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I freaking applied for HN with this idea and was rejected.. years ago. Called “standard pantry”
by samstave 7y ago
I freaking applied for HN with this idea and was rejected.. years ago.
Called “standard pantry”
- endorphone 7y agoThis doesn't validate the idea, if that's what you're implying. To be necessarily negative, this sort of product has appeared countless times. It fills a need that people just don't have. I have four kids, a wife, a dog, a skinny pig and a bearded dragon. I can internalize shopping lists, as does my wife. It is incredibly rare that we even send reminders to each other of things. The idea of creating and managing an inventory system is just a complete non-starter.
- thebeardisred 7y agoFurthermore, the idea of then tracking each thing I use/consume (just to keep the inventory count right) sounds mind-numbingly tedious.
- floatingatoll 7y agoWhat was your revenue model?
- samstave 7y agoThe idea was to effectively have a standard pantry subscription service to a very good library of ingredients and provide cooking instructions, recipes based on what you had on hand - as well as providing a dietary input to what you make on a regular basis. Having a standard pantry which is filled with regular ingredients, but minimally packaged, marketed, etc... would result in a lower waste footprint for the environment to boot. Further, I want to have single-use-plastics reduced as much as is possible. So, it was based on a more sustainable packaging model.
- sergiotapia 7y ago- No business model - Families (arguably the people who would use this) probably won't use this. It's too much time overhead for minimal gains. Don't sweat it.
- bdcravens 7y agoRemember, a piece of software isn't necessarily a business. Also, HN!=YC. I assume you meant you applied for YC?
- miguelrochefort 7y agoDidn't we all? It's an obvious idea like all the others. We're 2 years from a viable implementation.