All ideas are very good. I think like I thought about 50% of this ones. Did you feel the same?
Particlularly enterprise software, it's sooooo bad, and its a huuuuge market, but seems nobody dare to make something new, or I'm wrong?
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund
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#372Hey people. Number 22, "a web-based Excel/db hybrid", was my previous pet project before openphotovr.org. I built a couple versions, showed them to some people, got some good responses, didn't put it online because of laziness and overwork. I'm willing to give free advice to anybody willing to tackle this problem. Also Kragen Sitaker used to work on this, you could try to contact him.
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#373The idea I submitted and worked on for three years when I applied in 2007 had three of those in one... I don't think anybody has executed on it yet, if you want to read my Spring 2007 application again. (Though if I apply again, it would be with another, more time-sensitive idea, which can also be split up into several of your categories.) I'm not trying to brag, but I did outline the exact way to beat eBay.
>I'm not trying to brag, but I did outline the exact way to beat eBay. And somehow missing out on a $20,000 investment stopped you?!? That is total bullshit; you would have just taken out $20,000 on a credit card, because beating ebay is literally worth billions of dollars.
Thanks for your feedback. From being rejected as a single founder, I decided instead it would be better to get some work experience in order to save money while continuing my college education in order to meet cofounders at work or school for another idea that wouldn't compete against eBay, and apply to YCombinator with a new idea, as stated (and with multiple founders). I think that is an excellent plan, and far more realistic than putting myself $20,000 into debt at credit card interest levels. I would highly advise others against doing what you describe.
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#374Would you fund start ups for operation in the Caribbean? Im from Guyana which is located on South America and is culturally, politically etc. a Caribbean state. Right now Jamaica is the tech hub in the Caribbean so I've been planning on moving there but I'm currently working on a few ideas by myself.
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#375Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, the thing you put before .com is part of the brand. The .com just adds legitimacy.
That's part of the value of a brand. If I see anything that's .biz or .info, it might as well be .ru for how much I distrust it.
Sure, in the same way that being located in San Francisco instead of Oakland is part of the value of a company.
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#377would a solution to the chicken & egg problem of dating sites be to populate it with people's profiles they already created on social networks like fb and myspace?
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#378I'd love to see more funding wishlists for non-tech ventures such as innovative coaching/entrepreneurial training that do not include IT as a backbone!
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#379With regards to #25, this is what we are trying to do with OLX (www.olx.com). We are getting a fair amount of traction internationally.
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#380I'm passionate about online learning. I like James Burke's knowledge web idea [ http://www.k-web.org/ ], but I'm not terribly optimistic about their approach/implementation. The idea is to make a network of knowledge which enables self-directed learning. Could incorporate tests/games, dependencies (to learn x, you need to learn y, or even complete a subgame), external references for further reading, and possibly a lo…
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These are really interesting ideas. Would you be interested in following up the idea in more details with me. Please contact me at khurram@geniteam.com