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I'm not in the Bay Area, but would be interested if this if it were online based!

Cool idea! Sometimes I wish Stackoverflow had a similar functionality, where rather than getting help, I could literally offer a cash bounty for the solution. I realize the focus o…

Would love to hear advertisers thoughts on using this service. Did you see a positive net gain? What was your budget? How did the system work for you?

Is it possible to get a user login to see what functionality has already been established?

run a web app that allows people to create custom online stores that is tied into a fulfillment system. We originally created the site geared towards everyone: artist, designers, c…

This looks so awesome, but I'm just so paranoid about entering in my bank account/Paypal info. Anyone else feel similar?

A football is a bad example. Say you wanted to track a toy. And allow for check in's or have your movements tracked?

Does anyone know the cheapest way you could use geo/gps tracking in an offline sense? I mean using it with a real world product that wasn't a cell phone. So it could be implanted i…

Looks like one of the founders of Kiva.org is behind it. It is a for profit version of Kickstarter. Anyone have beta access?

I will start it off... 2) I personally admire email campaign sites like campaignmonitor.com and mailchimp.com. They have created great businesses centered around a very simple prod…

Since the discussion for PG's ycombinator.com/ideas.html seems to have gone stale (and possibly out-dated) lets get a new discussion going. There are also a lot of "What do you wan…

Thanks!

Does anyone know any cheaper alternatives to Yodlee.com's banking API?

There was a site I came across that let you manage all of your PPC efforts in one seamless dashboard. I feel like maybe it was started or sold by someone who was interviewed on Mix…

So one of PG's business ideas is figuring out how to help companies outsource their IT department. Wufoo does a fantastic job for this with forms, but what other areas could this b…

After spending some time looking at different CRM software options, I very much felt that individual freelancers, or even small web design teams, we're largely being left out of th…

There are certain aspects of what I like to call the "Freelancer suite," basically tools that are designed specifically with the freelancer or small web team in mind. They basicall…

What would you think if a site existed that was basicaly a kickstarter but for startups/for-profit businesses. So a startup or concept would come on and post their idea and the com…

The "Lets talk about Etsy" post seemed to get some really good insight and feedback, so I thought I would do another about Opentable.com. I will throw out some questions to get thi…

Hey Josh, I have kinda asked this to the group, but thought I would direct it at you. Do you think other sub-markets of eBay could flourish as a separate entity? Or was Etsy just a…

I think these guys have also done a great job in showing how to chip away at eBay. Do you see any potential markets/customers/products that could also benefit from a dedicated site…

How does Etsy determine what people can sell and can't sell on the site? I know its all hand made, but how do they draw the line?

Do you think when they made those initials pitches investors had a hard time seeing the market potential for hand made items?