This is Brains on the Outside, a show about ridiculous business ideas. Every Monday, Alex and Andrew solve real businesses' real problems in the most ridiculous ways.
We are starting the new year with the second part of our awards show! This time we are nominating the business idea we would invest real money into, if we had enough real money to make investments!
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Viability is in the eye of the beholder. We host our first Brains on the Outside awards show, as Andrew and Alex try to choose what they believe is the most viable business they pitched this year.
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It's our Christmas special today and who better to discuss Santa with than Molly, an 11-year-old! We try to get the inside scoop on what Santa has been up to this year and what Molly thinks we might …
more balls! more players! more voting! Now that the World Cup is wrapping up, Andrew and Alex wonder what rules will be included in the sequel to football: Football 2. The two business-pitching buddi…
This week, as you crack open that little door and feast upon the chocolatey (or crunchy) snacks behind you can listen to our thoughts on advent calendars, present regifting and Hallmark Christmas Mov…
An anime dating sim to teach you coding! A banana to tell you to sell bitcoin! An annoying alarm! A social media with a timer! This week is packed a smorgasbord of innovative ideas from Durhack, a Du…
You can see a cover band version of The Beatles, but why isn't there a tribute version of theme parks? Or a tribute version of Formula 1, or art, or restaurants? After we pitch a tribute of everythin…
Elon has made it clear: no idea is bad enough to not be considered included in a future update to Twitter. We are more than happy to help speed up its death spiral by throwing more ideas into the mix…
We are back with another episode recorded in Brewdog Waterloo's podcast recording studio! The restaurant Dishoom lets loyal customers roll dice to give you free food - can other companies apply this …
It's Halloween! Monsters and candy are everywhere! Today is a day for the supernatural! No matter how much has changed, however, innovative business ideas are constantly important. Join us as we disc…
Recorded in the Brewdog Waterloo recording studio, this episode is all about food. It's an exciting time, but Alex has sadly forgotten all his Greggs' branded clothes! Greggs crossovers are obviously…
Living your everyday life and running a business is inherently risky, but does it have to be? The new Apple Watch promises to make certain extreme sports safer - we discuss whether the future Apple W…
Recently we went to the best wedding ever - but how can you plan the worst one? We pitch a business designed to keep unwanted guests out of your wedding ceremony, and then pitch another that plans wa…
Lies and misinformation are rampant on Twitter. There are people making ridiculous claims with zero repercussions. It can't go on, but how can we stop this? In today's episode, we pitch a new busines…
This is a commerce heavy episode. If you work in retail you're going to want to listen to this one. Shopping is changing and consumers have higher expectations of their supermarket experiences than e…
Andrew is in Bruges (like the film but hopefully with fewer murders) this week so we've got another remote episode and because it's Bruges, which is fancy and full of culture, this is an extremely hi…
This episode includes ideas that are mostly for animals. Humans can listen too but seriously, these are premium business ideas for the animal kingdom. We discuss a data platform that for A/B testing …
Alex dials in from France to pitch two radical new business ideas! Against all odds, we've created the only useful Web 3.0 blockchain app: a way to give animals and trees cute new names! And you know…
Even though they are still on holiday, Andrew and Alex attempt to create innovative, Four-Quadrant content to bring exciting business ideas to the masses. In this short holiday episode we play a quic…
Since Andrew and Alex are heading out on their summer holidays we are here with a shorter (but still just as innovative) episode. This week we play a quick round of the Clickhole game Business Walrus…