Topics related in general to business ideas and ideation.
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Instapaper for videos?
I love instapaper (read later or any similar tool), My question is who's going to do it for videos?
Imagine that you see a video but want to watch it later, you click your bookmarklet (browser ...
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How do I come up with a B2B idea?
I am a first time entrepreneur and have been on the lookout for an idea I can execute. I am interested in creating a service on the web for small and mid size businesses. My day job is a Software ...
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Suggestions for a video game site that deals with videos?
I'm about to launch a very (VERY) simple site for video games. It's basically a site that allows you to watch Youtube videos for video games.
I'm struggling with the "chicken or egg" problem. I was ...
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How many people should I get to fill out my survey?
I'm trying to do things the proper, "lean" way by looking to survey potential users/customers so I can develop a product people want. The survey is out, but how do I know when I have sufficient data? ...
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How to deal with easily copyable idea?
I have a new idea that's dead simple and I don't think it's been done before. what precautions should I take to prevent a copycat from emerging and getting popular?
I know getting all the press is ...
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I need to change the name of my blog… can you help with suggestions? [closed]
I created the blog Austin Tech Geeks in August of last year. It's been somewhat successful as I have been able to get a decent number of subscribers and uniques every month. The blog is about tech ...
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I have a great Idea for a Startup, a Web App Business, How and Where to start?
I have a great idea for a web app in personal finance niche. It's a B2C. I have brainstormed and did some research. I made some specs and wrote the idea explaining every functionality. There is ...
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commercial applications for visual search?
This is a video of the google goggles app which does a good job of explaining what the current state of the art in visual search can do. its also being applied to searching patents, product ...
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Is there room for a service based on location?
... allowing businesses to post ads for local communities, getting info about public services, tourism information, and also memorable places for all users? I had trouble finding such a service ...
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biz idea: web app to track legal docs [closed]
I recently met some guys in a coffee shop to hear their idea, and before we talked about their idea, they asked me to sign an NDA. They had two printed copies, and we each signed both, and then we ...
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Where and with whom can I do product development?
Assuming I have an idea for an iPhone Gadget like this: Griffin-Simplifi-iPhone-Reader-Aluminum
I am a creative person or a designer. If I want to realize this product to whom do I have to go, to ...
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next?
Maybe someone has experience with this?
I've been mulling this idea for an app that would really show off what's possible with a tablet like the iPad. It doesn't exist yet, and I want it to.
I'm ...
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Affiliate based sites. What are the pitfalls?
I am thinking of creating a site which has content based on affiliate products where revenue comes from affiliate commissions. The site will be of high quality, human created and edited. I am planning ...
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What goods are cheaper in US than in China Mainland so I can import them and resell in China Mainland? [closed]
What goods are cheaper in US than in China Mainland so I can import them and resell in China Mainland?
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Ideation, build a business, live abroad, improve the Japanese language. How to combine three goals into one?
I am a Chinese guy with a bachelor's degree, unmarried. I want to go abroad to live in US, Japan and France for some years. In the meantime I want to build my own business. I don't want to work for ...
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How to come up with a great idea?
Most essential part of any start up is a good idea. So what should you do (not specifically, of course), to come up with an idea (including day-to-day behavior, studying etc.)? Thanks for any answers ...
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Ideas and experinces on startups in casino areas?
Recently, my home town located on the border between Greece and Macedonia (small town 20K citizens) is getting more new casinos (currently 3 average large 5 stars hotel casinos and 5 small electronic ...
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Finding internet-volunteers from Japan (or a certain country)
Thank you for reading my question.
I want to address following issue: I want to start a commercial website
that needs some information from Japan. Since I'm in the very beginning
position of this ...
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Improvement of existing product
So I have (what I think) is a good improvement for an existing pet product that I use daily. There are also many people who use the same product that I think would like the modification I've thought ...
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Are all random ideas worth the effort?
Suddenly an idea strikes me and I start thinking about it. In the initial hours (can be days), the prospect looks very exciting and promising, however with time I am able to see the ...
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Preparing for my international trade business. Didn't make any big inroad during the past 3 weeks [closed]
I quitted my job and started to preparing for my international trade business at the beginning of this month. But now almost one month passed, I have not gotten things into shape. I have not make a ...
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What are high barrier niches that are hard to get into in software
Yes I do what to get idea if this is the question , what are not crowded niches that are hard to get into for single developer or team of 2?
In software industry
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Should I move forward with my idea if it is similar to someone else's?
I have two ideas for websites that basically take the same idea as some other site, but make that idea better. Kinda like Myspace being plowed by Facebook. I had the ideas on my own, but then I did ...
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“Like” clone idea
I am adding new section to my site where students or alumni of a particular film schools can be associated with their schools. Facebook did something similar in the early days and later they went with ...
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How can I align my business with my life goals?
These things I am bothered by my business. You know, every one of us needs to make money. I decide to do it by creating my own business and preparing to do investment. I want to live around developed ...
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How can I combine asking questions on the Internet with money making?
My biggest hobby/interest is to ask questions on the Internet. I have to admit this hobby brings me a lot. I feel I am an innate asker.I'm asking questions on the Internet always every day. I have ...
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I want to enter the parents control market what do you think? [closed]
Hello all
as father to kids and after seeing kids surfing the internet and there parents trying to monitor this
it made me wander about the parents control market especially the desktop application ...
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How to integrate/combine the process of writing a book with making money? [closed]
I want to write a book. But you know, writing a book requires a long time and I have no idea whether or not my book will sell out after it is written out. I want to make money, to have my own ...
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How to integrate/combine Japanese learning with making money?
I'm teaching myself the Japanese language, in the meantime I need to make money. How can I combine/integrate making money with Japanese language learning?
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How do you protect the key features of your product without a patent?
I'm working on improving an old web based product but afraid that my idea will be copied by the bigger players. For example, let's say I build an improved a web-based task management software but ...
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What's the most interesting Twitter strategy that you've seen a startup use?
It seems like most startups on Twitter use one of two strategies:
1) Broadcast links & information about the company.
2) Broadcast links & information about the industry related to the ...
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IP and legal issues around use of some technologies
PS: i am naive if not zero when it comes to what it means to start or run a startup. So, please bear my question.
i am very passionate to work on some of my ideas but i am always let down by the ...
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How do you manage ideas (engineering changes) in a start up?
I'm involved, as a software developer, in an early stage (pre-profit) start up. The product is at a point where the basic core is implemented and we are building out features and adding polish, so ...
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what web apps you would like to see as desktop? [closed]
hello all
i just wander what web apps you wish they could be desktop apps?
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How novel does a startup idea need to be?
I Googled my idea and found another company that has been doing the same thing for a few years. It's for somewhat of a niche market, but everyone I talk to (including potential clients) says it's a ...
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Reasons to not disclose your idea?
It doesn't appear that this site looks at it as spam. Is there a strong fear of having it stolen? It just seems like the feedback would be improved.
Are people this protective in the real world?
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I need ideas, your thoughts would be great!
So I have this domain called bargainstomper.com and I have been thinking all weekend about how to monetise the site. I came up with various ideas, like tech reviews leading to amazon affil links, ...
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Help evaluating a startup idea [closed]
Last week I had an idea for a new startup to help businesses with their recruitment process. So far my research into the idea has gone a little like this:
Thought about idea, did not know whether ...
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crowd financing - any opinions/comments?
What would your SWOT analysis say for following kind of website?
phase 1: Get people/organizations who are looking for financing their projects.
phase 2: Get people who can provide finance to these ...
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What are the steps to go from an idea to having a business?
Let me preface this with the fact I am not a business student. I am a computer science student but I have a great interest in creating a startup. These questions have probably been asked before, so if ...
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How can non/coders contribute to a startup?
The subject is the question. How can someone who does not know how to code contribute to a startup? Do you recommend that that member attempt to learn some basic coding so as to contribute to the ...
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Strategies for coming up with ideas
The first step in any startup must be coming up with an idea and this seems a big first hurdle.
A lot of people seem to come up with these ideas either to address problems they are experiencing or ...
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Deciding on the right idea
I get ideas for websites that I think would be viable business ideas on a regular basis. I currently have about 5 swimming around in my mind, but very little time to devote to their development.
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New Year's Resolutions for a Start-Up Founder
What are some new things that a start-up founder should do next year?
If I was making a start-up checklist for 2010, what would you put on it?
Things you absolutely must do
Things you should ...
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How to identify the problems to solve in an industry you know nothing about
I'm not sure how to word this but I'll do my best.
I'm in the software business. I know this industry very well and am able to identify problems within this industry. However, there's a ton of ...
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How should we approach selling to entrepreneurs?
We recently launched a new service business.
Our target is the potential entrepreneur. Our goal is to help the people go from curious to competent in making the go/no go decision in launching their ...
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Facebook and Twitter updates in same stream?
I have an idea about an app and one of the many things it would do is allow the user to view twitter and facebook updates in the same stream. This really isn't key to the app, but I'm wondering if ...
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Mingling in angel investor gathering
I will be joining an event on angel financing where there will be quite some angel investors shown up.
Just wonder what I should talk about when meeting those angels, should I pitch them my ideas in ...
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Open Source Support Advice
I need your advice. Our startup plan is to give support to high quality open source softwares like xen, postgresql,drupal, hadoop, nagios etc. What do you think how must be the process from beginning ...
