Develop the idea
Your idea Lunch bowls in deposit jars
Manchester offices without a canteen pay per bowl, ordered weekly and invoiced monthly.
Examples
Business ideas from your industry.
Fictional ventures, complete results: your idea developed, tested in the market, with a 30-day plan – just as planix delivers them.
Your idea, market test and 30-day plan.
1Choose industry
Fashion, Lifestyle & RetailMedia, Marketing & Online PlatformsHospitality and TourismTransportation and LogisticsReal Estate, Construction & HandcraftConsulting, Education & CoachingSocial Work, Care & ChildcareBeauty, Health & AestheticsSports, Leisure, Culture & CreativeEnergy, Environment & TechnologyFinance & InsuranceCrypto, Web3 & BlockchainPharmaceuticals, Biotech, Food & AgriculturePublic Administration & Non-Profit
2Choose example
Go with conditionsLunch bowls in deposit jars for offices in ManchesterFull Jar Lunch Co.Manchester · North WestPlanned£13Ready to buy16/30Target price£11Clear goBreakfast hampers for holiday cottages in NorthumberlandRobson’s Bakery Breakfast ServiceAlnwick · North EastPlanned£29Ready to buy21/30Target price£24
3Choose result
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No idea yet?
Three ideas that fit you.
From your profile, ranked, from trendy to traditional.
Find your business ideaClassicBike mechanic, 31, rides gravel routesChloe Hughes · BristolRank 1Bike servicing at the workplaceStarting budget£15,000per week25 hTotal score86ClassicDairy farmer, 58, makes his own farmhouse cheeseGeoffrey Hartley · GarstangRank 1Cheese subscription for city householdsStarting budget£8,000per week15 hTotal score88TrendPhysiotherapist, 28, swims in the sea in winterMegan Price · BrightonRank 1Recovery evenings for gymsStarting budget£25,000per week20 hTotal score87ClassicCabinetmaker, 61, collects antiquesGareth Morgan · SwanseaRank 1Restoring inherited furnitureStarting budget£10,000per week15 hTotal score86TrendHR professional, 39, does improv theatreLaura Bennett · CoventryRank 1Apprentice recruitment for small firmsStarting budget£12,000per week20 hTotal score89ClassicFood technologist, 24, ferments everythingJosh Robson · Newcastle upon TyneRank 1Fermentation workshopsStarting budget£5,000per week15 hTotal score84
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Find your business idea
Your 3 business ideas compared
Ranked by 5 criteria.
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Fictional example Ventures, people and companies are invented, the respondents in the market test simulated – as in planix. Structure, fixed sentences and calculations follow exactly the rules planix uses to create your results. Your market test lists real competitors with sources; here they are types of providers.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes – that’s exactly what Find your business idea is made for. You describe what you can do, what you enjoy and how much time and money you want to put in. planix derives three business ideas from that, scores them and names the riskiest assumption for each idea.
No. Most ideas can be tested alongside your job – you can be employed and self-employed at the same time. Once your self-employed income passes £1,000 in a tax year, you register for Self Assessment with HMRC. You hand in your notice once an assumption is confirmed, not before.
Find your business idea is free: your founder profile, three matching ideas with scoring and the riskiest assumption for each idea. Develop the idea, also free, puts the chosen idea on one page – target customer, offer, calculation per sale and Business Model Canvas. Test the market () tests one idea in the market: up to five tests with 30 simulated respondents each, real market data, a price range and a reasoned decision with a 30-day plan.
From your founder profile: experience, strengths, network, available time and capital, appetite for risk. Each idea is measured against it – and against the market. A good idea for someone else isn’t yet a good idea for you.
They are simulated – this is called synthetic market research. Each target persona has its own profile (prior experience, attitude, price sensitivity) and answers in its role, distributed like a real sample. Results in hours instead of weeks, repeatable at any time. It does not count as market proof – the answers show a direction and a ranking. In the report, simulated figures are labelled as such.
Then you have learned cheaply what doesn’t work – and why. The report says which assumption tipped over. Often it isn’t the idea that’s wrong, but the target group, price or timing. You start the next round without having lost a single pound.
For any – self-employment just starts differently everywhere: in the trades with the first order, in consulting with the first client, in retail with the first purchase. For 14 industries, what counts first is set out individually.
Become self-employed by industrySix chapters: at a glance, value proposition and target customer, problem and differentiation, business model with calculation per sale, Business Model Canvas and what is still open. You also get the canvas as a Word file to edit.
The UK examples are not online yet – the examples shown are Swiss cases. Your own results planix writes for the UK, with amounts in pounds.
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