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Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?

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Re: Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?

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Post by booruguru »

pkfrank wrote: post #14

Love this thread idea, had been considering posting one myself. - Tablets for seniors: when the elderly population sees an iPad ad, they're not captivated or entranced; they're intimidated and disappointed that they're left behind by technology. I envision the "jitterbug for tablets" -- built on Android with big, tactile buttons; a 'never get lost, take me home' feature; remotely controlled functionality (IE turn on/…

I don't get it. I thought the main selling point of an iPad is that it's even easier than a Mac. I mean, how much easier could a tablet be?

Re: Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?

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Post by refurb »

jonbischke wrote: post #10

A couple of years ago I proposed an idea for "AirBnB for self storage" on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-n... Still seems like a massive opportunity. $24 billion market in the US. Inconvenient locations (for many people). People have (collectively) a massive amount of under-utilized space. Not without its challenges but neither was AirBnB when it started.

Already exists (in SF at least). Roost, StowThat.

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Post by sweettea »

jonbischke wrote: post #10

A couple of years ago I proposed an idea for "AirBnB for self storage" on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-n... Still seems like a massive opportunity. $24 billion market in the US. Inconvenient locations (for many people). People have (collectively) a massive amount of under-utilized space. Not without its challenges but neither was AirBnB when it started.

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/08/20/startup-spotlight-roos...

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Post by homakov »

jonbischke wrote: post #10

A couple of years ago I proposed an idea for "AirBnB for self storage" on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-n... Still seems like a massive opportunity. $24 billion market in the US. Inconvenient locations (for many people). People have (collectively) a massive amount of under-utilized space. Not without its challenges but neither was AirBnB when it started.

Someone should do it; i like it

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Post by farmerinthecity »

jonbischke wrote: post #10

A couple of years ago I proposed an idea for "AirBnB for self storage" on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-n... Still seems like a massive opportunity. $24 billion market in the US. Inconvenient locations (for many people). People have (collectively) a massive amount of under-utilized space. Not without its challenges but neither was AirBnB when it started.

Makespace is doing this, at least in NYC. They have all my stuff that I'm almost ready to get rid of.

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Post by patrickyeon »

dang wrote: post #7

A Verilog/VHDL killer.

Please yes. I had hopes for Lava (1) but haven't heard much about it since I first read that page. The author might still be in the space? (2)

1. http://raintown.org/lava/ 2. http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~singhsu/

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Post by notdarkyet »

krapp wrote: post #4

Probably one of: - a "Rap Genius" for crowd-translating doujin manga (kind of exists on danbooru but not quite) - A collaborative gaming site for pen-and-paper RPG and boardgame players which would let you design and run your games as a virtual representation of the physical game (probably exists or else is a bad idea)

Re RPG Games:

I have heard Roll20 is pretty popular and fun to use. I have never done it myself but it seems like a really cool way to play.

http://roll20.net/

Re: Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?

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Post by elwell »

jonbischke wrote: post #10

A couple of years ago I proposed an idea for "AirBnB for self storage" on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Collaborative-Consumption/What-is-the-n... Still seems like a massive opportunity. $24 billion market in the US. Inconvenient locations (for many people). People have (collectively) a massive amount of under-utilized space. Not without its challenges but neither was AirBnB when it started.

I remember someone in the philly startup scene who was trying this a couple years ago. I forget what name they had.
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