Things we're actively building together. Updated as work progresses.
Building a systematic algo trading operation based on an algorithm Ryan's had in progress for a few years. Goal is sustainable, rules-based income through trading algorithms — not speculation. Start small, validate ideas, scale what works. No real capital until a strategy proves itself in paper trading and backtesting.
Research viable retail algo strategies and evaluate brokers (Alpaca, IB, Tradier).
Building a lead gen service targeted at small businesses that actually delivers qualified leads, not just volume. The insight came from Brent's microblading shop — he paid for lead gen and didn't get great results. Gap in the market: quality over volume. Everyone sells leads, nobody sells qualified customers ready to buy.
Pick first niche (microblading? dental? home services?). Talk to Brent about what he wished he'd gotten.
An AI agent that calls and reserves services autonomously — restaurants, hotels, airline tickets, appointments. User says "book me a table at X Friday at 7," and the agent handles the entire booking dance. Inspired by OpenClaw's call-and-reserve. Key differentiator: actually does the booking, not just finds options.
Narrow first use case — restaurant reservations, travel, or appointments?
Build the intelligence layer on top of existing grocery services. User submits a list plus category preferences (produce from Sam's, meat from Aldi), the app automatically splits orders across stores to minimize cost, presents a total for approval, then submits all orders. Value prop: "Pay us $X/month. We'll save you more than that or you don't pay."
Research store APIs (Instacart, Walmart, Kroger, Target, Aldi, Sam's). Map integration complexity.
An agent that tracks gift recipients and proactively surfaces recommendations before birthdays. Goal: never miss a birthday, never scramble for ideas. Runs a cron job that checks for upcoming birthdays and searches Amazon for relevant gift ideas.
Populate the recipients file, then wire up the cron and Amazon search integration.
Exploring ownership-based opportunities: acquiring a business as a path to scalable income and real equity. Evaluating businesses as a portfolio manager — looking for leverage, sustainability, and fit with Ryan's skills and goals.
A system that continuously monitors topics, sources, and opportunities. Superseded by more focused project work. The monitoring and intelligence-gathering functions live on in how we approach research across the active projects.
A daily creative practice to compound intellectual output. The habit of consistent idea generation lives on — but the formal project structure has been replaced by the more focused work across the active projects. Ryan's 25-ideas list from 2026-05-26 is the real artifact now.