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Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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> 10799. Align wheels. Okay. > 11031. Transport the deceased to the funeral home. I think we've found another use for robots.

I’m pretty sure your mocking. But the funeral industry needs to be disrupted. Went through the process a couple weeks ago and it felt pretty scummy.

I don't really have a point here, but my wife and I recently looked at burial options and there's a beautiful cemetery near us but the only really affordable option is cremation and storage in a wall of tiny notches with little doors with an indoor/outdoor viewing area and garden for visitors.

I have started referring to it as, "Our Cubby" and my wife hates it.

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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"Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment."

No...no no don't do that you will stand a good chance of being electrocuted.

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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These are not startup ideas, but activities that people do. A startup-idea might be to find a way to make these activities easier.

To make this list more useful, there should be two additional datapoints: 1. How many people does the activity impact 2. How much does the activity impact each person. The product of these would be the total impact. Sorting by the amount of impact would give the most valuable areas for innovation, and there should already be a plenty of businesses focused on these activities.

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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I enjoy how some of them run together. 10933 and 10934 as an example: Clean, shape, and polish fingernails and toenails, using files and nail polish. Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.

I'm confused about 10933. Isn't that just a regular nails salon?

I've heard somewhere the way to find start up ideas is to take something like this list and add AI to it. How do you add AI to a nail salon start-up?

How about: build an augmented reality display for customers who are waiting to get their nails done. It's got a camera, and it will show users what their nails would look like with any of the styles offered by the salon applied.

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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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.

The idea is when an egg is fertilized. Producing a baby is a lot more work, and producing a successful adult is a lot more beyond that.

Re: 20,000 Startup Ideas

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm confused about 10933. Isn't that just a regular nails salon?

I've heard somewhere the way to find start up ideas is to take something like this list and add AI to it. How do you add AI to a nail salon start-up? How about: build an augmented reality display for customers who are waiting to get their nails done. It's got a camera, and it will show users what their nails would look like with any of the styles offered by the salon applied.

Looks like some of the large retailers are already doing this: https://mobile-ar.reality.news/news/modiface-applies-its-aug...
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