Profiting from waking people up

Americans are always in a rush to get to places and they have a very busy schedule. They don't have enough sleep and they have a tough time waking up in the morning. The founders of WakeupLand.com created a website that is like a hotel wake up service. For a small fee, you can get reliable wakeup calls in the morning based on your needs. They are on their way to making millions.

Problem: American have a tough time waking up in the morning
Idea/Solution: Website + Wakeup Call + Phone
Site: http://wakeupland.com/

A Company making millions from Air

Air is abundant and every where. It is light and free. The founder of SealAir.com started the company to make profit from air. They produce BubbleWrap and plastic air bags to be used in mail as cushion. Many companies uses SealAir.com's product to package and send their product in the mail. They are making millions.

Idea/Solution: Air is Abundant, Free, Light + use Air in packaging and cushion product for mailing
Site: http://www.sealedair.com/products/protective/air/fillair.html

Cashing Entertainment tickets

Entertainment, and concert tickets are expensive and hard to get. Some tickets to rare events are extremely valuable. Sometimes, we have the tickets, but we can't attend the event, and can't find anyone interested in attending it. Then, the tickets go to waste, even though there are people who are interested in these events. The founders of StubHub.com got the idea to setup a website that allows people to sell their tickets. Ebay.com bought StubHub.com for $310 millions.

Problem: Precious Entertainment, Concert, and Event tickets going to waste
Idea/Solution: Website + Buying + Selling + Event tickets
Site: http://www.stubhub.com/

Educating the masses on the road

The road in US is congested, especially traffic hours. The problem is not going away any time soon. Many commuters are spending hours going to and from work. The founder of Audible.com sees the opportunity of offering books in audio format. You can buy audiobooks from audible.com and download them to your mp3 players and listen to them while commuting to work. An hour a day is equal to 240 hours a year. You can listen and learn from over 30 books with 8 hours in length. Audible.com is making millions helping educating the masses.

Problem: Commuting to and from work is time consuming. Most people spend 2 hours on commuting.
Idea/Solution: Website + Audiobooks + mp3 format + make commute enjoyable and enlightening
Site: http://www.audible.com

Searching the web with questions

Most of the the search engines are designed for us to search with keywords. After we enter the keywords, the search engines look for web pages with the keywords. Alot of the time, we get irrelevant results and we waste alot of time going through useless web pages. The founder of Ask.com created a search engine that based on questions. We enter the question and it gives us suggestions on a list of questions that are similar to our question. We get better search results with Ask.com. Ask.com is making millions from advertising on it.

Problem: Most of the search engines are based on keywords. They produce alot of useless and irrelevant search results.
Idea/Solution: Website + Search engine based on Questions + Answers are search results
Site: http://www.ask.com/

Transporting people from city to city

Driving long distance can be very tiring, dangerous, and costly. With the current high oil price, driving long distance is expensive. The founder of Grey Hound bus line started the company to drive people from city to city. Grey Hound is available in most major cities across US. The buses are driven by professional drivers and they drive the big tourist style buses. The buses are comfortable to ride in and passengers get to enjoy the scenary and rest. The price is reasonable and alot cheaper than a person driving long distance.

Problem: Driving is tiring, dangerous, and costly
Idea/Solution: Professional Drivers + Big Tour buses + Reasonable price + Comfort
Site: http://www.greyhound.com

Travel guide making millions

The founder of Fodor's travel guide loves traveling and has written many travel guides. You can find Fodor's travel guide to many countries and cities. They created Fodors.com and it is filled with alot of travel content.

Problem: Vacation travel is short and not enough time to explore the great things the travel destination has to offer. Traveling to a new unfamiliar place can be distressing and frustrating.
Idea/Solution: Travel Guide + Best places to visit, stay, and do + Smart travelers' tips + choose travel experience
Site: http://fodors.com/