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Five Startup Ideas

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Re: Five Startup Ideas

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Post by eps »

It'd be nice if someone would bother to set up a site or a wiki to collect these ideas in one place. Call it "Please somebody make this" and bootstrap it by annoncing on HN :)

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Post by nhangen »

eps wrote: post #2

It'd be nice if someone would bother to set up a site or a wiki to collect these ideas in one place. Call it "Please somebody make this" and bootstrap it by annoncing on HN :)

There's another idea :)

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Post by prawn »

On Culinary Education Site, a related concept perhaps could be a three column recipe format whereby each row has:

  Column 1: Ingredients involved in that step.
  Column 2: Instructions.
  Column 3: Reasoning, extra info. Things like why you're blanching and not boiling beans. Or potential substitutes. Or pain points to avoid.
Optionally a fourth column with the best user/tester annotations.

Some recipe sites end up looking like an eHow/similar article with just the most basic of info. I cooked a couple of tandoori lamb racks on Feb 14 as one course. The recipe I used was brief and didn't mention whether the tandoori paste should be left on the meat when roasting it, or wiped off or what. I was torn between imparting maximum flavour and going for the best roasted appearance - ended up sacrificing some of the finished look to go somewhere in the middle.

(Very simple and easy recipe if anyone wants the URL.)

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Post by mixu »

eps wrote: post #2

It'd be nice if someone would bother to set up a site or a wiki to collect these ideas in one place. Call it "Please somebody make this" and bootstrap it by annoncing on HN :)

You mean something like this (from a HN thread a while ago)?

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ag-R_ZlGO21NdE9HSWR...

Also related: http://www.builditwith.me/

The problem with idea sheets seems to be that most ideas are terrible...

Re: Five Startup Ideas

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Post by BenSS »

eps wrote: post #2

It'd be nice if someone would bother to set up a site or a wiki to collect these ideas in one place. Call it "Please somebody make this" and bootstrap it by annoncing on HN :)

I can't imagine any startup having a lack of ideas though. It's somewhat amusing seeing this on the front page right along with the how to pick an idea.
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