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The sound of inevitability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbEj1CIpuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbEj1CIpuU Every idea has multiple people who are cons

The sound of inevitability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbEj1CIpuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbEj1CIpuU Every idea has multiple people who are considering it at around the same time. And rarely people act on it, because giving birth to new idea's can be like a 9 year gestation period. Not for the faint of heart. Personally I know when I see someone who is also executing on an idea that I have had, I subscribe to them, just to keep up.

jv22222 10y ago
Please compare the ideas that are sent out. There is a quantifiable similarity that can only have resulted from him using the same hit process as mine. That level of similarity can't happen by serendipity. But, as I mentioned in the post, it doesn't matter. Competition is good. Mine: I work in the eCommerce/re-seller business. In particular I sell products on Amazon. Specifically Amazon FBA. As my business is scaling up it is becoming more difficult to keep track of what we scoured for product in the field and the costs associated with it. Tracking COGS and the sources to monitor and report would be great. The software would need to be something mobile so I can put in the costs, source of product and expected profits. It would also need to be linked to Amazon. Yes I would pay for this software. Theirs: I sell vinyl records on eBay, Amazon, Discogs, and Etsy. I find it time-consuming to list products on each of these different sites. Software that facilitated the listing and cross-listing of products would save me time and make me more money because I have far too much product on hand and not enough time to list it. Ideally the software could automatically pull info from one listing on one site and populate the other sites for me. I would pay a monthly service fee for this.
- prdonahue 10y ago
  How many (more) times are you going to repaste this in this thread?
- runako 10y ago
  <Problem Summary> <Problem Detail> <Solution Outline> <Whether/How Much $ It's Worth To a Customer> I wonder what's the earliest copyright date on a business-plan book that contains this exact format for validating business ideas.
- mod 10y ago
  It sounds like every thread I've read here on HN about how to get ideas for a startup. It's textbook patio11 or similar. Since we don't know who you're talking to, they introduce their industry. They name their problem. They guess at what a solution might do. And "will you pay for this" is product validation 101. I could see having a longer template, but if you want the barebones edition, I don't see how you could come up with anything else. I don't think you've got something novel--I think you learned it through repetition, here on HN.

jv22222 10y ago

Please compare the ideas that are sent out. There is a quantifiable similarity that can only have resulted from him using the same hit process as mine. That level of similarity can't happen by serendipity. But, as I mentioned in the post, it doesn't matter. Competition is good. Mine: I work in the eCommerce/re-seller business. In particular I sell products on Amazon. Specifically Amazon FBA. As my business is scaling up it is becoming more difficult to keep track of what we scoured for product in the field and the costs associated with it. Tracking COGS and the sources to monitor and report would be great. The software would need to be something mobile so I can put in the costs, source of product and expected profits. It would also need to be linked to Amazon. Yes I would pay for this software. Theirs: I sell vinyl records on eBay, Amazon, Discogs, and Etsy. I find it time-consuming to list products on each of these different sites. Software that facilitated the listing and cross-listing of products would save me time and make me more money because I have far too much product on hand and not enough time to list it. Ideally the software could automatically pull info from one listing on one site and populate the other sites for me. I would pay a monthly service fee for this.

prdonahue 10y ago
How many (more) times are you going to repaste this in this thread?
runako 10y ago
<Problem Summary> <Problem Detail> <Solution Outline> <Whether/How Much $ It's Worth To a Customer> I wonder what's the earliest copyright date on a business-plan book that contains this exact format for validating business ideas.
mod 10y ago
It sounds like every thread I've read here on HN about how to get ideas for a startup. It's textbook patio11 or similar. Since we don't know who you're talking to, they introduce their industry. They name their problem. They guess at what a solution might do. And "will you pay for this" is product validation 101. I could see having a longer template, but if you want the barebones edition, I don't see how you could come up with anything else. I don't think you've got something novel--I think you learned it through repetition, here on HN.