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Lots of Ideas But Have Little Resource To Start Project

2 points by AngeloAnolin 16y ago

I have a lot of ideas for projects which I believe has the potential to hit big on the market. The only thing I lack is the resources and the drive to actually starting them off. Would anyone be willing enough to collaborate with me in turning some of these ideas into reality?

amock 16y ago
Almost everyone here has lots of ideas that have the potential to make it big, so unless you have something special to offer it will difficult to find someone willing to work with you. If you have the skills to get started so you can show people an at least partially working product that would greatly increase your chance of attracting a collaborator.
mindcrime 16y ago
Are your ideas software related? If so, what resources do you need? Your profile says you're a software developer, so presumably you have coding skills. You're logged onto HN, so I think we can safely assume you own a computer. Compilers, editors, IDEs, VCSs, databases, frameworks and libraries galore are freely available as open source... Cheap VPS servers can be had for something like, what, 10, 20 bucks per month; and Amazon AWS makes ridiculous amounts of computing power available "on demand" in affordable increments. I think you'd get more mileage out of posting a request like this on HN if you at least started building something and then got to a point of maybe saying "Hey, I've got this prototype, but to take it to the next level I need somebody with expertise in $WHATEVER, would anybody like to jump onboard?" Now if you're talking about an idea for a fusion reactor or a new hardware product or something, then OK... but you'll probably still get a more enthusiastic response if you post more about what you have in mind.
timrosenblatt 16y ago
Without putting too fine a point on it -- if you don't have the drive to start it, why should someone else have more drive than you? Here's some things you can do since it sounds like you've got more time than money (like most entrepreneurs): break your idea down into a few simple components and see if you can build any aspect of them. I know people who have started companies with sketches on napkins -- you can too. Go find 10 people who would be ideal customers. Talk to them about what your idea is going to do for them. Do they really have a need? How much is it worth to them? Would they actually pay for it?
AngeloAnolin 16y ago
Thanks to all those who replied. I think I may need to draw up something more relevant so that I would be able to convey more clearly what I am trying to get across.

2 points by AngeloAnolin 16y ago

amock 16y ago

Almost everyone here has lots of ideas that have the potential to make it big, so unless you have something special to offer it will difficult to find someone willing to work with you. If you have the skills to get started so you can show people an at least partially working product that would greatly increase your chance of attracting a collaborator.

mindcrime 16y ago

Are your ideas software related? If so, what resources do you need? Your profile says you're a software developer, so presumably you have coding skills. You're logged onto HN, so I think we can safely assume you own a computer. Compilers, editors, IDEs, VCSs, databases, frameworks and libraries galore are freely available as open source... Cheap VPS servers can be had for something like, what, 10, 20 bucks per month; and Amazon AWS makes ridiculous amounts of computing power available "on demand" in affordable increments. I think you'd get more mileage out of posting a request like this on HN if you at least started building something and then got to a point of maybe saying "Hey, I've got this prototype, but to take it to the next level I need somebody with expertise in $WHATEVER, would anybody like to jump onboard?" Now if you're talking about an idea for a fusion reactor or a new hardware product or something, then OK... but you'll probably still get a more enthusiastic response if you post more about what you have in mind.

timrosenblatt 16y ago

Without putting too fine a point on it -- if you don't have the drive to start it, why should someone else have more drive than you? Here's some things you can do since it sounds like you've got more time than money (like most entrepreneurs): break your idea down into a few simple components and see if you can build any aspect of them. I know people who have started companies with sketches on napkins -- you can too. Go find 10 people who would be ideal customers. Talk to them about what your idea is going to do for them. Do they really have a need? How much is it worth to them? Would they actually pay for it?

AngeloAnolin 16y ago

Thanks to all those who replied. I think I may need to draw up something more relevant so that I would be able to convey more clearly what I am trying to get across.