Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2 • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2

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Post by cd34 » Sat, Apr 21, 2012, 5:29 PM UTC

dreadsword wrote: post #7

cd34 wrote: post #2

Idea #4 is done pretty well with http://liveninja.com/

Looks very nice, but definitely room for competition; i.e. some of the ninja categories are pretty sparse, few ninjas seem to have been rated, etc. Not a household name - yet. Also seems to be geared towards consulting - i.e.: the design implicitly suggests that you'd be hiring someone for a block of hours, as opposed to signing up for a recurring lesson stream.

They launched Feb 28th at Superconf.net so, they haven't been open for very long. I do know they have multiple monetization systems for people, but, I think most of their early beta testers are doing the per minute/per half hour/block of time.

Re: Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2

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Post by snapclass » Sun, Apr 22, 2012, 5:45 PM UTC

jiganti wrote: post #8

mingfu wrote: post #3

#4 sounds like an awesome idea. who's with me? finding the right balance between how much people are willing to pay based on the quality of the teachers and making it worth while for quality teachers to spend their time would be a challenge I'd imagine among other things but I really do like the premise.

http://snapclass.com is very close to this.

My name is Scott Mandel, I'm the Co-Founder of Snapclass. You are right we are similar to this idea. Snapclass connects teachers and students live via to exchange knowledge. Anyone can be a teacher and host classes for free or for a fee. Students can choose their teacher based reputation (reviews and rating), profile and availability.

We're launching in the next two weeks and we are looking for talented people.

- Talented backend developers in ruby on rails

- Java developers with experience in real-time video conferencing

Contact me at scott@snapclass.com.

Re: Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2

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Post by srconstantin » Mon, Apr 23, 2012, 3:51 AM UTC

Idea #1) Safemap Pull crime blotter data, and deliver the least dangerous route between two locations. Offer a "danger score" for locations.

Idea #2) Health Tracker with Correlations There are a lot of self-tracking apps out there; few to none of them do what the actual point of a self-tracking app is, which is to identify correlations between what you're tracking. (e.g. are you unhappier when you get less sleep?)

Idea #3) International Video Pen Pals Practice learning the language of your choice by being paired with a native speaker for video chat.

Re: Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2

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Post by tazzy531 » Mon, Apr 23, 2012, 3:54 AM UTC

srconstantin wrote: post #13

Idea #1) Safemap Pull crime blotter data, and deliver the least dangerous route between two locations. Offer a "danger score" for locations. Idea #2) Health Tracker with Correlations There are a lot of self-tracking apps out there; few to none of them do what the actual point of a self-tracking app is, which is to identify correlations between what you're tracking. (e.g. are you unhappier when you get less sleep?) Id…

#3: http://verbling.com/

Re: Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2

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Post by willpower101 » Wed, Apr 25, 2012, 9:39 PM UTC

I'm working on #5 as well. Including videos and tools. People simply don't know enough about this. But others are right, it's being done on blogs a lot - the catch is doing it with interaction. I think that will break the mold.

I'm also doing #5 with college financial aid, tuition, etc. People don't know enough about this when entering. It took me years, but I know some amazing tricks now. Time to share.

Re: Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2

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Post by dannyhaber » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 2:55 AM UTC

mingfu wrote: post #3

#4 sounds like an awesome idea. who's with me? finding the right balance between how much people are willing to pay based on the quality of the teachers and making it worth while for quality teachers to spend their time would be a challenge I'd imagine among other things but I really do like the premise.

I had a similar idea a few months back, using video teaching but with very talented people in the 3rd world say India and 1st world (to start America) students