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Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by braunshedd »

econcon wrote: post #27

Converting Plastic Waste into 3d printer filament Project: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho... Hopefully, this will reduce the use of virgin plastic for creating art pieces in 3d printing community and you might be able to create beautiful and useful things out of waste plastic while cleaning plastic waste from the environment. It's a profitable business. I worked on this in my free time d…

I'm curious about how you're tackling some of the problems I've seen with prior recycled-plastic-to-filament projects. IIRC printer filament is very sensitive to moisture and impurities, which are hard to control for when using recycled materials (even when mixing with a proportion of virgin plastic)

Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by meisterbrendan »

smichel17 wrote: post #15

Snowdrift.coop is a crowdfunding platform specifically for free/libre/open (FLO) public goods -- freely-licensed software, music, journalism, research, etc. It's based on a new funding mechanism we call Crowdmatching, where patrons pledge to support projects with a monthly donation proportional to the number of others making the same pledge ($1 per 1000 patrons). We operate as a non-profit cooperative. The site itsel…

Damn! Sounds super worthy. Wish I could help--rock on!

Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by meisterbrendan »

lksslr wrote: post #29
meisterbrendan wrote: post #2

I'm a designer here in SF. I'm VERY EARLY in exploring an idea. The problem: calls where I'm trying to catch up with more than 5 or so friends aren't great. If you think about an actual house party, there's a room with music playing where you hang out and don't talk so much, but there are also other spaces, like talking by the food table or going to get a drink and striking up a conversation. None of those constructs…

Similar idea, early stage, but already a working concept: We are working on https://laptopsinspace.neesh.de Edit: no mobile support yet

super cool. what are you doing with it? what are you trying to make?

Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by econcon »

braunshedd wrote: post #31
econcon wrote: post #27

Converting Plastic Waste into 3d printer filament Project: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho... Hopefully, this will reduce the use of virgin plastic for creating art pieces in 3d printing community and you might be able to create beautiful and useful things out of waste plastic while cleaning plastic waste from the environment. It's a profitable business. I worked on this in my free time d…

I'm curious about how you're tackling some of the problems I've seen with prior recycled-plastic-to-filament projects. IIRC printer filament is very sensitive to moisture and impurities, which are hard to control for when using recycled materials (even when mixing with a proportion of virgin plastic)

I buy shredded waste plastic.

Which means = they take car dashboard, wash it with water/solvent then shred it into very tiny pieces.

I take it and dry it in oven then I put that in an airtight jar, and let it cool to room temperature over next 24 hours.

I mix it with some virgin plastic (also dried and stored in airtight container)

Then I pour the plastic into hopper and extrude it into filament.

This filament is made from recycled blue ABS: https://youtu.be/Xirli3qDJlU

Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by lksslr »

meisterbrendan wrote: post #35
lksslr wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similar idea, early stage, but already a working concept: We are working on https://laptopsinspace.neesh.de Edit: no mobile support yet

super cool. what are you doing with it? what are you trying to make?

Thanks :) we have a couple of features lined up specifically targeted at (music) events, but are also putting some energy into making it suitable for artist talks and panels.

Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by mrjivraj »

I'm obsessed with the stock market, so I started writing about stocks last summer: https://playingfordoubles.substack.com

+Would love to discuss/co-author interesting investment ideas

+Would love to collab with eng/marketing to help grow readership

+Would love to chat about some data visualization ideas if that's something you're good at

Thanks!

Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by planert41 »

Legit - Twitch for Foodies

Legit helps you find, curate and share your favorite food/restaurant recommendations with friends using your mobile food photos.

Have a map of all the ramen your friends have tried and vouch for (pinned with photos, ratings and captions) when you visit Tokyo.

See all the restaurants your friends' have tried nearby, wherever you are, with a feed of all your friends' food photos, sortable by distance with a tap.

Imagine having a map of all the restaurants Anthony Bourdain has tried around the world.

We believe that when it comes to looking for good food, Friend-sourcing > Crowd-sourcing, because your friends share a similar taste in food with you.

People are already taking too many photos of their food, but those photos usually just sit in your photo album doing nothing. We want you to harness the data (and meta-data) from your food photos, to journal and curate all your favorite culinary experiences, so that you can share them with the people you love.

I'm the IOS dev building this out with some non-technical friends. We are currently in private beta with friends and family. We are potentially looking for someone to help with the Android/Web version, ideally someone who wants to work with Flutter.

We will be launching through several Foodie Facebook groups soon and plan to eventually work with food/travel content producers. We think that foodies and food/travel content producers are currently underserved by Instagram and YouTube.

Please reach out if anyone is interested in downloading the beta app or learning more about Legit. We are super excited to build the new Twitch for Foodies.

weizouang@gmail.com

Re: Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?

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Post by Aura369 »

I'm planning a launch for a digital marketing agency for funded start-ups with a focus on tech/medical/IT/saas. Along with paying clients, also take on a couple of probono projects; innovative ideas which have intent to change the economy by putting an emphasis on strengthening communities and education. All based on a strategy of positioning which is - New Marketing vs the old (no one wants to be marketed anything right now). I'm located in Israel, but looking for great thinkers in every industry all over, with new ideas - emphasis on new vs old.

If anyone is interested, and is a constant student of analytics, marketing and never assumes they know all there is to know - reach out and let's connect. auramge369@gmail

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