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Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?
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#123D modeling objects (starting with retail products) for rendering on the web and in AR/VR. The AR/VR/WebGL world totally depends on 3D content. 99% of the companies who want to put 3D content out, don't have any in 3D or if they do it's inappropriate for the medium - for example they only have 200MB objects used for photorealistic rendering. Having good lightweight 3D models of objects/products etc... is probably a m…
I have been trying to get that service off the ground. I got the low cost 3d scanning and rendering down. Just don't have the space or funds to actually build up the library.
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Re: Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?
#13A high end upwork or elance that only has semi vetted developers, e.g those with github commits > 100. A simpler and cheaper version of meetedgar.com that keeps retweeting my blog posts on auto pilot.
have you used toptal before?
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#14Its not directly the answer of the question but relevant. I believe unaddressed/overlooked problems are the greatest origin of a potential startups but not what we think an legitimate idea, actually is. For the 1st time every idea seems awesome, take time revisit after a few days, you will wonder that most of the sparks are gone by now. If it still looks promising start doing your research. This is another eliminator of an unique idea. Though it doesn't have to be unique. But you should bring your own flavor into it.
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#15Anyone that can make hiring better would make a fortune. Even if you can make something super specialized like hiring for ai programmers or biochemists would make a fortune.
what kind of problems are you facing with hiring?
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#17One thing I have noticed is interaction during car servicing. When giving my car in for service, the person in charge at the car company usually has to call me on the phone and tell me to pick up the car. Perhaps this could be automated where the mechanic presses a button on his/her end and the car owner automatically gets a notification (via app?) to pick up the car.
My local Lexus dealership does exactly this. The software platform they use will send me a text message when my car is ready.
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#18Anyone that can make hiring better would make a fortune. Even if you can make something super specialized like hiring for ai programmers or biochemists would make a fortune.
Is it finding people or background checks or onboarding? What's the source of pain?
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#19A robot that can hold my baby's bottle.
Re: Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?
#20If I consider my industry going to bars to drink then the problem is lines. In 2017, I shouldn't walk/uber 20min in 20 degree weather to a bar only to find a 30min line which also has a surprise cover charge at the door. I've thought about this a lot and have some ideas...
I would approach this problem by opening a bar, not a startup.