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Re: So someone "stole" your idea

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Post by tobyjsullivan »

junto wrote: post #25
tobyjsullivan wrote: post #11

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I seem to get a new great idea every time I drink a beer. That's what I want to tell friends every time they come to me with a "great idea" I should implement (as business partners, of course). That said, I still love hearing people's ideas. Just don't expect me to act on it.

I need a new side project. Can you give me 5 of your best ideas that you don't want to use? :-)

1. An app for helping freelancers estimate their income taxes. It takes their "estimated" income for the year (ideally a slightly low estimate) and then they record each invoice/payment. It tells them how much to set aside from each for income taxes at the end of the year considering their local tax rules. I'd kill for this if it was super simple to use and erred on the side of caution with amounts (I'd rather have too much set aside then too little). I'd like to actually implement this one myself if I ever get time.

2. Custom ready meals. Design and order customized microwavable/prepackaged meals and have them delivered to your door (logistics issue here). Great for all sorts of situations but mostly targeted at busy people who find themselves eating out too much, especially those with special diets. Could allow limitless variety.

3. An easier/cheaper way to post podcast episodes on a schedule. Try running a regular podcast and you'll get some idea of how limited the options are.

4. I strongly suspect there's room for yet another photo social app that is effectively snap chat (easily send photos to specific people) but where the photos stick around. Instagram has implemented this feature but it's a bit buried under all the other options and I don't think anyone uses it. Simplicity will rule this arena.

5. A daily deal monitoring service that alerts you when a specific product you need goes on sale on one of the many deal sites. For example, I want a robot vacuum (who doesn't?!) but it's not an emergency. I definitely do not subscribe to or watch daily deals. I want to sign up for an alert when someone has a daily deal for cheap robot vacuums.

If any of these exist, let me know. I want all of them.

Re: So someone "stole" your idea

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Post by lesterbuck »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #54
tinco wrote: post #47

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Please build a project milestone tree site. The idea would be that the users can make a project. Then split that project up in milestones, and then those milestones can be split into more, etc.. I think that fits very well to how the planning for a software project should work. Bonus points if you can make it into a Trello like system where you can assign team members to milestones etc.

And generalize it so the underlying framework can be used in other areas, such as manufacturing, where you need to estimate the time/cost to build an assembly, which is itself composed of other subassemblies. Then have the ability to store those subtrees separately, so if you're estimating a new product with some subassemblies you previously estimated, you can reuse that data. That's a product you can actually sell t…

HeyLaughingBoy, that's an interesting idea. I'd like more details, but your public profile has no contact info.

Re: So someone "stole" your idea

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

lesterbuck wrote: post #93
HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And generalize it so the underlying framework can be used in other areas, such as manufacturing, where you need to estimate the time/cost to build an assembly, which is itself composed of other subassemblies. Then have the ability to store those subtrees separately, so if you're estimating a new product with some subassemblies you previously estimated, you can reuse that data. That's a product you can actually sell t…

HeyLaughingBoy, that's an interesting idea. I'd like more details, but your public profile has no contact info.

Sorry 'bout that. Deleted the old email and forgot to add new one :-(

Updated now.

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