We found 7 business ideas that will blow up in 2026

**Shaan Puri** (0:00)
All right, Sam, I got a question for you. Have you ever dated anyone who's a little crazy? Could be sighting crazy, could be bad crazy. There is a difference between good crazy and bad crazy.

**Sam Parr** (0:10)
Yeah, there's a thin line.

**Shaan Puri** (0:11)
So I have five to seven ideas for you that I want you to help me figure out are they good crazy or bad crazy.

**Sam Parr** (0:24)
That's probably what just happened to me.

**Shaan Puri** (0:25)
Please. Yeah.

**Sam Parr** (0:26)
Okay. So obviously, we're superstars via content. So I just had my quote editorial meeting where we talk about cool stuff we want to talk about on Instagram or whatever.
Previously, I told them how I'm reading a book about Ted Bundy, because I'm a sicko and I like reading stories of crime and stuff. He brings me a series of tweets on things that I've learned from Ted Bundy.

**Shaan Puri** (0:50)
I was like, are you kidding me?

**Sam Parr** (0:53)
I'm not tweeting out things that I've learned about business from Ted Bundy. This is the nonsense that superstar creators still have to deal with. We're just like the average Joe.

**Shaan Puri** (1:05)
Not as easy as it looks.

**Sam Parr** (1:07)
Oh my God. It was ridiculous. I was like, are you kidding me?
It's like Ted Bundy didn't leave any fingerprints for the first 14 murders. Therefore, you should learn how to pay attention to the details and plan ahead.

**Shaan Puri** (1:20)
I'm like, the mission driven, the Unabomber, the case study.

**Sam Parr** (1:26)
A story of an obsession.
All right, what do you got? You have something for me?

**Shaan Puri** (1:33)
All right, Sam, I got a question for you. Have you ever dated anyone who's a little crazy? It could be sighting crazy, it could be bad crazy. There is a difference between good crazy and bad crazy.

**Sam Parr** (1:43)
Yeah, there's a thin line and arguably, they would say that about me, that I was the crazy one, but yes.

**Shaan Puri** (1:49)
Oh, you were the crazy one, okay.

**Sam Parr** (1:51)
But yeah, I've dated some people that are off the rocker.

**Shaan Puri** (1:54)
Okay, so today I got ideas for you that I wanna know are they good crazy or bad crazy? These are startup ideas that exist that people are doing.
And in business, it's this weird thing because if your idea is too normal, too understandable, too expected, you actually have no shot. So if you say an idea and everybody in the room nods, if 100% of the room nods and says that's a good idea, run away. You're about to waste three years of your life. You need some people to think this is the worst idea, this is the craziest, who would do that?
Who would just let strangers sleep on their couch? Who would let strangers into their car? You're just gonna let some random guy drive you to your destination? All the great ideas sound a little crazy upfront. And so you just have to differentiate the fine line between good crazy and bad crazy. I have, I think, five to seven ideas for you that I want you to help me figure out are the good crazy or bad crazy.

**Sam Parr** (2:50)
We have a little bit of a rule in this podcast. We try to default to optimism and being happy about the people we talk about. And so for anyone moving forward who we insult for this segment, we are actually complimenting you because, as you've just said, the worse idea, the better the company it might be. That's my apology that I'm gonna say right now. And I'm not gonna say sorry again.

**Shaan Puri** (3:08)
If we say it's a good idea, that's a compliment. And if we say it's a crazy idea, also a compliment. Yes, yes. Very advanced.
All right, first idea I wanna do is called Pet Chat. I don't know if you saw this, but going viral right now, Chinese startup that has, it's a dog collar that uses AI to translate your pet's barks.

**Sam Parr** (3:29)
Dude, it's a white family with a golden retriever with a white picket fence. Why on earth would you think this is a Chinese company?

**Shaan Puri** (3:37)
It has like Chinese vibes, the whole promo video. You know what I mean?
I lived in China and they used to have this phrase, NQR. They're like, we have KFC here, but it's NQR. I said, what's NQR mean? They go, not quite right.

**Sam Parr** (3:50)
Yeah.

**Shaan Puri** (3:50)
It's KFC, but it's not going to taste exactly like KFC you're used to.