Should you start these businesses in 2026?

7 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise monologue, Nick Kugelman evaluates several popular business models for 2026, offering a clear yes-or-no stance on each. He dismisses dropshipping, affiliate marketing, day trading, and media agencies (though noting agencies can be profitable) as poor choices, while endorsing AI automation services, real estate investment, coaching, and home‑service businesses as viable opportunities. His reasoning highlights brand‑building challenges, the ease of selling AI solutions, the low value of reselling others' products, the appeal of tangible assets, the undesirable daily grind of trading, the quick cash potential yet personal lack of interest in agencies, the value of paid advice, and the resilience of home services against automation.

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Dropshipping. No, you're not building a brand. AI automation. Yes. The easiest thing to make money on is selling people AI. Affiliate marketing. No, you're just hucking other people's products. Real estate. I think real estate's actually still very interesting. Day trading. No, I don't want to be stuck having to do something every fucking day. Media agency. No, I like agencies because you can make money quick and you can solve problems. It's just not my favorite business. Coaching business. Yes. I think getting paid for your advice is a great business to start. So go get smart and get paid for it. Home services. Yes. I think that if you know how to build a business, there's a lot of demand for that, and it's gonna be hard for the robots to disrupt you.