How to start a On-Demand Body Doubling to Start a Task business: plan and growth
Once started, people can work for hours, but they can't make themselves take the first step. The problem is starting, not doing.
An owner can start “On-Demand Body Doubling to Start a Task” from a complaint people already posted. The offer, in one line: A panic button that connects you to a person or AI companion for 2-3 minutes, just to get started. It is for people with ADHD, remote workers, and students. Charge a subscription, and test a price between $10 and $49 a month. Begin in more than one country. Buyers already talk about this in r/getdisciplined. One thread gathered 36 votes and 44 replies across Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026. Use that room to meet the first twenty buyers. Do not export it, and do not republish the posts. The idea, the evidence, and the market estimate on this page are free to read. Two paid prompts finish the job: one drafts the offer, the price, and a ninety-day calendar; the other drafts a month of conversations and proof. One credit unlocks both. A software specification is not on this site. When the company is the product itself, a single link further down opens the founder library.
I can work for hours once I start, but I can't make…r/getdisciplined · Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026 · 36 votes · 44 replies · Open the thread
Who would pay
People with ADHD, remote workers, and students. Start in more than one country, and charge a subscription, testing a price between $10 and $49 a month.
The thread above is the public complaint this business can learn from. Verbatim quotes are not invented. Further sources, when a later report adds them, stay with the evidence.
What buyers use today
- Focusmate (scheduled)
- Discord study rooms
The offer, in our words
Instant video body-doubling on demand (not a scheduled session): a 2-3 minute 'start button' with a live human or AI companion that covers just the start.
Score 3.40, Warm. Pain, willingness to pay, demand, and the gap in current options drive it. We are not scoring how fast you can code.
Market size
An estimate, built from the bottom up: real customer counts × a realistic price. It shows the size of the prize, not a forecast.
TAM Total addressable
$414M a year
2.3M members · 15% of US adults with a current ADHD diagnosis
SAM Serviceable
$124M a year
690,000 members · online, English-speaking
SOM Obtainable in 3 years
$1.2M a year
6,900 members · 1% of the reachable segment in three years
What that means
6,900 members at $15/mo = $1.2M ARR
Medium confidence · estimated Oct 2026
How we estimated this
- Base: 15,500,000 US adults with a current ADHD diagnosis.
- Has the problem: 15% (assume 15% would use body doubling weekly).
- Revenue per member: $180 per year ($15/mo).
- Reachable: 30% (online, English-speaking).
- Three-year capture: 1% of the reachable segment.
TAM is customers with the problem × revenue per customer. SAM is the part a new business can reach. SOM is a cautious three-year share of SAM. The bars use a log scale. A share marked “assume” is our judgment, not a measurement.
The business-plan prompt
The offer, the price, and a ninety-day calendar, written for an agent. 1 credit unlocks both prompts for this idea: this plan and the growth playbook below.
# Business plan prompt: On-Demand Body Doubling to Start a Task You are writing a practical plan for one owner who will sell this as a business. Do not write a software specification, a venture memo, or a feature list. Use short sentences. Where a number is unknown, give a range and say what to measure. ## The business Working name: On-Demand Body Doubling to Start a Task What the customer gets: A panic button that connects you to a person or AI companion for 2-3 minutes, just to get started. Who pays: People with ADHD, remote workers, and students
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The growth playbook
Thirty weekdays of conversations and proof. Not an ad plan. Included with the plan above, on the same credit.
# Growth prompt: On-Demand Body Doubling to Start a Task You are planning thirty days of distribution for a business that already has an offer. The offer: A panic button that connects you to a person or AI companion for 2-3 minutes, just to get started. The buyer: people with ADHD, remote workers, and students. Price band: between $10 and $49 a month. Do not propose ads, a viral loop, or a rebrand. Propose conversations, proof, and a repeatable weekly rhythm. ## Starting point A public thread in r/getdisciplined drew 36 votes and 44 replies. The pain, in the owner's words: Once started, people can work for hours, but they can't make themselves take the first step. The problem is starting, not doing.
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Questions
How much money do I need to start?
Enough to talk to buyers and deliver the offer once. A service version can start with a written process and a way to take payment. A software version is a larger bet and is not required to test the price. The band to test is $10–49 a month.
How should I price it?
Test a price between $10 and $49 a month, charged as a subscription. Raise it after three paid pilots, not before the first conversation.
Where do the first customers come from?
r/getdisciplined is the clue. A related thread gathered 36 votes and 44 replies. Show up there, follow the room's rules, and ask for conversations. Do not scrape it.
Do I need to write code?
No. The prompts on this page draft a plan and a month of growth. Code is a later choice. The founder site linked once below is where the build document lives, if you want it.
The founder library has the software specification and a done-for-you build. Read the agent PRD
A two-week build starts at $10,000 on that site, after a $1,000 scoping fee.
Plans and growth playbooks
One credit opens both prompts for this business.
The idea, the evidence, and the market estimate stay free. The business plan and the thirty-day growth playbook for On-Demand Body Doubling to Start a Task cost one credit, together, and stay unlocked.
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