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the next "big thing" is not going to be a website of any kind sell me a car that gets 120mpg and costs less than 25k, you have the next big thing sell me sola
by quasimojo 18y ago
the next "big thing" is not going to be a website of any kind
sell me a car that gets 120mpg and costs less than 25k, you have the next big thing
sell me solar panels that can erase my utility bill for $5k installed, you have the next big thing
make a website that connects me to people with my interests and lets me comment on news, and you will be eating ramen
ETC
- Frocer 18y agoYou never know. Who knew a search engine would change our lives so drastically and quickly?
- eru 18y agoDid it really change our lives? (It's easier to argue for eBay changing lives I guess.)
- fallentimes 18y agoI use Google every day and so do millions (billions?) of people. It depends how you measure it, but Google has probably affected more people than Ebay.
- Frocer 18y agoI don't know about you, but it changed mine. Google is basically my first destination when I have a question on anything -- whether it's looking for a restaurant, or solution to a bug I can't fix. I can't imagine my life without Google anymore. Don't you remember the days without Google? I used to have 4-5 search engines open when I need to search for something -- Yahoo, Infoseek, Altavista, Meta Crawler, Excite... Thank goodness for Google I don't have to waste hours looking for something!
- lsb 18y agoThe next big thing is always a superhuman effort to transform the world. You can do that, by making the entirety of human knowledge available (Wikipedia, Google), with a website, but the website itself won't be enough, yes.
- vnorby 18y agohttp://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/is-information-overload-a-650-billion-drag-on-the-economy/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/is-information-over... How about solving information overload, 4.6% of our GDP, with web/mobile technology? http://store.ovum.com/Product.asp?pid=36856 http://store.ovum.com/Product.asp?pid=36856 How about cutting the cost of enterprise software, 1.5% of our GDP, using web/mobile technology? How about using web/mobile technology to improve supply chain management, logistics, warehousing, shipping, transportation, and manufacturing so that as a country, we can transition to solar energy at the least cost and afford to produce a 125mpg car that costs less than 25k? We have only barely begun to use computers and the internet to their full potential, you just have to look in the right places for the big ideas.
- quasimojo 18y agoHow about using web/mobile technology to improve supply chain management, logistics, warehousing, shipping, transportation, and manufacturing so that as a country salesforce.com is taking resumes now, don't delay
- zasz 18y agoYou sound like Henry Ford's customers, who thought they would be happy with a faster horse.
- ojbyrne 18y agoThe economics of starting a website are still very attractive compared to those alternatives. You can start with a few thousand dollars. You can't sell a car without (random guess) a billion dollars. You can't sell solar panels without (random guess) a 100 million dollars.
- quasimojo 18y agoThe economics of starting a website are still very attractive compared to those alternatives. which is why every superposition of possible websites has been explored eleventeen times. seriously, come up with your idea, i will point you to three people already doing it
- timb 18y agohow about a website that features webcams places in the most crime-y areas of each major city, so we can watch what's happening?
- rgrieselhuber 18y agoOn one hand, I can your point. On the other, I remember similar sentiments being expressed in 2001 and 2002. Besides, you don't always have to be working on the "next big thing" in order to be successful. I know lots of successful, and wealthy, people who innovate in fields that are hundreds of years old.