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Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

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

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2. Yelp for business services This is exactly what BestVendor is doing. www.bestvendor.com

Just signed up, and I don't know how I feel about it. On one hand I really like the UI and sign up process, because it actually made me want to give them information for some reason. On the other hand I feel like they just robbed me because they didn't give me access to the site.

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

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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…

#5 already exists, my dishwasher has an LED on the front that does just this.

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I think it would be awesome if there was a "Google Voice" for Snail Mail. You would give out one address and it would follow you everywhere. This would be especially great for those 18 - 25 that are going off to college and will end up living in multiple places over a short period of time before settling down.

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

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"2. Yelp for business services" Take it three steps further. I want to know what tools of all types other developers are using. I'm a game developer want to browse what other studios are actually using and sort based on developer size, time, and more. For example what do people use for Source Control? Small devs probably use Git or SVN. Show a time trend and SVN likely trends down and Git way way up. Large devs will…

Yes, this would be awesome, particularly the time plot.

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

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post #10

How does AngiesList not satisfy #2? Seems to me that this article could be a little less manna-from-heaven and more inclusive of the unmentioned-but-existent.

True, though I think this thread has done a great job of bringing some of the unmentioned-but-existent apps to light, more so than a few hours of research by the authors. Something of a side-effect, and one of the reasons I click on "comments" for many HN stories.

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

#90

I think it would be awesome if there was a "Google Voice" for Snail Mail. You would give out one address and it would follow you everywhere. This would be especially great for those 18 - 25 that are going off to college and will end up living in multiple places over a short period of time before settling down.

earthclassmail.com - one address; they scan in your mail so you can check it online from anywhere.
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