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Random Ideas For Sites and Startups

32 points by pepeto 14y ago

Feel free to take, comment, do etc

klearvue 14y ago
"Mobile Mating App – You define your gender and parameters of your phone. Then you mate it with other peoples phones..." - hmm, all my phones are spayed and neutered to prevent phone overpopulation.
thejosh 14y ago
Website doesn't work here.
- milesokeefe 14y ago
  Here's a pastebin of the article: http://pastebin.com/bjq9zR4B http://pastebin.com/bjq9zR4B
dedene 14y ago
For "Online Mindmaps", there is already the awesome http://www.mindmeister.com/?r=5892 http://www.mindmeister.com/?r=5892 software!
- pepeto 14y ago
  Awesome, that's exactly what I have been looking for, thank you!
- jcampbell1 14y ago
  You should disclose that there is an affiliate code in that link.
true_religion 14y ago
> Live Cam Porn – site with channels. People watch only live. The better girls perform, the better rating. The more people visit, the more money girls will make through revenue sharing. You can pay money to be the one to interact with the girl (tell them to do things, talk with them etc). This is a solved problem. :) I'm really surprised the author hasn't run into it before. > Chat Support This sounds like a great idea, but I think we'd have a problem finding qualified parties to do it 24/7. It might work for lower grade work though like Wordpress support. > Your Recipes – A site where you keep your own recipes. Recipee sites do exist. I wonder what their short comings are in his eyes. > Discussion Board Online – Sounds a little like Branch.com as described.
- manuelflara 14y ago
  >> Discussion Board Online > Sounds a little like Bridge.com as described. You mean Branch.com?
  - true_religion 14y ago
    That's the one. Thanks. I edited it to correct.
denysonique 14y ago
"Vision without execution is hallucination" I have myself plenty of awesome ideas. I have noticed other people executing similar ideas and getting millions of funding. Ideas are worthless until you actually start working hard and execute them.
- pepeto 14y ago
  Right. I have one thing I am working on, but I am sharing all my other ideas so that if anyone likes something they can work on it. Sometimes someone has something similar and just by reading those summaries can come up with a mix or with the missing piece in his puzzle. You never know.
corporalagumbo 14y ago
uh... let me get this straight: live cam porn? what the fuck. what sort of "idea" is that? are you a pervert or something? or do you just have no respect for women maybe? do you have experience interacting with normal human beings?
- AznHisoka 14y ago
  Porn is a billion dollar industry. He's just giving people what they want - he has no control over WHAT they want.
  - priestc 14y ago
    Not anymore... the porn industry has been in a huge decline in recent years
- ipince 14y ago
  ? why so shocked? These sites already exist, and they not only cater to "perverts" with "no respect" for women. Either that or you'll be sad to realize that most people are, in your eyes, perverts who have no respect for women.
  - corporalagumbo 14y ago
    if you don't see the presence of this "idea" on this guy's list as at least a little off, and the tacit approval of HN readers as doubly off, i don't know what to say.
- mirsadm 14y ago
  Way to over-react. Oh no PORN! Save the children!
- icebraining 14y ago
  Do you consider women idiots who can't decide for themselves whether they want to accept such job or not? Respecting women is about respecting their decisions, not about treating them like children that you need to protect from themselves. And no, I don't enjoy or watch cam porn.
manojlds 14y ago
Are these original? In app referal? Aren't there many already? chat support? The example given, SO, HAS chat. Mindmaps online? Used many. And some perverted ideas!
- icebraining 14y ago
  What perverted ideas?
cfontes 14y ago
90% of those already exist... did you at search for any of those ?
- leftnode 14y ago
  Why is that a bad thing? Competition is generally good, and it helps prove theres somewhat of a market for these ideas already.
dong 14y ago
> Real Life Game Though I've never tried it out, look at http://www.superbetter.com http://www.superbetter.com for an interesting take on this idea. Plus the relevant TED talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs
brackin 14y ago
It's a bad idea to take a startup idea from this list and attempt to make a company out of it. You have to find something you're passionate about or something you want to fix. I seem to come up with ideas daily which was somewhat of a problem but when I wanted to work on my second company I wasn't sure what to do and tried to brainstorm ideas, this eventually failed but I did come up with an idea I'm passionate about outside of this process.
- nodemaker 14y ago
  Two things. 1) Well firstly you dont need to be passionate about something very specific. For example you can be passionate about making great websites that people love to use and thats it. Edison was passionate about inventing things (apparently also patenting them) for example. 2) I think brainstorming to think about what ideas you're passionate about is a great logical misstep( which I am also guilty of in the past). Rather, think about the things that people need and are willing to pay for and maybe ask yourself if you are really impassionate enough to not get into that market/business. (Ex: CRM Software is a booming market, yet I am too impassionate about that market to even consider getting into it.)
AznHisoka 14y ago
As for #1)In-app Referrals - I'm not so sure if this would be a business, but on the topic of apps, why not make a "Compete.com for apps", where you can track how many downloads a specific keyword can net you, or how many downloads another app has over time. of course, this type of data is only known by Apple, but you can run some heuristics for estimating it. Also app-store optimization is something that's relatively unsaturated now. Perhaps some sort of tool that runs statistics and gives you correlations on what factors goes into an app ranking high for a keyword.
mukaiji 14y ago
And for every idea mentioned, i thought to myself: "There's a startup for that."
austenallred 14y ago
I'm willing to bet he was a little horny and/or lonely while writing this. And while I think few if any are actually good ideas, you have to respect someone for posting their brainstormings publicly. Yet HNers will tear through and criticize each one like he was pitching them for funding.

32 points by pepeto 14y ago

Feel free to take, comment, do etc

"Mobile Mating App – You define your gender and parameters of your phone. Then you mate it with other peoples phones..." - hmm, all my phones are spayed and neutered to prevent phone overpopulation.

thejosh 14y ago

Website doesn't work here.

milesokeefe 14y ago
Here's a pastebin of the article: http://pastebin.com/bjq9zR4B http://pastebin.com/bjq9zR4B

dedene 14y ago

For "Online Mindmaps", there is already the awesome http://www.mindmeister.com/?r=5892 http://www.mindmeister.com/?r=5892 software!

pepeto 14y ago
Awesome, that's exactly what I have been looking for, thank you!
jcampbell1 14y ago
You should disclose that there is an affiliate code in that link.

true_religion 14y ago

> Live Cam Porn – site with channels. People watch only live. The better girls perform, the better rating. The more people visit, the more money girls will make through revenue sharing. You can pay money to be the one to interact with the girl (tell them to do things, talk with them etc). This is a solved problem. :) I'm really surprised the author hasn't run into it before. > Chat Support This sounds like a great idea, but I think we'd have a problem finding qualified parties to do it 24/7. It might work for lower grade work though like Wordpress support. > Your Recipes – A site where you keep your own recipes. Recipee sites do exist. I wonder what their short comings are in his eyes. > Discussion Board Online – Sounds a little like Branch.com as described.

manuelflara 14y ago
>> Discussion Board Online > Sounds a little like Bridge.com as described. You mean Branch.com?
- true_religion 14y ago
  That's the one. Thanks. I edited it to correct.

denysonique 14y ago

"Vision without execution is hallucination" I have myself plenty of awesome ideas. I have noticed other people executing similar ideas and getting millions of funding. Ideas are worthless until you actually start working hard and execute them.

pepeto 14y ago
Right. I have one thing I am working on, but I am sharing all my other ideas so that if anyone likes something they can work on it. Sometimes someone has something similar and just by reading those summaries can come up with a mix or with the missing piece in his puzzle. You never know.

corporalagumbo 14y ago

uh... let me get this straight: live cam porn? what the fuck. what sort of "idea" is that? are you a pervert or something? or do you just have no respect for women maybe? do you have experience interacting with normal human beings?

AznHisoka 14y ago
Porn is a billion dollar industry. He's just giving people what they want - he has no control over WHAT they want.
- priestc 14y ago
  Not anymore... the porn industry has been in a huge decline in recent years
ipince 14y ago
? why so shocked? These sites already exist, and they not only cater to "perverts" with "no respect" for women. Either that or you'll be sad to realize that most people are, in your eyes, perverts who have no respect for women.
- corporalagumbo 14y ago
  if you don't see the presence of this "idea" on this guy's list as at least a little off, and the tacit approval of HN readers as doubly off, i don't know what to say.
mirsadm 14y ago
Way to over-react. Oh no PORN! Save the children!
icebraining 14y ago
Do you consider women idiots who can't decide for themselves whether they want to accept such job or not? Respecting women is about respecting their decisions, not about treating them like children that you need to protect from themselves. And no, I don't enjoy or watch cam porn.

manojlds 14y ago

Are these original? In app referal? Aren't there many already? chat support? The example given, SO, HAS chat. Mindmaps online? Used many. And some perverted ideas!

icebraining 14y ago
What perverted ideas?

cfontes 14y ago

90% of those already exist... did you at search for any of those ?

leftnode 14y ago
Why is that a bad thing? Competition is generally good, and it helps prove theres somewhat of a market for these ideas already.

dong 14y ago

> Real Life Game Though I've never tried it out, look at http://www.superbetter.com http://www.superbetter.com for an interesting take on this idea. Plus the relevant TED talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs

brackin 14y ago

It's a bad idea to take a startup idea from this list and attempt to make a company out of it. You have to find something you're passionate about or something you want to fix. I seem to come up with ideas daily which was somewhat of a problem but when I wanted to work on my second company I wasn't sure what to do and tried to brainstorm ideas, this eventually failed but I did come up with an idea I'm passionate about outside of this process.

nodemaker 14y ago
Two things. 1) Well firstly you dont need to be passionate about something very specific. For example you can be passionate about making great websites that people love to use and thats it. Edison was passionate about inventing things (apparently also patenting them) for example. 2) I think brainstorming to think about what ideas you're passionate about is a great logical misstep( which I am also guilty of in the past). Rather, think about the things that people need and are willing to pay for and maybe ask yourself if you are really impassionate enough to not get into that market/business. (Ex: CRM Software is a booming market, yet I am too impassionate about that market to even consider getting into it.)

AznHisoka 14y ago

As for #1)In-app Referrals - I'm not so sure if this would be a business, but on the topic of apps, why not make a "Compete.com for apps", where you can track how many downloads a specific keyword can net you, or how many downloads another app has over time. of course, this type of data is only known by Apple, but you can run some heuristics for estimating it. Also app-store optimization is something that's relatively unsaturated now. Perhaps some sort of tool that runs statistics and gives you correlations on what factors goes into an app ranking high for a keyword.

mukaiji 14y ago

And for every idea mentioned, i thought to myself: "There's a startup for that."

austenallred 14y ago

I'm willing to bet he was a little horny and/or lonely while writing this. And while I think few if any are actually good ideas, you have to respect someone for posting their brainstormings publicly. Yet HNers will tear through and criticize each one like he was pitching them for funding.