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I have worked on two of loosely related projects. Both of them are very close to my heart. Since I am heading another (3rd) project that has become a funded sta
by fillskills 10y ago
I have worked on two of loosely related projects. Both of them are very close to my heart. Since I am heading another (3rd) project that has become a funded startup, I would like to share those ideas and see if anyone is interested in pursuing them. Would love critical feedback on these as these are my life goals as of now.
1) Food and Farming - iPlantTrees. The idea is to set up a platform where two kinds of people meet. One without the resources or knowledge but have a place to plant. Other side of people or organizations who have knowledge/resources to plant. I came up with the idea because when I moved to CA, we bought a house with an Orange tree. It gives amazing oranges so we no longer have to buy from the store. It would have been great if I could also get some Apple or other trees too but I have scant knowledge of finding -> planting -> maintaining plants. I could spend years doing so or someone could plant them for me. You could make money by partnering with Nurseries etc. In the end everyone would know a lot more about food plantation and have fresh home grown food to eat.
2) Path to middle class - FillSkills. My understanding of the problem is the barrier to entry to jobs. Which is being brought down tremendously by the internet. Even now though I meet people all the time who would like to become a Software Engineer or a Data Scientist or a Business Analyst etc but have no idea where to start. FillSkills would take a look at all job postings, show which jobs are in in demand or expected to be in demand. Think of a stock trading app but for Job data. So you can really see what is going on in the job market and make life choices accordingly. In addition it will be able to tell you specifically what you need to learn to get the job profile you like. Companies should also be able to post jobs directly with a string of challenges (courses, exams, interviews, projects etc using whatever tools) that if passed by a candidate, guarantees a job or at least an in person interview.