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I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Post by jxm262 »

simi_ wrote: post #19
captn3m0 wrote: post #6

I keep mine on GitHub[0], however mine aren't really business ideas and more like long-term side-projects with very little scope for making money. [0]: http://github.com/captn3m0/ideas

Same [1], but I'm considering deleting it, as most of them are shit anyway. After seeing Assembly die in less than 2 years [2], I filtered my side project ideas through a "do you see this running in 10 years?" filter, and I saved them as bookmark folders [3]. 1: https://github.com/andreis/ideas 2: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wUe7XO... 3: here they are cask.space: website for brew cask packag…

I'm genuinely curious how,why assembly failed. I really liked that project, it had alot of good people and potential imho.

Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Post by danieltillett »

There are some good things on this list.

The real estate industry is a bit of a hobby of mine and the problem with trying to bring it into the 21st century is there are some very powerful vested interests who want to keep things as they are. It is also very local which makes it hard to scale. You have to unlock a lot of value or have very good local connections to get any where.

Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Post by ihaveajob »

sivers wrote: post #21

Love it. Two years ago I did this, and wrote a little something about it when I started: "Why my code and ideas are public" https://sivers.org/ws I blogged about it to call attention to it for one main reason: I wanted to see if anyone would "steal" the ideas. Because it seems to be many (MANY) people's biggest worry about sharing any ideas: that someone will steal them. See the comments in https://sivers.org/how2hir…

For a while, when smartphones started tracking workouts and I got into cycling, I wanted to build a system that turned every single ride into a time trial where you compete against others. Then Strava happened. My only regret was not trying to get a job with them when I first heard about it.

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Post by meeper16 »

sivers wrote: post #21

Love it. Two years ago I did this, and wrote a little something about it when I started: "Why my code and ideas are public" https://sivers.org/ws I blogged about it to call attention to it for one main reason: I wanted to see if anyone would "steal" the ideas. Because it seems to be many (MANY) people's biggest worry about sharing any ideas: that someone will steal them. See the comments in https://sivers.org/how2hir…

I opensourced all of my money.

Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Post by scrollaway »

danieltillett wrote: post #38
sivers wrote: post #21

Love it. Two years ago I did this, and wrote a little something about it when I started: "Why my code and ideas are public" https://sivers.org/ws I blogged about it to call attention to it for one main reason: I wanted to see if anyone would "steal" the ideas. Because it seems to be many (MANY) people's biggest worry about sharing any ideas: that someone will steal them. See the comments in https://sivers.org/how2hir…

Derek I think you are right about why none of these ideas have been stolen :) As a general rule you don’t have to worry about your ideas being stolen unless you are lucky enough to have a truly brilliant idea [1]. The chance that you have a brilliant idea is very low. 1. By brilliant I mean an idea that checks more than 10 off my list. http://www.tillett.info/2015/08/30/ideas-are-not-cheap/

You sure about that scale? It doesn't seem particularly hard to check off 10 items off that list. I tried a previous failed idea, an idea I didn't follow up on yet and an idea I'm currently working on and got 8, 10 and 12 respectively, skipping some items I don't have an answer for.

I mean I would consider all three of those good ideas, but I definitely wouldn't call them brilliant.

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Post by graham1776 »

danieltillett wrote: post #42

There are some good things on this list. The real estate industry is a bit of a hobby of mine and the problem with trying to bring it into the 21st century is there are some very powerful vested interests who want to keep things as they are. It is also very local which makes it hard to scale. You have to unlock a lot of value or have very good local connections to get any where.

Mine too, we should talk. I agree after having worked for both small startups and large corporate REITS. Most of my ideas are incremental vs monster changes. Eventually though someone will throw enough money or the government will start to regulate it enough for innovation to start.

Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Post by graham1776 »

quaffapint wrote: post #36

Was recently approached to work on a commercial real estate idea similar to a lot of yours in the idea of making things easier and more modern. I know nothing of the field, so it's interesting to read your ideas on it and see you share some of the same sentiments.

Would love to collaborate or talk over the phone. Shoot me an email!

Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Post by graham1776 »

angryasian wrote: post #22

"Housemax - Carmax for single family homes, buy it now price, close in 10 days, instant home liquidity." Opendoor founded by Keith Rabois is as probably as close to this idea as you'll ever get. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2015/02/26/startup-opend...

Good call. This idea was a little old and there are some new interesting startups in this space.

Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas

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Post by graham1776 »

desireco42 wrote: post #23

So people publish this, but for some reason, either these are high quality ideas, or they resonate with me better, but I really like them a lot. Since it is open, I might do some and who knows, it might even work.

Would love to collaborate if you are interested! Let me know.
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