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Ask HN: Best resource for collaboratively analyzing startup ideas?

• newobj 17y ago
  I agree that this'd be great to have. I'm not sure if people would take kindly to every HN article turning into "Review my Startup" (or, maybe they would?) I'm not aware of such a forum though yet.
  • jaekwon 17y ago
    HN itself is great because it has constant attention from the right people, but the organization isn't there.
• dacort 17y ago
  This isn't a generic solution, but we (my co-founder and I) actually put something together specifically for us. http://untitledstartup.com/backstage/ http://untitledstartup.com/backstage/ - right now it suffers from an abundance of Twitter ideas, primarily because I'm fairly active in that space and ideas in the system beget similar ideas. The possibility exists for it to be abstracted.
• apsurd 17y ago
  Edit: Let's just call it investing in customer development rather than idea development. Ask your target market. I used to brush this same advice off each of the millionth times I read it, but do this at your own peril. Nobody is going to give you better advice than your customers, especially if they speak with their money. Is the market viable? Ask the market. Will customers pay for this service. Ask the damned customers! As someone who has shy'd away from asking people in real life, I must say it's quite a revelation.
• mattblalock 17y ago
  About a year ago I twittered about building something like this and tons of people freaked. They couldn't believe I would consider sharing my ideas with them and more importantly would expect people to share their ideas. I was simply knocked over and gave up. I'd be very much down for working on a project that developed a platform for discussing markets and startup ideas. I don't think its really ideas that make money so much as execution - but ideas are fun!