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Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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Post by yaj54 »

MS90 wrote: post #155
avip wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are multiple companies building and selling window cleaning robots. Drones are... terrible for this use case.

You know, I never realized until I read your comment that "drone" seems to specifically refer to a UAV, and "robot" to a terrestrial type. Which is strange to me, since when I hear "drone" the first animal that comes to mind is an ant. I thought it'd just be a catch-all term for any kind of bot.

A drone ant is a (fertile, male) flying ant.

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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Post by tiborsaas »

avip wrote: post #143
tiborsaas wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> ideas are EASY That's true. I see a few things behind the monitor right now. 1) Trees. Let's do something with them, like planting them at scale, maybe mess with their DNA, WCGR? 2) The window has birdshit on it. Let's build window cleaning drones. 3) Ceiling lights. These are really crap make a really smart, well designed one for office environments.

There are multiple companies building and selling window cleaning robots. Drones are... terrible for this use case.

I didn't mean a flying thing and I know multiple companies exists. Good ideas doesn't need to sound novel at their core.

I can't recall now where, but heard the word drone used for robots. Maybe the boundary is getting blurrier?

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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Post by Bjartr »

preommr wrote: post #80
fencepost wrote: post #57

Even without the list being suitable for mockery, ideas are EASY . Ideas are like opinions, everybody has one. Take a shower, have some ideas. Go out for drinks, hear a bunch of drunk people talking about the great idea they just had. Winnowing out the chaff (not done here) is harder because not everyone agrees on what's chaff, and building a successful company for any of many definitions of success is harder still.…

Having a good idea is at least half of what will determine a successful product. The problem is that people confuse having an idea with having a good idea. The latter will be something that has things like a justifiable business model, a business plan (seriously, things like path to market and understanding the consumer market are important), something unique that can hook users etc.

For a true Scotsman's definition of "good"

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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Post by mythz »

fencepost wrote: post #57

Even without the list being suitable for mockery, ideas are EASY . Ideas are like opinions, everybody has one. Take a shower, have some ideas. Go out for drinks, hear a bunch of drunk people talking about the great idea they just had. Winnowing out the chaff (not done here) is harder because not everyone agrees on what's chaff, and building a successful company for any of many definitions of success is harder still.…

You need to execute well, but you also need to be working on the "right idea" for it to become successful.

The simple core ideas behind Dropbox and AirBnB were seemingly disregarded by many devs and investors when first pitched, but have proven themselves to be valuable. Even Google wasn't initially considered to be a good idea where Yahoo rejected acquiring them for $1M, but turns out Search Engines displaying contextual relevant ads has become one of the most valuable businesses in history.

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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Post by adamwintle »

k__ wrote: post #146

I subscribed to a few newsletters that would send me startup ideas and problems to solve on a daily basis. But somehow that didn't do anything for me. Some even would offer to connect me to people with the problem, but I had the feeling even with people who would say "I have problem X and I'd pay for a solution" the whole process was still too abstract for me. I think this has more to do with the business side of thi…

Can you share the links to those newsletters? Sounds interesting, thanks!
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