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Community business ideas

81 IDEAS · RANKED BY BERG SCORE

IdeasBerg has analyzed 81 Community business ideas from Greg Isenberg's YouTube videos. Each one is checked against market data and gets a BUILD, MAYBE or SKIP verdict with a Berg Score from 0 to 100. The highest-rated is Community & Social Club for Affluent Older Adults (BUILD, Berg Score 78).

01COMMUNITYBERG 78BUILD

Community & Social Club for Affluent Older Adults

A Chief.com or YPO-style premium membership community for older adults (65+) offering curated events, peer connection, and mentorship in a brand they're proud to belong to.

ARR $500K–$5M · AUTO 3/10

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02COMMUNITYBERG 75BUILD

Vertical AI Community + Product Studio (Niche Professional Communities)

Build niche professional communities (e.g., AI for lawyers, AI for realtors) to gather deep domain insight, then use that insight to ship targeted AI tools for those verticals.

ARR $50K–$1.4M · AUTO 5/10

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03COMMUNITYBERG 74BUILD

IRL Community & Events Business

A curated in-person event and community business that convenes small groups of professionals around a sharp niche topic, monetizing through tickets, memberships, and deal flow.

ARR $80K–$1.5M · AUTO 3/10

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04COMMUNITYBERG 74BUILD

IRL Mastermind / Summer Camp for Digital Professionals

Take popular digital-only masterminds or communities and run exclusive, high-ticket in-person versions for niche professional audiences.

ARR $150K–$850K · AUTO 2/10

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05COMMUNITYBERG 74BUILD

Niche Luxury Trading Media + Paid Community

Film yourself negotiating trades in a specific high-demand niche (luxury watches, jewelry, sneakers, art), grow a social audience, then monetize with a high-margin paid community of buyers and sellers.

ARR $240K–$6M · AUTO 3/10

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06COMMUNITYBERG 74BUILD

Consumer Life-Optimization Membership (AAA for Gen X/Y/Z)

A membership community that aggregates exclusive deals, referral links, and curated perks across travel, finance, and lifestyle — delivering ROI that far exceeds the annual fee.

ARR $500K–$10M · AUTO 5/10

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07COMMUNITYBERG 72BUILD

IRL Retreat Rental Arbitrage (Rent a Village, Sell Tickets)

Rent an extraordinary private venue (a village, château, or estate) and sell high-ticket retreat tickets to a niche professional or creative audience, pocketing the spread.

ARR $300K–$1.5M · AUTO 2/10

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08COMMUNITYBERG 72BUILD

Man Morning — Men's Wellbeing Community Platform

A multi-format men's growth community combining a weekly newsletter, local IRL chapter meetups, annual retreats, and a premium membership tier targeting ambitious men who feel isolated.

ARR $200K–$3M · AUTO 4/10

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09COMMUNITYBERG 71BUILD

Creator Community IRL Events Platform

A scalable in-person events business for creators and entrepreneurs that franchises intimate 'coffee with creators' style morning meetups across multiple cities simultaneously.

ARR $250K–$4M · AUTO 3/10

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10COMMUNITYBERG 70BUILD

Capped Premium Membership Community for B2B Creators

A deliberately capped, annual-only paid membership community that serves a specific professional niche with peer-to-peer connection, expert content, and high-touch programming — priced at $1,500–$2,000/year.

ARR $100K–$600K · AUTO 4/10

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11COMMUNITYBERG 67MAYBE

Niche Professional Community Platform (Everything Marketplaces Model)

Build a hyper-niche paid community with a curated knowledge hub, investor database, and events for a specific professional archetype — modeled after Everything Marketplaces' 1,800-member, 7-figure community.

ARR $90K–$2M · AUTO 5/10

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12COMMUNITYBERG 66BUILD

Community-First Digital Product Business

Launch a low-ticket community (entry via a $19–$50 PDF or template) around a skill or system, then use community signal to develop and sell high-margin courses and toolkits back to that same audience.

ARR $50K–$2M · AUTO 6/10

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13COMMUNITYBERG 66BUILD

Suffering-as-a-Service Run Cult Franchise

A branded, high-intensity run club franchise built around radical discomfort, identity, and community — monetized through memberships, apparel, and races.

ARR $200K–$3M · AUTO 3/10

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14COMMUNITYBERG 66MAYBE

ScalePath: Reforge for Small Business

A Slack-based CEO peer network and playbook library for small business owners doing $500K–$5M in revenue who want practical, asynchronous operational guidance.

ARR $120K–$1.2M · AUTO 5/10

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15COMMUNITYBERG 65BUILD

Loneliness-Solving Community & IRL Experience Company

Build niche membership communities and curated in-real-life experiences to combat the loneliness epidemic, monetized through memberships, events, and premium retreats.

ARR $100K–$1.5M · AUTO 2/10

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16COMMUNITYBERG 63BUILD

Trending Phrase Handle + Community Brand

Monitor Google Trends and cultural Zeitgeist for rising phrases, claim the social handles early, then build a content brand and community business around the phrase before it peaks.

ARR $100K–$5M · AUTO 4/10

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17COMMUNITYBERG 63MAYBE

Founder Mastermind Retreat Network

A structured, recurring off-site mastermind program for early-stage founders with professional facilitation, curated cohorts, and experiential activities.

ARR $150K–$800K · AUTO 2/10

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18COMMUNITYBERG 62MAYBE

Startup Idea Social Community App

A social media platform where users post startup ideas, get AI-generated execution steps, and community members can like, comment, and track progress.

ARR $18K–$180K · AUTO 7/10

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19COMMUNITYBERG 61BUILD

Startup Empire Community Platform

A paid private membership community for aspiring and early-stage founders to access startup idea content, find co-founders, and learn execution skills from practitioners.

ARR $200K–$3M · AUTO 5/10

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20COMMUNITYBERG 61MAYBE

Niche IRL Anti-Social-Media Event / Creative Retreat

Host intimate paid retreats for creative professionals (writers, artists, founders) who want to disconnect from digital life and do deep creative work in a beautiful physical setting.

ARR $100K–$500K · AUTO 2/10

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21COMMUNITYBERG 61MAYBE

First Job Rejection Tracker

A crowdsourced platform where college students and recent grads log job rejections, track response rates by company, and connect with others rejected from the same places — like Levels.fyi but for entry-level job hunting.

ARR $60K–$750K · AUTO 5/10

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22COMMUNITYBERG 60MAYBE

Founder Mastermind Weekend Retreats

Curated 3-day intimate founder retreats (6-8 people) in a rented mansion with a professional facilitator, private chef, and structured build sessions.

ARR $120K–$900K · AUTO 2/10

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23COMMUNITYBERG 60BUILD

Paid Niche Community Platform (School-style)

Launch a paid membership community on School or similar platforms for a specific professional niche, bundling education, peer mentorship, and business resources.

ARR $50K–$600K · AUTO 4/10

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24COMMUNITYBERG 60BUILD

NSFW Community-First Product Company

Build a community of underserved people around a stigmatized topic first — via Twitter/Slack — then co-create and launch a product with that captive, loyal audience.

ARR $200K–$3M · AUTO 4/10

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25COMMUNITYBERG 60BUILD

Adult Hobby & Creative Skills Business

Build small communities, workshops, and retreats teaching adults joyful analog skills — pottery, painting, woodworking, music — targeting people 35–65 rediscovering leisure.

ARR $60K–$500K · AUTO 2/10

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26COMMUNITYBERG 59MAYBE

Intentional Networking Event Platform

A platform that helps professionals host and discover hyper-niche, curated small-group events instead of attending generic networking mixers.

ARR $80K–$650K · AUTO 6/10

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27COMMUNITYBERG 58MAYBE

Paid Niche Community Platform

Find an underserved niche, build a community around their shared problems, then monetize with a paid membership or SaaS product built from community insights.

ARR $50K–$1.2M · AUTO 5/10

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28COMMUNITYBERG 58MAYBE

Facebook Group & IG Niche Page Portfolio for Muse-Era Crawling

Create or acquire niche-specific Facebook groups and Instagram pages in high-demand local service categories so that as millions of Muse agents crawl Meta platforms, your owned properties become the primary indexed data source.

ARR $12K–$120K · AUTO 5/10

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29COMMUNITYBERG 58MAYBE

View From My Window — Community-to-Product Playbook for Shared Human Experiences

Launch a free UGC community around a universal human theme, grow it virally, then monetize through physical products (books, prints, merch) or digital experiences built from community content.

ARR $50K–$800K · AUTO 4/10

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30COMMUNITYBERG 58MAYBE

Multipreneurship Community Platform

A community and educational platform for entrepreneurs who want to build and operate multiple niche businesses in sequence, evolving beyond solopreneurship.

ARR $80K–$600K · AUTO 5/10

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31COMMUNITYBERG 58MAYBE

Vibe Marketer Community & Automation Workflow Marketplace

A paid membership community at the intersection of AI and marketing that provides 2,500+ plug-and-play n8n automation workflows, SEO templates, and exclusive tool discounts to non-technical marketers.

ARR $50K–$400K · AUTO 5/10

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32COMMUNITYBERG 58MAYBE

216 Social Club — Daily Ritual Community Brand

Build a community brand anchored to a specific daily mindfulness ritual (a time of day, a practice), monetized through apparel, SMS membership, and live events — with the ritual itself as the viral acquisition mechanism.

ARR $50K–$800K · AUTO 7/10

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33COMMUNITYBERG 57MAYBE

Community-First Product Studio (Multipreneur Holding Co)

A small holding company that launches multiple community-based digital products per year, each monetized by building tools and services that serve that community.

ARR $200K–$5M · AUTO 8/10

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34COMMUNITYBERG 56MAYBE

IRL LAN Party Club for Millennial Professionals

A Soho House-style members club where professional Millennials gather for organized, nostalgic multiplayer gaming nights (Halo, Counter-Strike, GoldenEye) as a sophisticated alternative to bars.

ARR $120K–$800K · AUTO 2/10

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35COMMUNITYBERG 54MAYBE

Community Magnet Product (Free Tool + Paid Community Flywheel)

A free, niche productivity or creative tool paired with a low-cost paid community that becomes the foundation for upselling higher-ticket products to a warm, self-selected audience.

ARR $50K–$400K · AUTO 4/10

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36COMMUNITYBERG 54MAYBE

Founder Residency Program (HF0 Model)

A curated live-in accelerator for elite repeat founders that removes all life logistics so they can build in monk-mode for 12 weeks.

ARR $0–$2M · AUTO 2/10

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37COMMUNITYBERG 53MAYBE

Design Engineer Community & Content Platform (The Lenny's Newsletter for Design Engineers)

A paid community, newsletter, and resource hub specifically for the emerging 'design engineer' hybrid role—filling the gap between pure design content and pure coding content.

ARR $150K–$1.8M · AUTO 6/10

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38COMMUNITYBERG 53MAYBE

Common House — Membership-Based Physical Community Club

Build a beautifully designed, membership-based physical space in a mid-sized city that fosters genuine human connection through structured programming, co-working, and shared meals — at a price point below Soho House.

ARR $400K–$2M · AUTO 2/10

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39COMMUNITYBERG 52MAYBE

Niche Executive Peer Community

A membership community modeled on YPO/EO but hyper-focused on a specific professional niche — agency owners, dental entrepreneurs, CTOs — providing peer advisory, events, and curated connections.

ARR $200K–$5M · AUTO 3/10

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40COMMUNITYBERG 52MAYBE

Curated Group Travel Experiences for Creator Communities

A business that organizes expert-led group trips exclusively for members of a creator's community, monetizing audience trust through premium travel experiences.

ARR $150K–$3M · AUTO 3/10

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41COMMUNITYBERG 52MAYBE

IRL Mastermind Community Business

Organize paid, small-group in-person mastermind retreats for entrepreneurs in specific niches, held quarterly in different cities.

ARR $100K–$1.2M · AUTO 2/10

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42COMMUNITYBERG 51MAYBE

Heavy Runner Category Race Series

A new competitive running race category and event series designed specifically for 'heavy runners' (180-200 lbs) who came from lifting backgrounds, creating a new weight-class-like competitive niche in endurance sports.

ARR $100K–$2.5M · AUTO 2/10

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43COMMUNITYBERG 50MAYBE

Cup of Sugar – Friendly Neighborhood App

A positive, community-first neighborhood social app that unbundles Nextdoor's functionality, focusing on helpful neighbor connections, local deals, and community events rather than fear and gossip.

ARR $150K–$5M · AUTO 5/10

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44COMMUNITYBERG 50MAYBE

Intentional Founder Community Builder (Franchise Model)

A productized playbook and platform for building hyper-local entrepreneur peer groups in non-entrepreneurial cities, inspired by Ottawa's 'Fresh Founders' model.

ARR $120K–$1.5M · AUTO 4/10

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45COMMUNITYBERG 50MAYBE

Paid Community for Female Entrepreneurs

A subscription-based membership community for women building businesses, offering peer support, expert training, and accountability programs.

ARR $300K–$6M · AUTO 5/10

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46COMMUNITYBERG 48MAYBE

Sofar Sounds for Talks — Intimate Variety Show Events

A branded, trusted format for intimate in-person variety shows — mixing comedians, scientists, and speakers in private venues — modeled on Sofar Sounds' formula but for talks and entertainment.

ARR $100K–$1.2M · AUTO 2/10

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47COMMUNITYBERG 48MAYBE

Entrepreneur Peer Mentor Pod Platform

An online platform that matches solo entrepreneurs into structured peer accountability and mentorship pods, solving the loneliness problem of early-stage founders.

ARR $80K–$650K · AUTO 5/10

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48COMMUNITYBERG 47MAYBE

Structured Peer Forum Community Business

Build a paid, facilitated peer forum product for specific non-entrepreneur communities — replicating the EO/YPO forum format for new verticals like parents, executives, creatives, or men's groups.

ARR $60K–$500K · AUTO 2/10

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49COMMUNITYBERG 47MAYBE

Membership Community for Bootstrapped Founders (Community Empire Model)

A curated, high-retention paid membership for indie founders and solopreneurs that bundles peer community, expert workshops, accountability sprints, and software deals under one monthly subscription.

ARR $200K–$1.5M · AUTO 4/10

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50COMMUNITYBERG 46MAYBE

Product Hunt for Feel-Good Up-and-Coming Creators

A curated discovery platform for underrated, positive-impact creators who are building businesses on top of their audience.

ARR $100K–$1.5M · AUTO 5/10

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51COMMUNITYBERG 44MAYBE

Decentralized Creator Product Studio

A community-powered product studio where a creator's audience co-builds and co-distributes new SaaS tools and digital products, splitting upside across contributors.

ARR $200K–$2M · AUTO 4/10

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52COMMUNITYBERG 44MAYBE

Physical 'Cathedral of Knowledge' Creative Retreats

A network of curated physical houses or retreat spaces around the world designed as immersive creative and intellectual environments for writers, thinkers, and knowledge workers—'Disneyland for writing.'

ARR $500K–$5M · AUTO 2/10

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53COMMUNITYBERG 44MAYBE

X Games DAO Acquisition

Form a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to collectively purchase the X Games IP from ESPN/Disney for ~$50M and reimagine it as a web3-native extreme sports property.

ARR $2M–$25M · AUTO 2/10

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54COMMUNITYBERG 44MAYBE

Archive: Decentralized Community Museum

A Web3-powered platform where communities collectively curate, acquire, and place culturally significant physical art and artifacts in impactful locations worldwide.

ARR $500K–$5M · AUTO 4/10

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55COMMUNITYBERG 43MAYBE

Take Your Headphones Off Community

A paid membership community for screen-addicted young people featuring daily offline text reminders, weekly IRL meetups in major cities, accountability partners, and digital detox challenges.

ARR $50K–$250K · AUTO 4/10

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56COMMUNITYBERG 43MAYBE

Luxury Prefab Membership Club

A Soho House-style membership that gives subscribers access to a rotating network of luxury prefab homes in desirable destinations like Catskills, Sonoma, and Napa.

ARR $500K–$5M · AUTO 4/10

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57COMMUNITYBERG 41MAYBE

Nest Labs Model — Science-Based Productivity Community of Practice

Build a paid or freemium community of practice around neuroscience-backed productivity where members self-organize learning events, accountability groups, and skill-building sessions rather than just consuming content.

ARR $100K–$1.2M · AUTO 6/10

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58COMMUNITYBERG 39MAYBE

Phone-Free Experience Retreats

Weekend or multi-day unplugged retreat experiences renting off-season summer camps for families, friend groups, and young professionals seeking genuine digital detox.

ARR $150K–$900K · AUTO 3/10

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59COMMUNITYBERG 38MAYBE

Wikipedia 3.0 — Tokenized Knowledge DAO

A decentralized, token-incentivized successor to Wikipedia where contributors earn governance tokens for high-quality edits, unlocking a larger and more innovative contributor base.

ARR $0–$2M · AUTO 5/10

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60COMMUNITYBERG 38MAYBE

Vibe Marketing Community + Course (Skool/Slack)

A paid membership community and course platform for non-technical marketers learning to build AI-powered marketing workflows, with workflow templates, live tutorials, and peer support.

ARR $80K–$500K · AUTO 5/10

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