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Everything I Have for Sale — Books, Kits, and CrossTide Signals

2026-11-10T15:25:32.210-05:00

Everything below is live and can be bought right now. The full store is here: https://muse.ai/s/rainbow-innovations-store-tm65xlxmkxd6xnxv/ENEdY9pZ6tzZ-7OJK8JkaQ9vdklBlg7rYgV3aJRvA1g

FREE: Settlement Mini-Map — 1-page deadline list — $0 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/psyutm

BOOKS AND PLAYBOOKS

Registry Cleanup Playbook — $29 — https://ko-fi.com/s/5ff24d0bac

Reverse Aging — FREE right now on Ko-fi — https://ko-fi.com/s/19304691cd

Reverse Aging Recipes — $9.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/d76776ac5f

Mitochondria First — $7.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/422da5fe05

Do Psychology — $2.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/18cbdcc292

Shrink the Box — $7.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/9d8bcf2a00

The $0 Plan — $2.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/ac5083fce8

Rebuild American Biotech — $9.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/21ebb3fdbf

AI Sales Assistant — $19.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/8ec98649bc

School League — $19.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/eaae270180

The Agent Productivity Playbook — $9.99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/d92522e6dd

The Operator's Pack — $99 — https://ko-fi.com/s/36b408f20f

The AI Creator Business Pack — $49 — https://ko-fi.com/s/d84992cf42

Do Psychology, 2nd Edition (Google Play ebook) — $2.99 — https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=0px_DwAAQBAJ

KITS (Stripe checkout)

The Review Response Rescue Kit — $39 — https://buy.stripe.com/dRm00i5im2Xe9wl3vw7Zu00

Solo Practice Intake & Waitlist Kit — $39 — https://buy.stripe.com/7sYcN4126apG9wld667Zu01

Wedding Vendor Admin Kit — $49 — https://buy.stripe.com/4gMbJ0126gO4gYN4zA7Zu02

ON GUMROAD

The Settlement Deadline Map, November 2026 Edition — $29 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/exzpiu

Suspended Google Business Profile? The One-Shot Appeal Cheat Sheet — $7.99 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/ktsoln

Amazon Seller Account Deactivated? The Plan of Action Cheat Sheet — $9.99 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/pcxtpx

Etsy Shop, No Sales? The Search-Fix Cheat Sheet — $5.99 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/ogfbxkm

AI Without the Hype — $7.99 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/xvwyuox

Love or Leave — $4.99 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/rnzjke

The Calm Dog System — $37 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/tjgue

Ready for 72 Hours — $29 — https://wildcamper.gumroad.com/l/yzsoe

CROSSTIDE SIGNALS — DAILY MARKET DIRECTION BRIEF

Every call logged first and graded in public: https://muse.ai/s/crosstide-signals-daily-market-yr6863uaxixtu/IpqPJyuhgw8ZBWat2oV4NCSUkCYKOcI35vhIv0TacYo

Pro — $0.99 a month — https://buy.stripe.com/dRmeVcdOSbtK8sh3vw7Zu09

Annual — $490 a year — https://buy.stripe.com/28EcN4126btKeQF0jk7Zu07

Founding Lifetime — $499 one time — https://buy.stripe.com/eVqbJ07qubtK9wld667Zu08

Questions: wcamp13@gmail.com — Rainbow Innovations, Spartanburg, South Carolina, founded 2001.

Stop Printing Government Forms — $3,543,085,000 a Year

2026-11-10T15:24:18.303-05:00

Putting every government form online would save an estimated $3,543,085,000 a year. That count covers only 3 agencies: the IRS, immigration (USCIS), and Social Security. The rest of the federal government is not counted. So the real total is higher.

The government should stop printing forms. Every form a person has to fill out or sign should be online — fillable and signable from home, in 1 sitting, through DocuSign or the government's own system like it. No printer. No envelope. No mail.

Here is where the money goes. The Treasury Department counted 201,000,000 paper documents a year at the IRS alone: 76,000,000 paper returns and forms, plus 125,000,000 letters, responses, and non-tax forms. The government's own watchdog priced paper handling at up to $14.85 extra per document. USCIS spent $396,000,000 in 2025 running paper lockboxes — facilities that open envelopes and scan paper — plus $10,860,000 on postage. Its own department says going online can erase nearly all of that. The IRS pays $40,000,000 a year just to store paper: more than 1,000,000,000 old documents sitting in warehouses. Social Security's top 10 signed paper forms alone take in 7,500,000 submissions a year. Add it up, and 3 agencies burn $3,543,085,000 a year on paper. That is the floor, not the ceiling.

It is slower, and it makes more mistakes. A stamp costs $0.82 in 2026, and a signed form rides the mail 2 times — out and back. That is days each way before anyone reads it. Then a mailroom. Then a worker typing it in by hand. Typing by hand makes about 10 times as many errors as electronic filing, by the IRS watchdog's count. USCIS rejected more than 1,000,000 paper requests in 2025, and 25% of those rejections were fee mistakes that an online form catches before the form is ever sent. An online form is done in minutes, and the agency has it the moment it is sent. It checks itself as you go: a blank box is flagged, a number that does not add up is flagged, and it cannot go in unsigned.

This should have been done before COVID. A 2018 law — the 21st Century IDEA Act — gave federal agencies 2 years to put every public paper form online. Then offices closed, and paper stopped cold. Passport applications are paper forms, mailed in. By June 2020, 1,800,000 of them sat piled up, unprocessed. In 2021, passport service by mail took up to 18 weeks, against 6 to 8 weeks before COVID. Online systems never closed. Paper did.

Paper also costs the environment, counted by weight. The 3 counted agencies take in 1,287,000,000 sheets of paper a year. USCIS lockboxes alone handled 453,000,000 pages in 2025. By weight, that is 6,435 tons of paper — 154,440 trees a year. Making that paper puts out 51,158 tons of carbon dioxide a year, by the EPA's own model. Then trucks haul the forms out and haul them back: 1,351 more tons of carbon dioxide a year, just moving paper through the mail. Total: 52,509 tons a year, to move paper that a link could replace.

The people paper shuts out are the people who can least afford it. A person with no printer cannot print the form. A person with a disability may not reach an office or a mailbox easily. A person far from the capital cannot just stop by.

South Carolina shows the fix is already paid for at the state level. The state holds a statewide DocuSign contract — contract 4400038445, worth $2,000,000, running 2026 to 2031 — and the state's own price list puts a signed form at $2 to $4. Yet this month, 2 South Carolina agencies are mailing paper forms, with return envelopes, to a resident who has no way to fill out and sign their forms online. His cases wait on the mail, in both directions, for want of a link. The tool is bought. The forms just are not on it.

So here is the ask, at every level of government: put every form people must fill out or sign online, and make it signable on the spot. Start with the highest-volume forms. Count the savings agency by agency — processing, postage, storage, staff hours, days cut off each case — and publish the numbers. The count already says $3,543,085,000 a year is on the table, before anyone counts the other agencies, the states, the paper, or the trees.

Thank you

Recycling containers at federal housing — my Change.org petition

2026-11-03T04:05:37.923-05:00

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My Change.org petition: federal housing complexes should be required to have recycling containers on site. Environmental necessity — environmental justice. Sign and share: https://www.change.org/p/federal-housing-require-recycling-containers-on-site-enviromental-justice

My other petitions: New USA Work Projects · Security for ALL Teachers · BIONANO — Cancer Victims of Crony Capitalism · A juror asks the SC Supreme Court to overturn a conviction · The Kirk Act

New USA Work Projects — my Change.org petition

2026-11-03T03:52:16.305-05:00

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My Change.org petition: New USA Work Projects — massive job creation. Remove old dams and add turbines to keepers, clean and replant waterways, make sidewalks usable, and remove non-historic structures over 30 years old, like Germany. Sign and share: https://www.change.org/p/new-usa-work-projects

My other petitions: Recycling containers at federal housing · Security for ALL Teachers · BIONANO — Cancer Victims of Crony Capitalism · A juror asks the SC Supreme Court to overturn a conviction · The Kirk Act

Security for ALL Teachers — my Change.org petition

2026-11-03T03:39:51.001-05:00

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My Change.org petition to President Trump: security for ALL teachers — let teachers carry a handgun in the classroom, to protect themselves and the children in our schools. Sign and share: https://www.change.org/p/president-trump-security-for-all-teachers-carry-a-handgun-in-the-classroom

My other petitions: Recycling containers at federal housing · New USA Work Projects · BIONANO — Cancer Victims of Crony Capitalism · A juror asks the SC Supreme Court to overturn a conviction · The Kirk Act

Remove the Ellen DeGeneres assault videos — my Change.org petition

2026-11-03T03:28:07.270-05:00

My Change.org petition asks Google to remove the YouTube videos of Ellen DeGeneres assaulting Taylor Swift and Jennifer Aniston. TAS and JA should be protected, cherished women. Sign and share: https://www.change.org/p/taylor-swift-singer-songwriter-google-remove-youtube-of-ellen-degenres-assaulting-taylor-alison-swift

BIONANO — Cancer Victims of Crony Capitalism: my Change.org petition

2026-11-03T03:12:12.197-05:00

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My Change.org petition for Bionano ($BNGO) shareholders: name Soheil Shams the new CEO, and vote against all proposals. Why does Bionano have a "Chief People Officer" while Erik H. draws a $10M salary and shareholders get a reverse split? Sign and share: https://www.change.org/p/bionano-cancer-victims-of-crony-capitalism

My other petitions: Recycling containers at federal housing · New USA Work Projects · Security for ALL Teachers · A juror asks the SC Supreme Court to overturn a conviction · The Kirk Act

A juror asks the SC Supreme Court to overturn a conviction — my Change.org petition

2026-11-03T02:33:20.731-05:00

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I sat on the jury that convicted a 17-year-old girl of shoplifting under "hand of one, hand of all" for a Walmart theft she took no part in. She panicked — she was not a lookout. I have asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn the conviction, in a petition I started on Change.org. Read it, sign it, share it: https://www.change.org/p/south-carolina-supreme-court-overturn-hand-of-one-hand-of-all-shoplifting-charge-17-year-girl

My other petitions: Recycling containers at federal housing · New USA Work Projects · Security for ALL Teachers · BIONANO — Cancer Victims of Crony Capitalism · The Kirk Act

The Kirk Act — my Change.org petition

2026-11-03T02:32:07.864-05:00

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I started this petition — the Kirk Act. It calls for a full FBI investigation of extremist networks and their money, hate-crime legislation aimed at political violence, a Title IX reevaluation, $250,000,000 to DHS for drone protection at conservative events, and direct federal support for Turning Point USA. Sign it and share it: https://www.change.org/p/demand-full-federal-investigation-on-domestic-extremism

My other petitions: Recycling containers at federal housing · New USA Work Projects · Security for ALL Teachers · BIONANO — Cancer Victims of Crony Capitalism · A juror asks the SC Supreme Court to overturn a conviction

All 28 of My Books — One Store

2026-11-02T14:48:33.012-05:00

📚 All 28 of my books are in one store — psychology, longevity, trading, and invention. The 2 newest came out this morning:

NEW — The Ice Veil: An Autopsy of the 2 Inch Ice Shield — $9.99

NEW — Rebuild American Biotech: Jason Bulsa's Reform Package — $9.99

The full shelf:

• Reverse Aging — $14.99

• The Longevity Kitchen — $14.99

• See the Trade First: Visual Options Trading — $14.99

• $12,000 AI Certificate Self-Taught — $49.00

• AI Automation Playbook for Small Business — $27.00

• Stacking the Chamber — $9.99

• Reverse Aging Recipes — $9.99

• Cheap & Easy Reverse Aging — $9.99

• Shrink the Box — $7.99

• Rules, Not Robots — $7.99

• Mitochondria First: Energy Before Enclosure — $7.99

• Taylor Swift Answered — $4.99

• 20 Novel Mechanical Inventions — $4.99

• Vibration First — $4.99

• Sound, Light & Shared Mediums: 5 Classroom Experiments — $4.99

• Why People Do That — $3.99

• The Other Side of Domestic Violence — $3.99

• Love or Leave — $3.99

• Starting Out: Real Lessons for Your First Years of Life — $2.99

• Starting Strong: Little Lessons for a Big Life — $2.99

• The Way, in Plain Words (Translated) — $2.99

• Win Without Fighting (Translated) — $2.99

• What Marcus Aurelius Meant (Translated) — $2.99

• The $0 Plan to Stay Connected — $2.99

• The $200 Trillion Playbook — $2.99

• Do Psychology: Secrets To Emotional Advancement — $2.99

🛒 Book store (all 28): https://muse.ai/s/rainbow-innovations-store-tm65xlxmkxd6xnxv/ENEdY9pZ6tzZ-7OJK8JkaQ9vdklBlg7rYgV3aJRvA1g

📬 Free newsletter: https://jbulsa.substack.com

✍️ My articles on Medium: https://medium.com/@wcamp13

Do Psychology and Dating Thank You Notes Games are also on Google Play, Kobo, Everand, and Barnes & Noble. Thank you to everyone who reads, reviews, and shares my work. — Jason Bulsa

Muse referral

2026-11-01T06:57:46.697-05:00

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Trump to unlock $41.2B starting with $AMZN

2026-10-28T20:56:29.650-04:00

💰 The Economic Loss Numbers (To Add to Your Write-Up) Here are the hard figures you can insert into the "Real-World Impact" or "Conclusion" sections of your petition to show this is a systemic economic drain, not just a personal annoyance. 1. The Scale of the Problem · 35 Million: The approximate number of phone numbers recycled annually in the U.S.. This represents 35 million potential account lockouts or security breaches every year. · 171 out of 259: The number of recycled numbers (in a Princeton study) that were tied to existing active accounts at major websites, giving the new owner a direct path to hijack the account. 2. The Fraud & Loss Impact While "lockout" itself isn't always reported as fraud, it is the gateway to Account Takeover (ATO). · $15.6 Billion: Reported losses from Account Takeover fraud in the U.S. in 2024 alone. · $23 Billion: Estimated total cost of ATO fraud to U.S. adults in 2023. · Operational Cost: Every time a user is forced to call support for a lockout (or a password reset), it costs the company roughly $70 to $87 in helpdesk time and lost productivity. When multiplied by millions of locked-out users, this is a massive hidden tax on the economy. 3. The "Hostage" Asset Value Users aren't just losing emails; they are losing purchased assets (Kindle libraries, movies, software licenses). · While there is no single statistic for "digital goods locked behind old phone numbers," the Digital Legacy Market (the industry trying to solve digital asset inheritance) is valued at $25.63 Billion in 2026, precisely because digital assets are becoming the primary store of value. Locking users out of these assets due to a recycled number artificially destroys consumer wealth. "With roughly 35 million numbers recycled annually, the FCC's current regulations create a systemic vulnerability. This isn't just an inconvenience; it feeds into an Account Takeover fraud crisis that cost Americans $15.6 billion in 2024 alone, while forcing companies to waste an estimated $70+ per incident on avoidable helpdesk tickets for users who are permanently locked out of their purchased digital assets."

Packaging to Cash $

2026-10-28T20:55:16.679-04:00

Get me hired.

Walmart ($WMT) is reading my blog posts — and implementing my product packaging changes globally. By my analysis, that's over $1 billion a year in savings.

Hire me, and I'll do at least 2x that.

Until then, I'm stopping publication. The savings Walmart is taking could belong to $PEP, $KO, $IMKTA, $TGT, $KR, $AMZN — and others.

One example: I can reduce Lay's packaging 2% more while increasing sales +6%.

More packaging ideas: Shrink the Box: Fast Food's Packaging Win · Honest jar initiative · Improve dish liquid soap bottles design changes · I Tried to Give Five Big Companies Feedback. Most Won't Take an Email.

The book behind these ideas

Shrink the Box collects Jason's packaging redesigns — shrink the package, shrink the waste — with the savings math shown as his own analysis:

Get Shrink the Box ($7.99) → · Browse the full store

Savings figures are the author's own analysis.

Honest jar initiative

2026-10-23T02:47:58.764-04:00

"Honest Jar" Initiative — Concise Version

The tie: Overpackaging and shrinkflation are one problem: families pay more per ounce and more plastic gets shipped and thrown away.

The incentive (voluntary, carrot-only):

· Regulatory fast-track: Expedited FDA/EPA review for qualifying package changes (thinner lids, ridge-less caps, right-sized jars).

· Federal purchasing preference: Commissaries and agencies buy from pledge signers — real revenue.

· Tariff relief: ~$0.02–0.05 per jar on resin saved, tied to verified packaging cuts.

· Public scorecard: Ranks brands by cost per ounce and packaging weight.

To qualify: honest net-weight disclosure, measurable packaging reduction (target: 10% less plastic per unit), per-unit packaging reporting.

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Below is my proposal written as the announcement I'd like to see — a draft, not a real White House release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

White House Launches "Honest Jar" Initiative to Cut Grocery Bills and Plastic Waste Together

Administration challenges manufacturers to stop hiding shrinkflation behind oversized packaging — rewarding efficiency with fast-track approvals and federal purchasing preference.

WASHINGTON — Today the administration announced the "Honest Jar" initiative, a voluntary partnership calling on food manufacturers to cut packaging weight and disclose net weight honestly — lowering costs for families and cutting plastic waste at once.

"When a jar looks the same but holds less, families pay more per ounce and throw away the same plastic," the President said. "We're telling companies: compete on efficiency, not tricks. Cut the packaging, tell the truth on the label, and we'll cut the red tape — and put federal purchasing behind you."

Participants commit to 10% less plastic per unit, honest net-weight disclosure, and per-unit packaging reporting. In return: expedited regulatory review, federal purchasing preference, ~$0.02–0.05 per-jar tariff relief on resin saved, and a spot on a public efficiency scorecard.

"This is a win for families, a win for manufacturers, and a win for taxpayers," the President said.

My note: this survives only as a cost-and-honesty story — framed as plastics reduction, it collides with the administration's own straw order.

More packaging ideas: Packaging to Cash $ · Shrink the Box: Fast Food's Packaging Win · Improve dish liquid soap bottles design changes

The book behind these ideas

Shrink the Box collects Jason's packaging redesigns — shrink the package, shrink the waste — with the savings math shown as his own analysis:

Get Shrink the Box ($7.99) → · Browse the full store

Savings figures are the author's own analysis.

The new strip club worker, Wire for $

2026-10-21T22:15:07.466-04:00

Get Paid to Collect (Not Just Scrap) · Offer paid junk removal — get paid to haul it away, then profit from scrap/resale · Junk removal jobs in SC pay roughly $10–$20/hr plus tips/bonuses at companies like College Hunks, or $17–$18/hr for technician roles Maximize Current Scrap (SC price examples) · Only strip wire thicker than your pinky — insulated wire sells for less than bare copper · Bare Bright Copper: ~$3.75/lb; #1 Insulated Wire: ~$2.54/lb; #2 Insulated Wire: ~$1.50/lb · Separate high-grade boards (motherboards, CPUs) from low-grade — value difference can be significant · Fix easy appliance issues before scrapping — working items sell for more than metal value (Electric Motors scrap: only ~$0.25/lb) Buying a House · Look into first-time homebuyer and down payment assistance programs in her area · SC Housing offers a 15-year forgivable down payment assistance loan for eligible buyers · USDA Rural Housing in SC: $0 down payment, 620 minimum credit score, household income limit generally $122,800/year for 1–4 members in most counties · Income limits for SC Housing programs in non-targeted counties: roughly $90,500–$112,200 for 1–2 persons depending on county Business Support for Women (if in SC) · SC Community Loan Fund: loans typically $5,000 to $1 million for underserved borrowers including women-owned businesses · Small Business Assistance Corporation microloans: up to $50,000, 7-year term at roughly 7.5% interest · LiftFund SC: startup loans up to $50,000, expansion loans up to $250,000 (focus on women/minority-owned) · She Leads SC Grant: $5,000 grant for women-led SC businesses boardsort.com

New ways to save Gas

2026-10-18T16:45:16.719-04:00

Novel ways to cope with high gas prices: · Double fill-up hack: 2 cars share 1 pump transaction to both get a grocery loyalty discount. · AI deal-hunting: Using ChatGPT to find grocery savings (~$100/month for 1 family). · Pump preset codes: Viral TikTok codes to avoid $100+ debit card holds. · Barbie Camper commuter: trash-picked a broken Power Wheels toy, installed a two-gallon power-washer engine, and now fills up for ~$3 instead of $90 · "Staycation" marketing: A camp director pitches overnight camp as a gas-saving alternative to shuttling kids around. · Gas card giveaways: Tourism agencies and churches distributing free fuel cards. * remove roof rack rails to save 12%

Improve dish liquid soap bottles design changes

2026-10-11T19:05:47.795-04:00

Palmolive Ultra Pure & Clear

Packaging:

· The cap could be thinner — once screwed on, the bottle reinforces the plastic, so it doesn't need to be as thick.

· The flip-open cap doesn't need to be as thick either.

· The bottle itself could be thinner.

· The pour hole in the cap could be smaller to control the flow better.

· The labels could be clear, and less glue could be used on them.

Formula:

· The number one ingredient is water, which is an unnecessary "extra." The product could be concentrated 2–3x more than it is now.

· Even if the bottle isn't full, the customer can simply add water when they get it to reach the desired strength.

Benefits to Palmolive:

· Cost savings: Less resin, less packaging, and far less water to ship — saving on raw materials and freight.

· Lighter shipments: Thinner caps and bottles plus less water means lower shipping costs and a smaller carbon footprint.

· Estimated profit increase: These changes could plausibly add an estimated $0.15–$0.30 profit per bottle. Across millions of units sold annually, that could mean tens of millions of dollars in additional profit.

· Better value for customers: More cleaning power per bottle and less frequent repurchasing builds loyalty.

These changes would save Palmolive money, reduce environmental impact, and improve the product. I'd love to see the company take them into consideration.

More packaging ideas: Packaging to Cash $ · Shrink the Box: Fast Food's Packaging Win · Honest jar initiative

The book behind these ideas

Shrink the Box collects Jason's packaging redesigns — shrink the package, shrink the waste — with the savings math shown as his own analysis:

Get Shrink the Box ($7.99) → · Browse the full store

Savings figures are the author's own analysis.

Max income opportunities

2026-10-11T17:48:06.111-04:00

Business acquisition options 1) consulting and productized services, which offer the highest near-term returns; 2) acquisition, given sufficient capital or credit; 3) vertical SaaS, which has great potential but lower odds; and 4) solo expertise or high-income careers. > 1. Specialized B2B service → productized agency | Roughly $1M–$20M+/yr in revenue; exceptional firms can exceed that. Owner earnings can reach seven figures, but usually only with a team and strong margins. | $1k–$25k to test; more to hire and scale. | 2–8 weeks | 2–12 months | 1–4 years | 1–4 years | Risks: weak sales, client concentration, hiring and delivery quality. Moat: a narrow specialty, proven results, repeatable processes, trusted referrals, and switching costs. | | 2. Acquire a profitable small business | Commonly a $1M–$50M+/yr business-building path; much larger outcomes usually require multiple acquisitions or unusually strong growth. Owner earnings depend heavily on purchase price, debt, and the owner’s role. | Often substantial equity, diligence, and working capital; amount varies greatly by deal. | At acquisition close | At close, if the business already produces it | 1–5 years through improvement or add-ons | 1–5 years | Risks: overpaying, hidden liabilities, customer loss, debt pressure, and operational dependence on the seller. Moat: existing customers, reputation, permits, location, contracts, and operating know-how. | | 3. Vertical software / SaaS | $10M–$100M+ in annual recurring revenue is possible for a standout company; reaching it is uncommon. | $5k–$100k+ for a lean validation/build; substantially more if hiring or scaling quickly. | 1–6 months | 6–24 months | 2–6 years | 2–6 years | Risks: building before confirming demand, customer churn, competition, security, and long time to profitability. Moat: workflow integration, proprietary data, distribution, high switching costs, and trusted compliance capabilities. | | 4. Expert practice / high-value consulting | Often $200k–$1M+/yr in solo revenue; substantially more if converted into a firm, licensing model, or product. | $500–$10k in many cases, excluding required credentials or licensing. | 1–8 weeks | 1–12 months | Usually requires a firm, product, or unusual pricing model; 2–5+ years | 1–5 years | Risks: dependence on your time and reputation, inconsistent leads, and credential or regulatory requirements. Moat: rare expertise, referrals, demonstrated outcomes, and trusted judgment. | These are broad ranges, not industry-wide guarantees. In particular, a software company can have a far higher ceiling than a solo practice, while a solo practice may have a much better chance of producing income quickly. First five actions for each 1. Specialized B2B service → productized agency 1. List problems you can solve credibly, or can learn to solve quickly, for businesses. 2. Choose one customer type and one costly, measurable problem. 3. Interview 10–15 prospective buyers; ask how they solve it now and what it costs them. 4. Offer a small paid pilot with a specific deliverable and outcome. 5. Document delivery, seek referrals, and standardize only after you see repeat demand. 2. Acquire a profitable small business 1. Set your limits for equity, debt, personal guarantees, and owner workload. 2. Pick a sector you understand well enough to evaluate and operate. 3. Learn how to inspect financial statements, customer concentration, contracts, and working capital. 4. Speak with lenders and an experienced transaction attorney/accountant before making offers. 5. Screen multiple businesses and independently verify claims before committing. In the U.S., SBA 7(a) loans can support certain changes of ownership, and the SBA lists a maximum loan amount of $5 million; availability is not approval, and individual lenders underwrite applicants and deals. ([sba.gov](https://www.sba.gov/loans/7a-loans/?utm_source=openai)) 3. Vertical software / SaaS 1. Select a narrow industry and a repetitive, expensive workflow. 2. Interview prospective users before writing software. 3. Sell a manual or no-code pilot to test willingness to pay. 4. Build only the smallest product that removes the validated pain. 5. Track retention and customer acquisition cost before investing heavily in growth. 4. Expert practice / high-value consulting 1. Identify a costly decision or problem where you have credible expertise. 2. Define a specific buyer, outcome, scope, and price. 3. Create a simple offer and reach out to relevant contacts or referral sources. 4. Deliver excellent work and record results—with permission—to build proof. 5. Raise prices or narrow the specialty as demand and evidence improve. Ranking: a practical expected-value proxy Your formula—revenue ceiling × probability ÷ (capital + time)—is a useful intuition, but it cannot be calculated consistently as written: capital and time have different units, and revenue ceiling ignores costs, taxes, debt, and the likelihood and timing of actually reaching that ceiling. With your personal details blank, assigning precise probabilities would create false precision. For an unknown founder with modest capital, I’d use this qualitative, risk-adjusted ranking: 1. Specialized service → productized agency: best default starting point. It can generate paid evidence quickly, usually needs less capital, and can later fund hiring or software. 2. Expert practice / consulting: may rank first if you already have rare, marketable expertise and a network; it can produce cash quickly, but solo income is constrained by your time. 3. Small-business acquisition: can move ahead of those if you have capital, credit, operational skill, and access to a genuinely sound deal. Without those, the financial downside is considerable. 4. Vertical SaaS: highest software-style ceiling, but I would not rank it first without evidence of customer demand, strong distribution, or a domain advantage. My default top 3 - Start with a specialized B2B service if you can identify a painful business problem and sell a pilot. It’s a practical way to learn what customers will pay for before betting heavily on a product. - Build an expert practice if your existing skills or credentials already solve an urgent, expensive problem. That can provide the fastest path to meaningful owner income. - Consider acquisition only if you can withstand the debt and diligence burden and have relevant operating support. SBA financing may be one route, not a substitute for deal analysis. A strong sequence for some founders is service first → repeatable process → software or acquisition later. The service earns revenue while revealing what customers repeatedly need.

Shrink the Box: Fast Food's Packaging Win

2026-10-10T13:22:29.390-04:00

My frozen meal box had room to spare. The paper sleeve on my taco was bigger than the taco. So I told the companies: make it smaller.

The asks

- Taco Bell: make the sleeves for soft and hard tacos 10% smaller.

- Costco: make the hot dog bags 10% smaller.

- Banquet: make the frozen bowl and its box about 20% smaller, unless the extra space is filled with more meat.

Why small cuts matter

Ten percent less paper on one taco is nothing. Multiply it by the millions of tacos and hot dogs sold in a year and it adds up. Less material goes into each wrapper. More wrappers fit in each shipment. Less ends up in the trash.

None of this needs a new invention. The companies already make the packaging. They would only change the size.

The catch

Oversized packaging can make a product look bigger than it is. A big box on the shelf suggests a lot of food inside. That is why I did not simply ask Banquet for a smaller box. If the box stays big, fill it with more food. Either way, the customer gets a better deal and the packaging stops hiding empty space.

How I sent it

I used the companies' web forms and a consumer care email. Each message was short and specific. I named the product, said what was too big, and gave the percentage I wanted. I did not write a long complaint or explain my whole day.

I have no replies to report yet. I am sending these because the ask costs me a few minutes, and a company can act on it.

Takeaway

Next time packaging looks oversized, tell the company with a specific number, like 10% smaller. Specific asks get read. Vague complaints get filed.

More packaging ideas: Packaging to Cash $ · Honest jar initiative · Improve dish liquid soap bottles design changes

The book behind these ideas

Shrink the Box collects Jason's packaging redesigns — shrink the package, shrink the waste — with the savings math shown as his own analysis:

Get Shrink the Box ($7.99) → · Browse the full store

Savings figures are the author's own analysis.

Why Does a Resort Room Still Have Wi-Fi That Won't Stay Connected?

2026-10-10T13:22:12.542-04:00

Four days at a beachfront resort. I had to log back into the Wi-Fi multiple times a day, and my tablet couldn't get past the sign-in screen at all.

What happened

On my tablet, the sign-in page would not load. I tried again and again. Nothing.

My other devices did connect. Then they got kicked off, and I had to sign in again. This repeated every day of the stay.

The resort shares its grounds with a neighboring property. Each one runs its own network with its own log-in. Walk a few steps and you are on a different system.

Why hotel Wi-Fi is like this

- Captive sign-in pages that break on some devices.
- Limits on how many devices one guest can connect.
- Short session timeouts that log you out and make you start over.
- Networks split between properties that guests treat as one place.

None of this is hard to fix. It just isn't a priority until guests complain.

What I asked for

I asked for two changes. First, a simpler sign-in that remembers your device for the whole stay. Second, one shared login across connected properties, so guests don't juggle two networks.

The complaint was escalated to the brand's executive customer relations team. I'll report back if I hear anything concrete.

It's not just one hotel

I have raised Wi-Fi access with convention hotels before. Attendees at a convention want to look up schedules, share what they are seeing, and use event apps. They can't do any of that if the connection keeps dropping. The same problems show up in different buildings.

Takeaway

- Ask before you book. How long does a Wi-Fi session last? How many devices are allowed? Get the answers in writing if you can.
- Force the sign-in page. If it won't load, open a browser and go to a plain http site. Many networks only redirect you to the sign-in page from an unsecured address.
- Bring a backup. A phone hotspot saves you when the hotel network fails.
- Report it during the stay. Do it in writing, not just at the front desk. Say what failed, how often, and how it affected you. Then ask for compensation.

A complaint made after you have checked out is easy to ignore. One made while the problem is happening is much harder to dismiss.

A Supplement Maker Told My Startup to Order 100,000 Capsules

2026-10-10T13:21:54.773-04:00

I'm launching a supplement brand built on evidence-based doses and minimal fillers. I asked manufacturers for their smallest pilot batch. One answered: 100,000 capsules per product.

What I asked for

I kept the request simple. Five formulas, each with a strict dose and no unnecessary excipients. I wanted the smallest possible pilot run so I could validate demand before putting real money behind any of them.

I sent the same inquiry to several contract manufacturers and listed every requirement up front: exact doses, ingredient forms, no common fillers, and the smallest batch per product.

What came back

One manufacturer said it could make all five formulas. The minimum order was 100,000 capsules per product. That is 500,000 capsules across the line for a brand with no sales yet.

Another told me custom formulas are only available to existing clients with a sales track record. Access comes through a paid membership, with at least $10,000 upfront.

My reply to the first one was short: that's too many, I'm a new startup.

Why minimums are so high

The manufacturers are not being difficult for the sake of it. Setup, equipment cleaning, testing, and raw-material purchases cost the same whether a factory makes 5,000 capsules or 100,000. A small run eats the same labor and downtime as a large one, and the profit on it is thin. So factories set a floor that makes each run worth their time.

That logic makes sense from their side. It still leaves a new founder with a problem.

Options for small founders

- Negotiate per-product quantities. A minimum quoted for the whole line may move when you talk about one product at a time.
- Start with one product, not five. Five formulas multiply every minimum. One formula lets you test the market with a fraction of the cash.
- Use stock formulas from private-label suppliers first. They run proven recipes in smaller quantities, which lets you build sales history before going custom.
- Ask about shared production runs. If a manufacturer is already making a similar product, you may be able to share a run and split the setup cost.

I don't have outcomes on any of these yet. I'll report back as I get answers.

Takeaway

Lead with your realistic quantity. Tell the manufacturer up front how many units you can actually sell, so you don't waste time on quotes built for someone else's volume.

Start with one hero product. Prove it sells, then add the rest.

Get every quote in writing before you commit money. Minimums, membership terms, and upfront payments should all be on paper, so you know the full cost of starting before you spend any of it.

I Tried to Give Five Big Companies Feedback. Most Won't Take an Email.

2026-10-10T13:21:36.859-04:00

Every company says it values your feedback. I tried to send simple suggestions to five of them. Most made me hunt for a form.

The experiment

I kept the suggestions small and specific. One was to make hot dog bags and taco sleeves 10% smaller. Another was a list of fixes for a frozen meal. Nothing angry and nothing long. These are the kind of notes a company should be glad to get, because a small packaging change is cheap to try and easy to understand.

I wanted to send each one as a plain email. That turned out to be the hard part.

The scorecard

- Costco: Its own help site says it does not offer email support. Feedback goes through a website form, or by phone and chat.

- Taco Bell: A web contact form only. It worked, and it confirmed the submission.

- Sam's Club: A web form, chat, or phone.

- Spectrum: No public support email at all.

- Conagra, which owns Banquet: It has a consumer care email address, and I used it.

That makes four of five with no email route that I could find. Only Conagra gave me an address and let me send my note the way I would send any other message.

Why companies do this

I can't see inside these companies, so this is my read. A form routes your message to the right team and sorts it into a category before a person sees it. An email is different. It lands in an inbox with a date on it, and someone has to answer it. That creates a paper trail. A form lets a company say it listened without promising anything back.

None of that is a scandal. It is a design choice, and it works in the company's favor more than yours.

What I'll report next

I will track which of these companies reply and report back in a later post. I have no replies to share yet. So far, Taco Bell is the only one that has confirmed receiving my suggestion.

Takeaway

If you want a company to hear you, plan for the form.

- Look for "Contact Us" or "Feedback" in the website footer. It is usually there, not on the main menu.

- Keep the message short and specific. One clear suggestion gets read more easily than a long list of complaints.

- Screenshot the confirmation. If a company says it never got your note, you have proof you sent it.

- If there is no email, use the form plus a phone call, and save the date and time of both.

More packaging ideas: Packaging to Cash $ · Shrink the Box: Fast Food's Packaging Win · Improve dish liquid soap bottles design changes

The book behind these ideas

Shrink the Box collects Jason's packaging redesigns — shrink the package, shrink the waste — with the savings math shown as his own analysis:

Get Shrink the Box ($7.99) → · Browse the full store

Savings figures are the author's own analysis.

Say I Owe $143.76 From 2009

2026-10-10T13:21:19.243-04:00

In 2009 I cancelled a dating site's free trial. 17 years later, their records still say I owe them $143.76, and my account is still blocked over it.

What happened

I signed up for a free trial on a major dating site and cancelled before the trial ended. A charge hit my card anyway. I disputed it. The site then closed my account with a balance still on it. That was November 2009.

I did not owe that money then, and I do not owe it now.

Round and round

I went back to them in 2010 and again in 2012. Each time I got a case number. That makes three. None of them ended with an answer. The balance just sat there, year after year, and I figured it would eventually go away. It did not.

Why zombie balances matter

I call these zombie balances. A small old charge stays on a company's books long after anyone remembers the reason for it. It can block your account, follow you into new sign-ups, or get sold to a collector.

Many states limit how long a company can sue over old debt. Those rules differ from state to state, so look up yours. A time limit on lawsuits is a separate question from whether the balance is still sitting in a company's records.

What I did this week

I sent a short written dispute. It says I do not owe the balance. It lists every prior case number, so nobody can claim they have no history on this. It asks for written confirmation that the balance is removed and the account is reopened.

I wrote it so that anyone reading it could understand the whole story in under a minute. I will see what they do with it.

Takeaway

This could have ended in 2009 with a few minutes of paperwork. Here is what I would do differently, and what I am doing now.

- Cancel free trials in writing, and screenshot the confirmation.
- Keep every case number. They are your proof that you tried.
- Dispute old balances in writing.
- Never pay just to make it go away. Paying a charge you do not owe can cost you the argument.
- Ask for written confirmation that the balance is removed.

If you have a balance like this on an account you closed years ago, start the paper trail today. It costs nothing, and it is much harder to ignore than a phone call.

I Let an AI Assistant Handle My Complaints for a Week. Here's What Broke.

2026-10-10T13:21:01.548-04:00

I used an AI assistant to draft complaints, find the right contacts, and fill out company feedback forms. Some of it worked well. Some of it failed in ways nobody's demo shows you.

What worked

Finding the right contact channel was fast. Anyone who has hunted through a company website for the correct place to send a complaint knows how much time that can eat. The assistant found it in moments.

The drafts were clean and organized. Each complaint read like a proper letter, with the problem stated plainly and the request spelled out.

It also submitted a fast-food feedback form for me and confirmed it went through. That was the best moment of the week. The form was filled out, sent, and verified, and I did not have to touch it.

What broke

Several things broke, and none of them were small.

Its voice changed from female to male in the middle of a live conversation. Same session, no warning, no explanation.

It lost an instruction I gave it hours earlier. I told it to keep working while my Wi-Fi was down, then tell me what it did. That instruction was gone.

It gave me a link to an email draft that did not exist. The assistant described the draft as ready. The draft was not there.

The voice screen said "Listening" while the assistant was actually running tasks. I could not tell whether it was working or waiting on me, which is a bad thing to be unsure about when you are depending on it.

It also made me open drafts and press Send myself. I asked it to handle the complaints, and the last step still landed on me.

What I did about it

I filed my own bug reports with the company. I wrote them the same way I would write any other complaint: what happened, what I expected, and what I want fixed. After a week of writing complaints with an assistant, it seemed like the right move.

What this means

AI assistants are good at the paperwork of complaining. They find contacts, organize the details, and produce a clear letter. That part is real, and it saves effort.

They still need a human checking that the work actually happened. When the assistant says something is done, treat that as a claim and go look. A link, a status message, or a confident summary tells you what the assistant believes happened. Your sent folder tells you what did.

Takeaway

Use AI for drafting and finding contacts, but always verify:

- Open the draft.
- Check the sent folder.
- Get a confirmation number.

If you cannot do one of those three things, assume it did not happen.

Your Old Yahoo Address Is Quietly Killing Your Emails

2026-10-10T13:20:35.736-04:00

I sent emails to a support desk, a company's investor relations team, and supplement manufacturers. Several never arrived. No warning, just a bounce buried in my inbox, or silence.

What happened

I sent these messages from my Yahoo address through another service. Some bounced. Others disappeared with no reply at all. When there is no reply, you assume the company ignored you. I only found out the real cause when I resent the same emails from my Gmail address and got answers the same day.

These were not throwaway messages. They were a support request, an inquiry to investor relations, and quote requests for my own business. Losing them cost me time.

Why it happens

When you send Yahoo mail through another service like Gmail, the company receiving it checks whether Yahoo authorized that sender. If Yahoo did not, a policy called DMARC tells the receiving server to reject the message or send it to junk.

You never see this happen. Your sent folder looks normal. The email just does not land.

Who is at risk

Anyone who links an old Yahoo, AOL, or similar address to Gmail or another app and sends from it. If you set that up years ago and forgot about it, that includes you.

How to check

- Look in your inbox for messages titled "Mail Delivery" or "Delivery Status Notification." Those are bounces.
- Search your inbox for "DMARC." Bounce messages often mention it.
- Send a test to a friend on a different provider, such as Outlook or iCloud, and ask whether it arrived. Do not rely on your sent folder. It will say the message went out either way.

Check the junk folders on your side too. Some receiving companies do not bounce the message. They just file it where nobody looks.

Takeaway

Send important mail from the account's own service. Yahoo mail goes out from Yahoo. Gmail goes out from Gmail. If you have a linked Yahoo address in Gmail, switch the default sender to your Gmail address so you do not send from the wrong one by accident.

Then go back through what you sent recently from a linked Yahoo address. Resend anything important. If someone never answered you, the email may never have reached them.