Win a government contract is the easiest and most straightforward one I can think of. Support some legacy codebase, take care of big company stuck with old software, help them transition or offer infinite support.
Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
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Re: Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
#22Call around 100 high net worth individuals. Tell them you're looking to build an app to help them manage all aspects off their life. Relationship with spouse, how to handle vices, deal flow, whatever. The point is that there are a lot of high net worth people that want something to simplify their life. For example, "when I get in the car and it is after 6pm but before 9pm and the car is headed west on the 401, text m…
This is actually a job - a personal assistant - and almost anyone who can afford $8k per month for one already has 2 [=
Re: Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
#23I think unfortunately here is exactly the wrong place to ask: we're in the center, and close to the pure-tech world. The small business ideas left are, almost by definition, in communities that aren't quite so online and well-connected.
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#24My startup ideas :) I've been designing and building audio software and hardware components for musicians since I was a teenager. VST plugins to start, then moved on to digital guitar effects and now Eurorack synth modules. I've also built custom midi controllers, traditional guitar pedals, you name it, I've designed and built it. I have absolutely no doubt that I could build a small, semi-successful company around t…
on hardware my understanding is that industry is the closest thing we now have to the computer boom before personal computers. Off the shelf products sold by retailers are pretty poor and not cheap with acceptable margin, often get hacked by demanding users on fixed budgets. High performance stuff requires actual hardware expertise and artisan craft, very expensive, low volume, made to order, and the margin is probably close to minimum wage. It's an industry thats run on passion, my pessimistic take is guitar insurance is likely much easier and far more lucrative.
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#25Uptime monitoring (imho as founder of OnlineOrNot)
This is a problem that is so incredibly solved it has spawned a giant industry of SaaS providers preying on the fact that a lot of engineering managers don't really understand simplicity. Raking in the cash without doing much of anything.
Why is having a high margin business a problem if the customer is getting the intended value they seek?
Re: Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
#26Not looking to promote my site here but I will do it anyway because it may be useful for you: https://microfounder.com There are currently 200 founders making $1.6M per month with their solo startups.
Question: How can your platform help me besides rendering me in awe of other founders?
Re: Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
#27Kitten mittens
Re: Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
#28Not looking to promote my site here but I will do it anyway because it may be useful for you: https://microfounder.com There are currently 200 founders making $1.6M per month with their solo startups.
Question: How can your platform help me besides rendering me in awe of other founders?
Motivation? Show that it's possible?
Re: Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
#29My startup ideas :) I've been designing and building audio software and hardware components for musicians since I was a teenager. VST plugins to start, then moved on to digital guitar effects and now Eurorack synth modules. I've also built custom midi controllers, traditional guitar pedals, you name it, I've designed and built it. I have absolutely no doubt that I could build a small, semi-successful company around t…
I’ve always been interested in writing VSTs, but haven’t really known where to start (I also need a motivating idea for one, but I’m sure that would come.) Do you have any resources that you would recommend for an experienced programmer and composer?
VST 2 was not so hard as you would imagine to get started. They are just a dll with a well defined interface. Sadly 2 is now deprecated by Steinberg but probably available. Don't know about VST 3.
However ... getting deep into DSP is another thing!
Re: Ask HN: What are 100K dollar ideas but not million dollar ideas?
#30Not looking to promote my site here but I will do it anyway because it may be useful for you: https://microfounder.com There are currently 200 founders making $1.6M per month with their solo startups.
Why should i join microfounder and not stick with indiehackers which is free?