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Ask PG: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund in 2010

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Ask PG: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund in 2010

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In 2008 there was a great discussion ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704 ) and a list of startup ideas that YCombinator would like to fund ( http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html ).

Do you think that it can be updated today? There are a lot more YC funded companies today.. maybe some of the problems are gone?

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Not sure if you're only looking for input from the funders themselves? Well in any case here's a fun idea I'd like to see implemented:

A music-making marketplace. What do I mean? Somewhere online that lets people sell simple musical components (like melodies, beats, lyrics, chord progressions /backing tracks) and musical services (like singing parts, mixing, playing, sequencing, arranging). Whole songs could be assembled in this entrepreneurial fashion.

How would the transactions work? Let people set there own terms (maybe support auctions), but one idea I had was everyone involved in the final track gets a cut of the songwriter royalties. If it's a hit, everyone could get rich! And sell the finished products on the front page, obviously (unless people opt to take it offsite).

If nothing else, it'd be something a bit different. Songs are often made like this anyway... Like the latest Eminem song was a beat from Alex Da Kid, probably using samples of something else, which Eminem put verses to, then a hook from an unknown singer was added, which was then rerecorded by Rihanna, etc

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Two ideas that have serious commercial value: - Decent document management (i..e handles word/excel, versioning inc. placing version info into docs, web based editor, audit log). - ISO auditing. auditing/tracking is a seriously lucrative field right now

can you elaborate on that document management?

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Two ideas that have serious commercial value: - Decent document management (i..e handles word/excel, versioning inc. placing version info into docs, web based editor, audit log). - ISO auditing. auditing/tracking is a seriously lucrative field right now

can you elaborate on that document management?

yeh, sure. Basically as part of some of the ISO standards you have to keep track of document versions and their edit history. It's all part of having an audit trail.

When I say every document they really do mean everything - from the simple notice printed out and stuck on the office door to the company disaster recovery plan.

There is not currently, as far as I can find, a solution for small-medium sized businesses to handle this.

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Would it be safe to assume you found that link via the Hacker Newsletter from last week? If so, that is great as my hope was it would rekindle some of the great talks on here from the past.

Yes! That was the initial source :) I was amazed that I haven't seen this before... Then I realized that this info is/can be a little bit outdated and need refreshing, hence my question to PG.
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