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Re: Bad Startup Idea - Your next weekend project

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LinkedIn, but for Cooking

Definitely niche, but not bad. It might be cool to have a system like that for connecting young, promising Chefs with more established ones. I don't know too much about cooking, but I bet it's hard for Chefs to convey their expertise and experience with a traditional resume.

Re: Bad Startup Idea - Your next weekend project

#22

Spotify, but for business Motivational audiobooks? Hmmm....

So I refreshed and got "Github for Cooking" which sounded funny at first, until I thought about it. Which then led into a 15 minute discussion with the wife expanding on the idea. Now I wanna build it.

I'm pretty sure I've seen "GitHub for Recipes" pop up on HN before. Can't recall it's name at the moment, but it was definitely discussed here fairly recently.

Re: Bad Startup Idea - Your next weekend project

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All actually good startup ideas are bad ideas when they are started. Everybody thought twitter was retarded, and nobody had any idea social networking was even going to be a thing when facebook launched. If you only work on things that people agree seem like a good idea, you are probably the 5th team that is working on it, and you probably started about 3 years too late. This actually ends up giving many real success…

> All actually good startup ideas are bad ideas when they are started.

Hmmm. I've just created a website for an event happening next year, that around 16 million people in the UK will probably take part in. http://www.euroelection.co.uk/

Re: Bad Startup Idea - Your next weekend project

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

He means that execution is more powerful in general. If you can sell snow to an Eskimo, imagine what you could do with a good idea.

Absolutely, you need both. I'm not sure how to quantify which one is more powerful or important, especially since "idea" can mean many things, from a very vague concept to a fully fleshed out and vetted business plan. I was just taking issue with the "ideas are worth nothing, execution is everything" mantra.

Let me quote Derek Sivers: "To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions."

http://sivers.org/multiply

Re: Bad Startup Idea - Your next weekend project

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post #12

Meanwhile my restaurant owner friend wants me to sign a NDA for his startup idea. Oh God, why?

Being "unable to sign this agreement" is a great way to decline the opportunity to do all the development, maintenance and marketing for the idea for 49% equity and a nice meal in the nicest way possible.

Re: Bad Startup Idea - Your next weekend project

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All actually good startup ideas are bad ideas when they are started. Everybody thought twitter was retarded, and nobody had any idea social networking was even going to be a thing when facebook launched. If you only work on things that people agree seem like a good idea, you are probably the 5th team that is working on it, and you probably started about 3 years too late. This actually ends up giving many real success…

> All actually good startup ideas are bad ideas when they are started. Hmmm. I've just created a website for an event happening next year, that around 16 million people in the UK will probably take part in. http://www.euroelection.co.uk/

Am I missing something? Can you complete the thought?
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