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Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund (2008)

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Post by Xeoncross »

matte_black wrote: post #37
pishpash wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Next step to make it more efficient is to accept rank lists and to federate, solving the matchmaking problem globally.

No, the next step is to tie in with DNA and ancestry services like 23andMe to help find a real mate for long term relationships and bearing children, and not just short flings or one night stands.

> 23andMe to help find a real mate for long term relationships

Wait. I thought long-term relationships were due to love/care, sacrifice, hard work, a common goal.

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Post by dwighttk »

shafyy wrote: post #22

#13: "One route would be to start with test prep services, for which there's already demand, and then expand into teaching kids more than just how to score high on tests." This is what we're trying :-) Especially the paragraph:

that was a good paragraph

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Post by wuliwong »

ghaff wrote: post #10

It's interesting to read the list and contemplate among other things the ideas that have arguably been solved (or at least partially solved) but in ways that weren't obvious. For example, #1 about RIAA, I'd argue that it was never solved but with streaming stations in particular, it's just not such a pressing issue today. Some certainly haven't happened (e.g. fixing news). The list also seems to assume a lot more rep…

I think the replacement of incumbents is interesting. You have the classic AirBnB from Craigslist. I think that's in their founding story. I also use an app called Reverb. It is basically a sliver of Craigslist or Ebay. I'm not sure what other examples are out there but I bet there is still more meat on that bone. :) Certainly these sites are one-to-one replacements but they are taking out a section of the incumbent site.

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Post by wuliwong »

CodeSheikh wrote: post #5

For #8. Dating, it has progressed pretty significantly with the likes of OkCupid, swipe-based apps (Tinder, Bubmle, Hinge), CMB to name a few. Heck it has done so well that IAC spun off its dating group as a separate business entity with its own IPO of The Match Group.

OkCupid was founded in 2004. But Tinder definitely changed the space.

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Post by ghaff »

Patrick_Devine wrote: post #49
seanalltogether wrote: post #19

I would love it if someone tackled the auctions market better. Ebay continues to focus more on being a marketplace, and promoting buy it nows. A real auction house should extend the time limit as long as people are putting in bids.

The trick here is to make auctions seem _fair_. Every economist loves the idea of an auction because it is inherently more fair to sell a good at the price convergence of what someone is willing to pay with the scarcity of the object. The problem is that it often leaves all of the buyers unhappy. Either you got outbid and are annoyed that you need to keep looking for that good, or you won the auction and potentially…

>I think the problem here is that Ebay doesn't give any metrics on how frequent an item comes to market, nor does it give any pricing history for how much an object typically sells for.

I'm pretty sure you used to be able to search on completed auctions. I seem to remember doing that. But you seem to be correct that there's no way to do it now that I can see.

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Post by pascalxus »

HugThem wrote: post #40
pascalxus wrote: post #34

I solved #16! If you are "searching" for a food or recipe based on it's nutritional contents (for example: I want foods/recipes high in potassium and selenium, but low in sodium), check out https://kale.world/c You can search by over 20 different nutrient types, weight them, and filter them to your hearts content.

Where is that data from? Also, it looks like you republish recipes from other websites. Do you have their permission to do so?

i don't have the actual recipe, just the ingredients. With a link to their recipe. there are no instructions on our site, except their description which they publish through JSON+LD. Basically all the info we show is just stuff they publish through JSON+LD

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Post by reza_n »

abalone wrote: post #46

My take (just the first five): 1. A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom. Spotify & Apple Music. Pay $10/mo for unlimited access to most music. Took the wind out of music piracy. (TV & film are undergoing a similar transition to subscription models, more slowly.) 2. Simplified browsing...Grandparents and small children don't want the full web... Apps. Remember this list is from just one year after the…

> 3. New news.

NY Times topped $1 billion in subscription revenue last year. Quite a feat and definitely an indication that money is to be made in digital news.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/business/new-york-times-c...

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Post by matte_black »

paganel wrote: post #47
matte_black wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, the next step is to tie in with DNA and ancestry services like 23andMe to help find a real mate for long term relationships and bearing children, and not just short flings or one night stands.

The DNA thing sounds dystopian. Maybe that’s where we’re heading, anyway, but it doesn’t feel right.

To me it sounds like the opposite, a utopia. All throughout history, genes have been passed down through natural selection based on short term traits. If we can select partners based on things like longevity, cancer resistance, disease risks, IQ, we can produce a better world filled with better humans, slowly but surely.

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Post by pascalxus »

ThePadawan wrote: post #41
pascalxus wrote: post #34

I solved #16! If you are "searching" for a food or recipe based on it's nutritional contents (for example: I want foods/recipes high in potassium and selenium, but low in sodium), check out https://kale.world/c You can search by over 20 different nutrient types, weight them, and filter them to your hearts content.

I have until now always used http://nutritiondata.self.com/tools/nutrient-search which has lots and lots of variables.

this one's much more comprehensive and contains all the foods: for example cream of tartar for highest potassium. Kale.world limits the food search to less esoteric choices, mostly primary ingredients, rather than including everything under the sun.
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