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Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?

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Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?

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Post by balzss »

elicash wrote: post #25

A more honest way to say "ideas are worthless" would be to claim that there's no such thing as a first mover advantage. Here's a take that looks into that question fairly: https://hbr.org/2005/04/the-half-truth-of-first-mover-advant...

I totally agree with you and thanks for sharing the article. I'll read it later.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?

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Post by jcadam »

There are a lot of us with the technical chops (and/or can get a team together) to make a good software solution/product/service that are stuck on step 1: Identifying a real problem that companies will pay money to have solved for them.

I wish there was a place/service that would connect businesses with real problems (that they either can't or would rather not solve in-house) with aspiring (tech) entrepreneurs. I'm sure there's a large number of such opportunities out there, probably in industries/domains most software devs don't have much experience in and wouldn't think to explore.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?

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Post by balzss »

NateEag wrote: post #23

I just maintain such a list on my website: http://www.nateeag.com/software/ideas.html I haven't tried to publicize it at all (well, until this post). Start the list on a website somewhere, and if you want people to look at it, submit it to HN, Reddit, et al. That should give you everything you need. Not everything needs to be a platform.

> Not everything needs to be a platform

I couldn't agree more. I was thinking about a github repo so people can contribute via pull requests. I should have put more emphasis on the fun part and how I don't want it to be a Business Ideas™ because that goes against the spirit of my original goal.

I also like your list. Maybe I should put my list on my website as well. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?

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Post by AznHisoka »

rtx wrote: post #27

Kickstarter look at products which have good response and see if you can execute faster and better.

Same for upwork requests. See if you can find common tasks that can be automated or generalized into a product.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?

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Post by balzss »

Iv wrote: post #26

Ideas are not just cheap, the huge majority of them are actually bad. Most ideas are actually not worth the time to consider them. If you want a repository for good ideas, I think first you need to find a way to filter the bad ones.

You are spot on. After checking some recommended sites here (e.g. /r/appideas) it's clear that a lot of people just shitting out (for lack of a better word) ideas without half of a thought on execution. I think there are a particular kind of people who do this. The kind who wants to patent everything and always looking for the Next Big Thing™.

I have no solution for this other then focusing on the following things:

    - How detailed the idea is. The mere fact that someone took the time to think about it and write it down (1-2 page at least) is a good first filter that throws out things such as "It's like tinder but for job search".

    - Limiting it to "technical" people who has experience with actual execution of ideas and instinctively point out problems
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