product ideas from restaurant owners' own threads. - [What teachers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/teachers/): 14 product ideas from teachers' own threads. - [What consultants say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/consultants/): 13 product ideas from consultants' own threads. - [What e-commerce sellers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/ecommerce-sellers/): 13 product ideas from e-commerce sellers' own threads. - [What nonprofit teams say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/nonprofit-teams/): 13 product ideas from nonprofit teams' own threads. - [What operations managers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/operations-managers/): 12 product ideas from operations managers' own threads. - [What content creators say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/content-creators/): 12 product ideas from content creators' own threads. - [What nurses say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/nurses/): 11 product ideas from nurses' own threads. - [What freelancers say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/freelancers/): 9 product ideas from freelancers' own threads. - [What financial advisors say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/financial-advisors/): 8 product ideas from financial advisors' own threads. - [What accountants say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/accountants/): 7 product ideas from accountants' own threads. - [What HVAC and trade contractors say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/hvac-contractors/): 6 product ideas from HVAC and trade contractors' own threads. - [What medical billers and coders say their tools don't do](https://1mil.app/ideas/from-reddit/medical-billers/): 6 product ideas from medical billers and coders' own threads. ## Optional - [Privacy](https://1mil.app/privacy.html): Privacy policy. - [Terms](https://1mil.app/terms.html): Terms of service.