Ideaz

In today’s fast-paced college life, one of the biggest problems students face is the lack of a proper platform to connect with each other for academic, cultural, and personal needs. Many students struggle to find study groups, project partners, or even updates about campus events. While WhatsApp and random notice boards are used, they tend to be unorganized or limited. This is where my idea, Campus Connect, comes in.

Solving a real-world problem:
Campus Connect aims to provide a single digital platform where college students can interact, collaborate, and stay updated. Instead of relying on word of mouth or scattered social media groups, students can find academic resources, upcoming events, lost-and-found posts, and peer connections all in one place.

Highlighting gaps in current solutions:
Currently, students depend on multiple channels like WhatsApp, Telegram, posters, or college websites. The issue is that these sources are often messy and not centralized, causing information to get lost easily. There is no effective system to find classmates who excel in a subject, to join a club, or to buy or sell second-hand books. Campus Connect fills this gap by offering one organized platform designed specifically for students.

Who benefits:
The main users are students, but teachers and clubs can also benefit. Students can find study partners, mentors, and details about events. Clubs and committees can use the platform to promote activities. Even newcomers can use it to adjust quickly to campus life. The overall college community becomes more connected, which improves both academics and social life.

Why this problem matters to me:
As a student, I often find it difficult to know what is happening on campus unless someone tells me. Sometimes I miss workshops or cultural events just because I didn’t see the notice. Forming project groups is also a struggle since I often don’t know who is interested in the same topic. This idea matters to me because I have faced these issues, and many of my friends feel the same way.

Optional technical details:
Campus Connect can be developed as a simple mobile app or website. It can include features like student login with college email, an event calendar, discussion boards, group chat, and a marketplace for books and items. Notifications can keep students updated so that no opportunity is missed.

In conclusion, Campus Connect is a practical Lean Startup idea because it starts small with a Minimum Viable Product, such as event updates or a group finder, and can expand based on feedback. It directly addresses student problems, is low-cost, and has a high impact.

Campus Skill-Share Platform

Many students on campus have unique skills—coding, graphic design, public speaking, photography, or even cooking—but there is no structured way to share and learn from one another. At the same time, students often spend money on external courses or struggle to find mentorship within the university. The problem isn’t lack of talent; it’s the lack of a platform to connect skills with learners.

The solution is a Campus Skill-Share Platform, a web and mobile application where students can list the skills they’re willing to teach, along with availability, format (online/offline), and level (beginner/intermediate/advanced). Others can request sessions, join workshops, or collaborate on projects. The platform could use a simple credit system—students earn credits by teaching and use them to learn other skills—ensuring fairness without involving money.

Existing solutions like Coursera or YouTube tutorials don’t create the same peer-to-peer, trust-based, and local community learning experience. By leveraging students’ expertise, the platform fills a unique gap that external platforms cannot provide.

The main beneficiaries are students themselves—learners who want affordable, personalized learning and teachers who want recognition and practice in sharing knowledge. Over time, this could extend to alumni and industry experts, building a larger knowledge-sharing ecosystem.

This idea matters to me because I’ve seen classmates struggle with topics I was comfortable with, while I also wished I could learn skills like video editing from peers. Creating a structured platform ensures no skill goes wasted and every student benefits from the diverse talent pool within the university.

The problem:

We’ve all been there—needing a pressure cooker for a family gathering, a drill to hang a painting, or someone to quickly fix the WiFi. These things exist all around us, sitting in our neighbour's homes, but we rarely ask. Instead, we spend money buying the same items, and they end up gathering dust most of the year. What’s worse is that in the process, we hardly know the people living right next door.