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Someone took the Big Idea that I was passionate about. Now what?

6 points by Prrometheus 19y ago

pg 19y ago
You could probably still do it. These guys aren't so far along that they're unbeatable. Just look for a chink in their armor. What's missing or broken in the way they're doing it?
wschroter 19y ago
That's funny - I thought this was my blog post. I covered the same question a week ago - http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/5/18/someone-already-thought-of-my-idea-_-now-what/10156/view.aspx http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/5/18/someone-already-thought-of-my-idea-_-now-what/10156/view.aspx
brianmckenzie 19y ago
If you built a site similar to this, only didn't use a pop-up music player, I would probably use it.
- sharpshoot 19y ago
  Including demand based pricing?
  - Prrometheus 19y ago
    Demand-based pricing is a totally novel (and interesting) idea that is uniquely Amie St.
Prrometheus 19y ago
There is no good reason to distribute digital media by physical means. Record labels are useless relics of an dying era.
webwright 19y ago
Someone already thought of MP3 players before the iPod and search engines before Google. Someone else in the market should be encouraging, not discouraging. If they are doing it REALLY REALLY well, you have lots of options (which are laid out pretty well on that gobignetwork post).
SwellJoe 19y ago
Amie Street isn't perfect. It's a beautiful idea, but it didn't work for me the first couple of times I've visited (I use Linux, so I pretty much expect websites to not work, if they do anything fancy...I just move on). This post caused me to check it out again, and the player does work now. Hooray! Executing better is still a possibility. Niche-focused versions would also be a possibility. Most of the top ten on the front page suck. I've been a happy subscriber for years with eMusic and it's focused on indie music (I guess Amie also has a focus on indie, since no one else is taking part in this model right now, though the number 1 song at Amie right now is atrocious "soul" pop).
falsestprophet 19y ago
Go get them.
NickDouglas 19y ago
They're still small, right? Join 'em.

6 points by Prrometheus 19y ago

pg 19y ago

You could probably still do it. These guys aren't so far along that they're unbeatable. Just look for a chink in their armor. What's missing or broken in the way they're doing it?

wschroter 19y ago

That's funny - I thought this was my blog post. I covered the same question a week ago - http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/5/18/someone-already-thought-of-my-idea-_-now-what/10156/view.aspx http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/5/18/someone-already-thought-of-my-idea-_-now-what/10156/view.aspx

brianmckenzie 19y ago

If you built a site similar to this, only didn't use a pop-up music player, I would probably use it.

sharpshoot 19y ago
Including demand based pricing?
- Prrometheus 19y ago
  Demand-based pricing is a totally novel (and interesting) idea that is uniquely Amie St.

Prrometheus 19y ago

There is no good reason to distribute digital media by physical means. Record labels are useless relics of an dying era.

webwright 19y ago

Someone already thought of MP3 players before the iPod and search engines before Google. Someone else in the market should be encouraging, not discouraging. If they are doing it REALLY REALLY well, you have lots of options (which are laid out pretty well on that gobignetwork post).

SwellJoe 19y ago

Amie Street isn't perfect. It's a beautiful idea, but it didn't work for me the first couple of times I've visited (I use Linux, so I pretty much expect websites to not work, if they do anything fancy...I just move on). This post caused me to check it out again, and the player does work now. Hooray! Executing better is still a possibility. Niche-focused versions would also be a possibility. Most of the top ten on the front page suck. I've been a happy subscriber for years with eMusic and it's focused on indie music (I guess Amie also has a focus on indie, since no one else is taking part in this model right now, though the number 1 song at Amie right now is atrocious "soul" pop).

falsestprophet 19y ago

Go get them.

NickDouglas 19y ago

They're still small, right? Join 'em.