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Have too many startup ideas? Share them!

8 points by maurycy 20y ago

maurycy 20y ago
I was thinking about this site a long time, and started work few days ago, before all these recent discussions. I have always had too many startup ideas, and not enough resources to use them. It still lacks some serious features, like voting, tags, private ideas, friends. I'm not a CSS wizard, so the stylesheets probably have their own problems too. I even not incorporated yet. I initially wanted to wait, but it turned out to be a bad move. Hope you'll enjoy it.
- dimitry 20y ago
  Wow, this is crazy. I've been working on and off on a similar site for a few weeks now. Most of the features are done. Just need to finish up, clean up code and release. I was in the same boat are you Maurycy. It's crazy how identical our ideas on website full of ideas is (if that makes any sense!) http://idealarm.com/comp/ http://idealarm.com/comp/ (Just a mockup of the look, no real code).
zaidf 20y ago
Now I'm a big fan of marching against the super paranoid who can't share a word about what they are doing. But even I'd be cautious about posting my potential future ideas on a site that is specifically made for folks looking for great ideas.
- nostrademons 20y ago
  I think the point is to throw off all your ideas that you'd like to see implemented but don't have the time or resources to implement. At best, you might manage to implement a dozen or so ideas in a year. I have a dozen or so ideas a week. Plus, startup success is much more about being passionate enough about the idea to do a bang-up job implementing it than having a good idea in the first place. You need many good ideas, not just one. You get more good ideas by letting people help you.
  - zaidf 20y ago
    Makes sense. This past weekend while waiting for our connection in Atlanta we got what we think is a super great idea(mainly because it involves solid revenue from the beginning--and not from ads). We got into YC less than 24hrs later so for now we've to put it on hold. I doubt it's going anywhere though. The irony is even though we consider this the greatest idea, from the few unsuspecting folks I've shared it with in middle of conversations, it hardly gets them THAT excited. But hear this: as we elaborate more on the idea and engage their mind, you can see them get more excited. It just proves that merely a sentence or two is no where close to communicating the 360 degree thought process behind your idea. What I want to be CAUTIOUS(not paranoid) of though is inspiring 10 other brains to start working on my idea while I am busy with something else.
  - darragjm 20y ago
    I agree. There have been many times I'm sure where we've all had ideas that could be very successful, but not something that you would want to work on personally. This could be a great resource for those types of ideas. Down the road you could even begin to categorize them and, once you get some graphic designers on board, create themed pages for each category ;)
dawie 20y ago
Giving good ideas to hackers is a bad idea... People on YC can probably implement my idea in a night.
- nostrademons 20y ago
  Your idea must not be worth much then. ;-)
  - jward 20y ago
    We just code fast.
mojuba 20y ago
Cool. Simple, clean, minimalist and I'm glad you are not begging someone to fix your CSS :) Congratulations. Now, a couple of important features, and it would be just perfect. I'll try to post suggestions here a bit later.
- mojuba 20y ago
  One thing that comes to mind is the ability to "lock" (grab, block - whatever) ideas. Someone decides to implement an idea and posts a special comment that says, ok, I take it, and gives a web site address where it's supposed to happen. The "locker" may get back and edit that comment, and possibly trigger an "implemented" status for that idea.
  - omouse 20y ago
    Nah, they should just post comments that say they're starting/launch on x date and that's it. Afraid of competition? Toooooooooo bad :-)
    - mojuba 20y ago
      :) I see what you are saying, but it is also a matter of appreciation for the author of the idea. After all, nobody stops you from implementing an idea that's already "taken". Even better for the author.
marketer 20y ago
What's the incentive to share ideas? The satisfaction of getting them off your chest to people who build businesses off them? I doubt very many people would do that. I would only ever consider submitting my ideas to two types of people: 1) very close friends/potential cofounders 2) people who can help me build it (investors, etc..) I don't think this site has the right interface because people are naturally protective of ideas that can make money.
- youngnh 20y ago
  On the flip side, it keeps you up on what your competition is working on.

8 points by maurycy 20y ago

I was thinking about this site a long time, and started work few days ago, before all these recent discussions. I have always had too many startup ideas, and not enough resources to use them. It still lacks some serious features, like voting, tags, private ideas, friends. I'm not a CSS wizard, so the stylesheets probably have their own problems too. I even not incorporated yet. I initially wanted to wait, but it turned out to be a bad move. Hope you'll enjoy it.

dimitry 20y ago
Wow, this is crazy. I've been working on and off on a similar site for a few weeks now. Most of the features are done. Just need to finish up, clean up code and release. I was in the same boat are you Maurycy. It's crazy how identical our ideas on website full of ideas is (if that makes any sense!) http://idealarm.com/comp/ http://idealarm.com/comp/ (Just a mockup of the look, no real code).

zaidf 20y ago

Now I'm a big fan of marching against the super paranoid who can't share a word about what they are doing. But even I'd be cautious about posting my potential future ideas on a site that is specifically made for folks looking for great ideas.

nostrademons 20y ago
I think the point is to throw off all your ideas that you'd like to see implemented but don't have the time or resources to implement. At best, you might manage to implement a dozen or so ideas in a year. I have a dozen or so ideas a week. Plus, startup success is much more about being passionate enough about the idea to do a bang-up job implementing it than having a good idea in the first place. You need many good ideas, not just one. You get more good ideas by letting people help you.
- zaidf 20y ago
  Makes sense. This past weekend while waiting for our connection in Atlanta we got what we think is a super great idea(mainly because it involves solid revenue from the beginning--and not from ads). We got into YC less than 24hrs later so for now we've to put it on hold. I doubt it's going anywhere though. The irony is even though we consider this the greatest idea, from the few unsuspecting folks I've shared it with in middle of conversations, it hardly gets them THAT excited. But hear this: as we elaborate more on the idea and engage their mind, you can see them get more excited. It just proves that merely a sentence or two is no where close to communicating the 360 degree thought process behind your idea. What I want to be CAUTIOUS(not paranoid) of though is inspiring 10 other brains to start working on my idea while I am busy with something else.
- darragjm 20y ago
  I agree. There have been many times I'm sure where we've all had ideas that could be very successful, but not something that you would want to work on personally. This could be a great resource for those types of ideas. Down the road you could even begin to categorize them and, once you get some graphic designers on board, create themed pages for each category ;)

dawie 20y ago

Giving good ideas to hackers is a bad idea... People on YC can probably implement my idea in a night.

nostrademons 20y ago
Your idea must not be worth much then. ;-)
- jward 20y ago
  We just code fast.

mojuba 20y ago

Cool. Simple, clean, minimalist and I'm glad you are not begging someone to fix your CSS :) Congratulations. Now, a couple of important features, and it would be just perfect. I'll try to post suggestions here a bit later.

mojuba 20y ago
One thing that comes to mind is the ability to "lock" (grab, block - whatever) ideas. Someone decides to implement an idea and posts a special comment that says, ok, I take it, and gives a web site address where it's supposed to happen. The "locker" may get back and edit that comment, and possibly trigger an "implemented" status for that idea.
- omouse 20y ago
  Nah, they should just post comments that say they're starting/launch on x date and that's it. Afraid of competition? Toooooooooo bad :-)
  - mojuba 20y ago
    :) I see what you are saying, but it is also a matter of appreciation for the author of the idea. After all, nobody stops you from implementing an idea that's already "taken". Even better for the author.

marketer 20y ago

What's the incentive to share ideas? The satisfaction of getting them off your chest to people who build businesses off them? I doubt very many people would do that. I would only ever consider submitting my ideas to two types of people: 1) very close friends/potential cofounders 2) people who can help me build it (investors, etc..) I don't think this site has the right interface because people are naturally protective of ideas that can make money.

youngnh 20y ago
On the flip side, it keeps you up on what your competition is working on.