6 Hilarious Business Ideas That Could Make You $1,000,000 in 2022 (#351)

He argues many people avoid therapy because it feels taboo, expensive, and too vulnerable, but they will consume “reality TV”-style content for distraction. The pitch is a subscription where viewers anonymously listen to real therapy sessions that match their own problem area while the therapy participant gets subsidized sessions and therapists get more clients.

Shaan pitches a hidden “private camera roll” app disguised as something harmless (like a bookshelf/Kindle or calculator), unlocked by a specific tap sequence. Sam counters that this already exists at scale (he points to a “Private Photo Vault” app), including features like decoy passwords, and marvels at how large and under-discussed the category is.

Sam describes Santa’s Club as a virtual Santa visit business that runs only about two months a year, with 15,000 visitors spending around $35–$75 per visit, and being sold out. They riff on expanding the concept to other characters/holidays (Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Cupid) and on making the experience semi-automated like “fake-live” webinars.

Sam claims SlideShare gets roughly 100–150 million monthly visits, appears neglected, shows little monetization, and could become a B2B lead-gen/ads machine. Shaan agrees it’s “hiding in plain sight,” says he tweeted about relaunching it, and suggests LinkedIn likely would have let it go cheaply when Microsoft-owned.

Shaan pitches a restaurant concept designed primarily for “content,” with over-the-top, photogenic food reveals, a party vibe, and automated capture (a drone above the table plus outsourced editing delivered afterward like a rollercoaster photo). Producer Ben ultimately calls it the worst idea, saying “a lot of people are doing this in different ways” and it needs one clearer food hook.