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20,000 Startup Ideas
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Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas
#182I 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…
Flip it on its head: don’t start with an idea. Start by identifying a group of people you belong to (e.g. “Rails developers”), because it gives you an instant leg up in knowing their struggles. Then research their struggles. Write about them, and solve them. Grow an audience (read: email list). After all that research you’ll have a solid idea of what they already want and buy, and you can create that for them. Plus y…
It is a lot easier from a technical standpoint if the group you pick is not already in tech. Replace "rails developers" with something like "antiques collectors" or "massage therapists" or "arborists" any other profession that isn't saturated with software options already. These people all have smartphones and computers but probably have only crappy options for how those tools specifically accelerate their work.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
3) Surprisingly enough (to me); Unifi has done just that. https://store.ui.com/collections/led/products/unifi-led-pane...
Not fond of their colour temperature. If they had an option to change it, I'd install them all over my house.
Hundred percent agree. Especially if they upgraded it with >95 CRI and adjustable colour temp based on separate warm-white LED chips (not an array of RGBs).
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#184https://www.ideasarecheap.net
^^ I built this more or less on a bet about a year ago. Give it a dollar and it will give you a startup business idea.
(No Markov chains here, it's a couple of arrays of industries and keywords and a JS function that uses Math.random()... )