A real media browser in the browser. I think current browsers have horrible interface to the local filesystem and it should be easy to improve.
Startup idea list
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#62A service which allows me to upload a document (PDF, .doc, whatever), input an address and then pay for it to be printed and sent to that address via mail (courier optional). I'd use this service so much: 1. Printers are fast becoming a thing of the past. How often will people need to use printers in five years time? 2. Lots of government functions still require printed documents (heck, even Twitter insisted that I f…
I had this exact same idea last week but it'd be a tough one to crack. The devil's in the details of the operation.
You'd have to solve at least the following problems: Print/sorting/packaging/mailing, privacy (most of the stuff you "need" to print is confidential), timeliness (usually when I print I need it NOW, like when closing a sale on a house)
But if you can solve them, or at least start to, I think it'd be a great opportunity.
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#63A github-like service for musicians that would allow: 1. Version control of compositions; 2. Forks of other musicians' "repositories" / compositions; 3. Contributions to other musicians' songs; 4. Possibly play the songs online; 5. Private / public repos; 6. Individual / band / group / organization repos. 7. ???
Kind of like this? http://www.beatlab.com/
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#64Trade your dead tree versions of books in for ebook versions + credit for more ebooks when value of book exceeds ebook wholesale cost.
Don't think this can be profitable in any way. What would you do with the dead tree books?
Ship in bulk to poor countries for use as bricks. There's clearly no other profit to be had for them.
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#65A service which allows me to upload a document (PDF, .doc, whatever), input an address and then pay for it to be printed and sent to that address via mail (courier optional). I'd use this service so much: 1. Printers are fast becoming a thing of the past. How often will people need to use printers in five years time? 2. Lots of government functions still require printed documents (heck, even Twitter insisted that I f…
What a great idea for an API that's connected to an existing app/programming like Evernote/Notability/Office and linked to an established network of "member" vendors like UPS/FedexKinkos/USPS/colleges.
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#66A service which allows me to upload a document (PDF, .doc, whatever), input an address and then pay for it to be printed and sent to that address via mail (courier optional). I'd use this service so much: 1. Printers are fast becoming a thing of the past. How often will people need to use printers in five years time? 2. Lots of government functions still require printed documents (heck, even Twitter insisted that I f…
Fedex already provides this service
fedex.com/office
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#67A service which allows me to upload a document (PDF, .doc, whatever), input an address and then pay for it to be printed and sent to that address via mail (courier optional). I'd use this service so much: 1. Printers are fast becoming a thing of the past. How often will people need to use printers in five years time? 2. Lots of government functions still require printed documents (heck, even Twitter insisted that I f…
Large chains like FedEx could implement this really efficiently since they already have offices all over the world. They can just print off at the nearest location to the target and minimize their expense. Getting a printed document hand delivered in an envelope can have a lot more impact over simply sending an email or fax.
They've been offering this service for several years:
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#68Here's a few I've been thinking about: - Remote aid delivery by drone: build and send small robotic aircraft to remote areas and drop aid, preferably starting with medicine (lightweight and very useful). Small helicopters (quadrotor drone copters as you see at TED/MIT) could land and accept return packages if necessary. Trips could be made to hazardous places where human-driven aid drops can't venture. Additionally,…
Regarding idea no. 2. You realize that putting electronics inside a microwave isn't as simple as that, right? http://i.imgur.com/OFEg9.gif
We have electronics on the surface of Mars, we certainly can fit one inside a microwave.
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#69A service which allows me to upload a document (PDF, .doc, whatever), input an address and then pay for it to be printed and sent to that address via mail (courier optional). I'd use this service so much: 1. Printers are fast becoming a thing of the past. How often will people need to use printers in five years time? 2. Lots of government functions still require printed documents (heck, even Twitter insisted that I f…
The French Post Office has this: https://lettreenligne.laposte.fr/
(And its invaluable companion service, online registered mail, for documents with legal significance.)
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#70Ok, I have no idea how to do this startup but it seems very profitable. Have you ever noticed how anyone under 40 believes with 100% certainty that social security won't be around for them when they retire. Well I think it probably will be around. Most big (popular?) government programs aren't going away no matter what the media says. So how about selling social security insurance. Buyers pay a premium each month to…
Insurance can't work if either all or none of your customers are going to file a claim, because the premise of insurance is that those who don't file claims pay for those who do. This insurance would have to charge a premium that would cover the "everyone files a claim" case, which means people would be paying N dollars in order to have a chance of getting their N dollars back. Not a good deal ;-)