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Brainstorm HN: Outlandish Startup Ideas Pool

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Re: Brainstorm HN: Outlandish Startup Ideas Pool

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Post by froo »

dryicerx wrote: post #2

I will start: * Online Grocery shopping with Automated reordering. The service provides a small RFID scanner for the trash can, and all items are tagged with a RFID. Anytime it's thrown away, the items are reordered (such as milk/eggs/drinks). Would work with your local grocery shop. * A everything recommendations system (such as Amazon's you might also like ) except spans all things (not just things to buy, but also…

I was thinking about this a few years ago, you probably wouldn't even need RFID, perhaps some barcode scanning grid around the rim, with beams pointing at different angles so that when something is placed in the trashcan, it can be potentially scanned already.

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Post by klein_waffle »

Form a consortium that aims to get drugs decriminalized as long as the government approves certain suppliers, and get them to write the law such that your clients are the likely beneficiary. This is worth billions in investment. Target an American state which seems to be on the tipping point and you could be very rich.

Except for the fact that existing drug cartels would kill you before you could succeed.

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Post by klein_waffle »

markessien wrote: post #4

Movie Software that provides stock footage of fixed sets (homes, gardens, etc) and places you in those settings perfectly. Also same with cars and so on - the software should be at a level where you could make a full movie without ever leaving your home.

you could make a full movie without ever leaving your home.

That is approximately the most depressing idea ever.

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Post by kiwidrew »

arfrank wrote: post #69

A online grocery store comparison shopping. Data is customer driven and pulled from the weekly shopper. Reciepts can be scanned in and processed to keep track of shopping. Shopping lists can be entered online to be cross checked against the closest grocery stores (you get to decide if going to 2 stores is worth saving $10 extra) and sent to your phone. Online grocers(amazon) even get in the mix to provide deals and f…

Shameless plug that you (being, presumably, a kiwi based on your grabaseat comment earlier) may find interesting: www.boozr.co.nz

I've decided to start with alcohol and work my way backwards towards groceries, but the idea is roughly the same as what you've outlined. :) Luckily here in NZ everyone except Foodstuffs (NW, Pak'n'save, Four Square) is online so getting the prices isn't too tricky...

Re: Brainstorm HN: Outlandish Startup Ideas Pool

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Post by klein_waffle »

Alex3917 wrote: post #76

I'm tired of sex shops that ship their products using discrete packaging. I want a store that ships products in packaging purposely designed to be as embarrassing as is plausibly possible. Charge double what a normal sex store does, and even if you only get a few hundred orders a day via Google you still have a decent business.

> I'm tired of sex shops that ship their products using discrete packaging.

I agree. Down with discrete; we need continuous packaging.

http://everything2.com/title/discreet%2520vs.%2520discrete

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Post by neilk »

Rental for moving boxes.

Whenever I move, which is fairly frequently, I have to make some trip somewhere just to get boxes. Then there's the effort of breaking them down and then either storing them or throwing them away.

How about some boxes which are just a little bit sturdier than normal, which could be rented? They are delivered to your home and then picked up again (perhaps part of the moving service) and reused for other customers.

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Post by kiba »

An online wargame in reality using geolocation and mobile phones.

Build game servers that serve as wireless mesh network and locate them throughout the city(Partnering with local businesses such as coffee shops). They can also store the company's weapon hardwares and suits to loan to player.

Players can also build their own weapon system and suits.

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Post by neilk »

Kidnap vacations. The ultimate thrill ride. You pay them some amount of money and they will arrive at your home, blindfold you, put you on a plane, and then take it off once you are in the foreign country. Then you have to work out where you are and how to get back.

I believe the government has been doing this for a while now.

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