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

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Post by jedberg »

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.

Does that bluetooth cordless phone handle multiple phones? So that my wife and I can both use it?

Also, got a link or brand?

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

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Post by collision »

kapilkale wrote: post #42
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…

We hadn't heard of Clicktale before. Thanks.

I tried Clicktale, and it didn't work very well. I gave up half way through.

Observer (http://observer.no.de) seems like a good new solution.

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

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Post by rednaught »

jedberg wrote: post #91
rednaught wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Does that bluetooth cordless phone handle multiple phones? So that my wife and I can both use it? Also, got a link or brand?

Yes, they support multiple phones. Check the Amazon link that portman provided. It appears that all the major cordless manufacturers have sets that support this now. It's been pleasant to use since it (I'm using a Uniden set) has "just worked" for me since day one.

I'm actually going to set this up for my elderly mother for Christmas who has a regular landline but also a "dumb" cellphone. Her hearing is not that great so if the cellphone is not in her immediate proximity, she'll miss the call. In this case, I'm just interested in the redundancy for phone service in case of emergencies. It doesn't change how she will use the cordless phone at all but does provide us(her children) with more piece-of-mind. It really is this good.

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

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Post by kevt »

Great idea for posting up a wishlist for services, until I remembered the old saying of how people are terrible at predicting future behavior. Hence, never to ask potential customers the question, "would you buy/use this". I realize that this is in reverse (the writer is asking for it), and that they are not being lead by an interviewer, but shouldnt the same theory (that people cannot predict future behavior) still apply?

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

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Post by forrestthewoods »

kapilkale wrote: post #88
forrestthewoods wrote: post #49

"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.

So many amazing things could be done. The ideal situation is one in which users can quickly and efficiently mark all tools they use and also get them to update that list every ~6 months. It would integrate nicely with Stack Exchange network I think.

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

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Post by pm »

yolesaber wrote: post #35

I'm surprised there isn't a company that fits #5 yet. That seems like it would be a lot of fun. startupswag.com and hackerswag.com are taken but aren't hosted yet.

schwaggr.com

* +1 for omitting the e (but not all vowels) * +1 for sounding like "swagger" * -10 for reminding me of "Swagger Jagger"

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

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Post by robot »

hooande wrote: post #67
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…

Great ideas, Ed. Way to bring the thinky. Though I have to ask...why haven't you made any of these things? Your #1, #4, and #5 seem like weekend projects. I can think out the basis of the technical solutions for all of them while just sitting here. Granted, there are much better ways to spend a weekend. But hooking up my cell phone to the house lights sounds like it might be kind of fun. In general, why don't more ha…

#4 a weekend project?

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

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Post by kapilkale »

collision wrote: post #92
kapilkale wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We hadn't heard of Clicktale before. Thanks.

I tried Clicktale, and it didn't work very well. I gave up half way through. Observer ( http://observer.no.de ) seems like a good new solution.

Userfly.com was also brought to my attention.
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