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Help Me HN: Can't think of new ideas I am interested on working on

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Re: Help Me HN: Can't think of new ideas I am interested on working on

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Post by david927 »

prodigal_erik wrote: post #52
david927 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US citizens can own shares in a foreign public company. That company can sell shares. There's nothing the SEC can really get mad about here.

The SEC can bring felony charges against individuals offering unregistered securities, not just penalize a corporate entity that created the shares. As I understand it, it doesn't even matter whether the securities actually are shares of a corporation, or just some similar enough instrument. Before doing this, I would make very sure either the foreign corporation or the foreign market meet exemptions well defended in…

individuals offering unregistered securities

These are fully registered securities. It's legal.

Re: Help Me HN: Can't think of new ideas I am interested on working on

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Post by open »

kpbernard wrote: post #62

We have the opposite problem. Lets have a chat if you're STILL stuck in you effort to find exciting, fresh ideas. I have a few I think you'd be excited about. Contact me.

Don't see your email. The email field in your account settings is not public. You would need to add it to the public profile box (about)

Re: Help Me HN: Can't think of new ideas I am interested on working on

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Post by turbojerry »

"Can't think of new ideas I am interested on working on"

That is a huge itch to scratch, perhaps if you created a product / service that would help people like you think of new ideas and filter them quickly that would be of value? For example I just used the "Apply To Self" idea from neuro linguistic programing to take your problem and create a solution see-

http://www.hypnosis101.com/wordpress/nlp/sleight-of-mouth/ap...

Re: Help Me HN: Can't think of new ideas I am interested on working on

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Post by biturd »

I thought I would give this thread some time to mellow out. I can't see your email address in your profile. I am in the Bay Area, as I believe you are. Currently not working and have a good deal of spare time.

Would you mind having a quick email to perhaps see if we can colab on something?

I am sure you got a lot of comments and thought that at one time your email was listed, and now it is unlisted. I won't take up much of your time, but I too am bored with where I am at, and want to do something that is not driven by money as the sole reason to do it.

I have a few ideas that are not unique in any way. The ideas themselves may not even be all that fun or challenging aside from the technical aspects of scale. Most would need to scale as large as many of the largest trafficked sites popular today.

What I think would be fun is the challenge of entering a market that is owned by only one player. Being the #2 is not always a bad thing, and shooting to make your #2 the new #1 sounds really fun. To me, it becomes about execution of the idea, which is the fun part.

Any idea will eventually become boring, you will complete it, and the challenge of starting will be over. Growing and executing your idea different from how it ever has been done is what motivates me.

If you at all would not mind having a short email or two, maybe there is something we can work out.

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