Reading the list I watched myself clicking on quite a few of the link-like titles, as if there was an actual project following the link. So there's definitely something to them ;)
I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
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Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
#132Love 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've had three ideas stolen from me directly, of the 10 or so I have tried in the past 5 years. All three were from people trying to specifically harm me; not from people wanting to run with the idea.
All my business plans/documents/etc are released under a GPL license. I consider PDF's to be the binaries, and provide .ODT files on request. I just delay the release a few months so I can get a head start (unless it's something timely like a refugee foundation).
Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
#133Love 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…
This is why I wont be stealing your ideas: http://www.ultraimg.com/images/captcha48d84.png
Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
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/
Strictly speaking, I don't believe in "Good" vs. "Bad" ideas, because ultimately those are opinion until tested by the market. A much better measure (which you do touch upon without saying directly) is feasibility: I blogged about this: http://soundingboard.tv/good-bad-idea/
This is what I get when I visit your blog: "This request has been denied for security reasons. If you believe this was in error, please contact support."
Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
#135There's a whole website dedicated to ideas like these: http://www.halfbakery.com/ Some of them are very funny, some might actually make good businesses.
We need this for tech/software dev ideas. Halfbakery is too half-baked, to much dreamy, semi-humorous nonsense... A real "Is anyone interested in a starting FLOSS project on github?" idea site would be great. I seem to recall there was on I signed up to, can't remember its name...
It was "upboat.us", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5916181
Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
#136Love 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've had three ideas stolen from me directly, of the 10 or so I have tried in the past 5 years. All three were from people trying to specifically harm me; not from people wanting to run with the idea. All my business plans/documents/etc are released under a GPL license. I consider PDF's to be the binaries, and provide .ODT files on request. I just delay the release a few months so I can get a head start (unless it's…
How do we request your .ODT files? No contact info is visible in your profile.
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
Feedback. The benefit of sharing your ideas is that other people get to spot holes in them before you find those holes the expensive way. In your analogy: your faster algorithm is probably not optimal. Sharing it with some people who can give feedback will make it better. Those people are probably not your competition, and your competition can talk to those people even if you don't. If the algorithm is going to make…
You completely dismissed the possibility that you come up with something better than anyone has and by sharing it you just give it to them for free.
Yes, because the chances of you coming up with something better than anyone else has, on your own with no consultation with anyone else, no feedback and no collaboration, is unlikely in the extreme.
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#138I feel like no-one has managed to build a small-business CRM (like his Shoebox CRM) effectively yet. I run a one-person business and I'm still using a colour-coded Excel sheet to try and figure out when I should bug sales prospects.
> I'm still using a colour-coded Excel sheet to try and figure out when I should bug sales prospects What are the problems with doing that?
Like keeping your company accounting in an Excel spreadsheet, too easy to make mistakes, forget how certain features you've built work, and doesn't scale beyond a single user.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
What were the 12 that you ticked off? I would love to see an idea that hit 12 of them - I can’t think of an idea in history that has hit 12 if you mark fairly. From my conversations with people about this list there seems to be quite a divergence in how people are marking off if their idea meets a criteria or not. For example, people consider that their idea is not easy to replicate because someone like them could no…
social media thing (just assume it's this.cm. Mine is an experiment and I don't plan on making money on): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7¹, 8, 9, 10², 11, 12², 14, 15, 16 ¹ not counted, as I'm not the first mover ² debatable edit: I don't think my Idea is an easy opportunity to make money because of the network effect (which ironically makes tick a few of the points), making it hard to gain critical mass. And It's also hard beca…
I am surprised that you consider a social media opportunity can be bootstrapped (i.e hits point 1). Has there ever been a successful social media company that has not required outside funding?
I think I really need to flesh these checklists out more.
Re: I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
What were the 12 that you ticked off? I would love to see an idea that hit 12 of them - I can’t think of an idea in history that has hit 12 if you mark fairly. From my conversations with people about this list there seems to be quite a divergence in how people are marking off if their idea meets a criteria or not. For example, people consider that their idea is not easy to replicate because someone like them could no…
Please do a follow up because I'm working on an idea that hits 19 of the points you list. Last year me a 2 of my friends sat down in a pub one night and did a brainstorming session for me (IT ideas) and 1 of the others (a writer - so story/article ideas). We were trying to do the 100-10-1 process. Harder than it looks, but me and my other friend got 50 ideas each. Then over the next 2 days whittled it down to 5 ideas…
I will do a follow up and flesh out the criteria in more depth so that everyone is on the same page. I use this list to judge my (and other people’s) ideas, so I know what each criteria means, but as this thread has showed there must be quite a divergence between my judgement and others.
I would certainly love to talk to anyone about their ideas if they are meeting 19 off the list! Very impressive.