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Re: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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Post by swombat »

edw519 wrote: post #17

Have you had another idea you’d pay if existed? 1. A device that rings a bell or flashes the lights in any/all rooms of my house if my cell phone is at home and rings. This way I don't have to carry it with me everywhere in the house. 2. A service which lets me know which restaurants have excess capacity and will give me a discount if I come right now. 3. A reasonably priced dependable on-line grocery service that de…

7. A device that automatically disables any cell phone in any car within 50 car lengths of me and heading in my direction.

Thanks, you just disabled my GPS, so now I'm looking at my phone trying to figure out what's wrong, instead of looking at the road. That's an idiotic idea if I ever heard one.

Re: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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Post by hugh3 »

rednaught wrote: post #26
edw519 wrote: post #17

Have you had another idea you’d pay if existed? 1. A device that rings a bell or flashes the lights in any/all rooms of my house if my cell phone is at home and rings. This way I don't have to carry it with me everywhere in the house. 2. A service which lets me know which restaurants have excess capacity and will give me a discount if I come right now. 3. A reasonably priced dependable on-line grocery service that de…

1. I use a cordless phone at home with stations in every room. The base unit has bluetooth which when paired with cellphone(s) is able to receive calls. I drop the cell phone off at my charging station when I get home and never pick it up again until I'm ready to leave the house. 4. Isn't this the Peek(getpeek.com) device? 6. Doesn't Windows have to work first before a working clone can even be fathomed? I kid.

1. Neat. Just to clarify, this doesn't require a landline?

I keep my phone on vibrate all the time, which tends to mean that when I'm at home I miss a lot of calls. I'd definitely pay for a thing that looks like a regular landline phone but docks with my mobile phone.

Re: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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Post by hugh3 »

hornbaker wrote: post #28
run4yourlives wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Number 7 rocks. :)

Not sure about that. Here's how it plays out: 1) driver coming towards you gets disconnected from her call; 2) she looks at phone to diagnose problem, starts to redial; 3) drifts across center line just before reaching you...

Not to worry, I'm sure it's highly illegal anyway.

Re: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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Post by gkoberger »

1. Software that shows videos of real visitors using our website

http://www.clicktale.com/

3. A wrapper around PayPal

Why put lipstick on a pig? I'd rather use Stripe (not as full featured yet, but getting there)

4. An iPhone code editor with Github / Heroku integration

Github lets you edit and commit tiny changes right from the site.

5. Zerocater for startup swag

Lots have tried; nobody wants to pay for swag it seems. [Edit: I misread this one, they want their own swag.]

http://www.schwa.gd/

http://techcrunch.com/2006/05/04/get-web-20-schwag-from-vall... (closed)

http://www.startupschwag.com/ (closed)

Re: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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Post by bobds »

swombat wrote: post #31
edw519 wrote: post #17

Have you had another idea you’d pay if existed? 1. A device that rings a bell or flashes the lights in any/all rooms of my house if my cell phone is at home and rings. This way I don't have to carry it with me everywhere in the house. 2. A service which lets me know which restaurants have excess capacity and will give me a discount if I come right now. 3. A reasonably priced dependable on-line grocery service that de…

7. A device that automatically disables any cell phone in any car within 50 car lengths of me and heading in my direction. Thanks, you just disabled my GPS, so now I'm looking at my phone trying to figure out what's wrong, instead of looking at the road. That's an idiotic idea if I ever heard one.

Do GSM jammers also affect GPS devices?

It's illegal in most places anyway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_jammer#Legalities

Re: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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Post by gkoberger »

edw519 wrote: post #17

Have you had another idea you’d pay if existed? 1. A device that rings a bell or flashes the lights in any/all rooms of my house if my cell phone is at home and rings. This way I don't have to carry it with me everywhere in the house. 2. A service which lets me know which restaurants have excess capacity and will give me a discount if I come right now. 3. A reasonably priced dependable on-line grocery service that de…

Have you ever seen a senior citizen try to use an iPod? A better idea would be "as easy as a toaster."

Re: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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Post by mikeryan »

gkoberger wrote: post #34

1. Software that shows videos of real visitors using our website http://www.clicktale.com/ 3. A wrapper around PayPal Why put lipstick on a pig? I'd rather use Stripe (not as full featured yet, but getting there) 4. An iPhone code editor with Github / Heroku integration Github lets you edit and commit tiny changes right from the site. 5. Zerocater for startup swag Lots have tried; nobody wants to pay for swag it seem…

Lots have tried; nobody wants to pay for swag it seems

I think you're missing the point. This is startups ordering schwag for itself. Not for other people to order the coolest new startup's shirt.

Github lets you edit and commit tiny changes right from the site.

How would you test them? The ask is for a complete stack right on his phone.

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