So Normal, Lucky and Smart walk into a bar ...
... and after a year still can't find a punchline.
Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
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Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#532Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hah, good point. I don't like to rant usually, but this is for the good cause. I'm annoyed I feel the internet is turning more and more hateful. I'm annoyed writing and fixing tests takes half of my time when writing code. I'm annoyed business people only see the difference of salary asked and not what experience brings when having to choose between a junior dev and a senior one.
> I'm annoyed writing and fixing tests takes half of my time when writing code. Then just don't write tests and wait for what happens, when you find a bug 6 month into production. ;-)
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Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#533I have a couple of ideas if you are interested. I am working on an application to Y Combinator, but I have no experience and no contacts (yet) that can help me through the process. I would rather not post the ideas publicly. Can I email you?
Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#534I have a great idea that might interest you. I don't see a way to message on HN so reply to this if you want me to share it. Then I'll lost my email.
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#535Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#536Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah these are the people I like to talk to. I've built some great apps based on things I've been told by these folks.
Finding these people is a big challenge in itself...
Yeah you know, it's a great way to catch up with old friends and family. Just tell them you'd like to know their technical problems, and ask them to describe them. Sounds weird at first, but people love talking about themselves and will see it as you being interested in their lives, which is the truth. My dad told me about a problem that I built an app for years ago, and he still talks about it like it was the most amazing thing in the world. And once they know you're interested, all those people will tell you their technical frustrations pretty much anytime you see them. Sounds weird, I know, but it's something everyone can relate to, them having a technical frustration that you can solve. They'll appreciate you asking.
Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#537Hey, I work for YC and would love to talk to you about this -- feel free to reach out to kyle@ycombinator.com.
Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#538I have the opposite problem, I work as an analyst, I have a ton of ideas, and understand the tone of the industry, but I have no capital and limited team. I'd love to work on one of my ideas with a team, if you're interested let me know, I'll comment my email. Thanks, and good luck.
Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#539Make this. Somebody make this. Maybe it's not the obnoxious, catch-phrasey SaaS bulls*t you wanted to do, but it will change the world and you can be proud that you made it. There are millions of blind people in the world. They shuffle around with rudimentary technology. Literally sticks. But they still have ears. Synesthesia. Process the visual 3D world with a camera. Use head tracking. Convert it into an immersive…
My friend made exactly this (https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2016/5/soundvisio...) but it ended up not being marketable so they abandoned it and sadly never opensourced the code.
Re: Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a good idea
#540What I have been doing, to some success, is just finding products that have a lot of demand. If I can do something that's 10x better in a brief period of time, I do so. It's usually really easy to tap into an existing market than building from scratch.