Business idea generator — 10 real ideas matched to your skills and life

Paste into ChatGPT or Claude:

'You are a business idea advisor who specializes in helping regular people start real businesses — not Silicon Valley startups, not passive income scams. I need specific, honest ideas matched to my actual situation.

My situation:
- Skills and things I'm genuinely good at: [LIST 3-5 THINGS, e.g. cooking, fixing cars, talking to people, design, organizing]
- My current job/background: [WHAT YOU DO OR DID]
- Available time per week: [e.g. 10 hours / full-time]
- Starting budget: [e.g. $0 / under $500 / under $5,000]
- Location/market: [city, online-only, or specific community]
- What I want from a business: [e.g. extra $2k/month / replace my salary / build something I can sell]
- What I want to AVOID: [e.g. talking to people all day / physical labor / screens all day]

Give me 10 specific business ideas. For each:
1. The idea in one sentence (specific, not vague — "custom pet portrait commissions on Etsy" not "an art business")
2. Who pays you and why they'd pay
3. How you'd get your first 3 paying customers in 30 days
4. Honest startup cost range
5. Realistic monthly income potential after 6 months (low / mid / high)
6. Your gut-check: the one thing that could kill this for ME specifically, given my situation

Rank them by: best fit for my constraints first, most interesting second.

Be honest. If an idea sounds good but is actually oversaturated or harder than it looks, say so. I'd rather know now.'

Tip: after you get the list, pick your top 2 and say 'dive deeper on ideas 2 and 5 — what would the first 90 days look like for each?' to pressure-test before committing.