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A few ideas: * build a easy and very powerful ETL tool for data cleansing * take genetic data (e.g. from 23andme) and offer people information on work related
by tst 16y ago
A few ideas:
* build a easy and very powerful ETL tool for data cleansing
* take genetic data (e.g. from 23andme) and offer people information on work related characteristics (like leadership ability)
* offer a service which predicts traffic jams and estimate how long it will last
Anyway, look for an industry sector which interests you. Learn about it (reading, talking with people, etc) and you will probably see problems which could be solved.
- mhlakhani 16y agoThanks for the tips, but as a student it seems a bit hard to get access to the data sets etc. needed for those. However, I'll look into it.
- tst 16y agoYou're welcome! I think I see your problem in 3, (2 isn't too hard, you can buy your DNA sequence for ~$200). There are a lot of logistics companies which may have valuable data but can't mine them properly (especially the smaller, not Fedex or DHL). I don't know which industries interests you, but there are some industry sectors like logistics, agriculture or finance which heavily rely on new insights from their data. You could start as a consultant for one company and build a product (consultingware). If it works successfully offer it other companies (http://nukemanbill.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-sell-your-software-for-20000.html http://nukemanbill.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-sell-your-sof...).
- mhlakhani 16y agoThe blog post was a pretty good read, thanks. I'm interested in data mining/AI, but need to learn much more before I'll be able to do anything useful. After some more thought I think it might just be better to focus a bit on academics and learning the theory behind all this stuff first.