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Curious, anyone have any startups they wish existed, but currently do not? _________________ Related, YC’s Requests for Startups: - https://www.ycombinator.c

Curious, anyone have any startups they wish existed, but currently do not? _________________ Related, YC’s Requests for Startups: - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs Past YC Requests for Startups: - https://www.ycombinator.com/past-rfs https://www.ycombinator.com/past-rfs

suoduandao2 4y ago
A couple. Just in the software space: -When I was single, a dating app that uses a gene sample like 23andme produces plus deep learning to predict pairs that will find one another attractive. -Another gene+AI startup, something that analyzes my DNA and suggests a healthy eating plan tailored to me. -Something like the above two, but taking the state of the immune system into account (not sure how hard this would be to implement, but I know it makes a huge difference to the pheromones we like and the food we should avoid) -something like Adnauseum (bots that click ads for you) but positive reinforcement so I can tell an ad I like what it showed me. I keep thinking that if advertisers knew my long-term goals they'd have a relatively more easy time selling me things, the only downside being they'd not be the things their customers would pay the most to move. -Something like Airmule (sell your empty checked-bags space to the highest bidder) but not limited to the Shenzen-LA corridor.
- O__________O 4y ago
  Wow, Airmule offers reduced airfares for the risk of going to prison - would have never guessed business like that would be viable.
  - suoduandao2 4y ago
    I think airmule does very close scrutiny of its importers, which is why it's limited to one air corridor. I'm more imagining a small-business owner putting out a call for something they want to sell in their store, the app user buys it on vacation, and sells it to the store owner after landing. a ratings system like uber or airbnb would likely take care of the bad-actor problem for something like that.
jamesbfb 4y ago
My partner and I had a big night at a friends engagement party and we drunkenly stumbled upon the fact that we have a shitload of laundry to do and wished there was an Uber for dirty laundry. Someone better do this, otherwise I will!
- O__________O 4y ago
  Appears there’s number of businesses doing this. Did you try any of them? If not, why?
arminiusreturns 4y ago
SaaS drop-in replacement for the c-suite and board.
- O__________O 4y ago
  Part-time, virtual, temp, fractional, etc — CXO (CTO, CFO, etc) - are already thing; being boards member is always minimal amount of time by definition also has clear legal limits. Automated accounting, marketing, etc are also thing too. What specifically do you wish existed?
  - arminiusreturns 4y ago
    Keep technical cofounders enabled to continue leading in that role while offloading as much of the types of responsibilities that impact that.
ninethirty 4y ago
Social network IRL. You can only add a person to your list if you meet with them in-real-life -- then you swap QR codes or something. I think it might have potential, but how to bootstrap the network?
- O__________O 4y ago
  To clarify, do you mean a contact relationship management software or something else, like Twitter or LinkedIn for people you have met in real life?
  - ninethirty 4y ago
    Twitter plus WhatsApp I guess.

suoduandao2 4y ago

A couple. Just in the software space: -When I was single, a dating app that uses a gene sample like 23andme produces plus deep learning to predict pairs that will find one another attractive. -Another gene+AI startup, something that analyzes my DNA and suggests a healthy eating plan tailored to me. -Something like the above two, but taking the state of the immune system into account (not sure how hard this would be to implement, but I know it makes a huge difference to the pheromones we like and the food we should avoid) -something like Adnauseum (bots that click ads for you) but positive reinforcement so I can tell an ad I like what it showed me. I keep thinking that if advertisers knew my long-term goals they'd have a relatively more easy time selling me things, the only downside being they'd not be the things their customers would pay the most to move. -Something like Airmule (sell your empty checked-bags space to the highest bidder) but not limited to the Shenzen-LA corridor.

O__________O 4y ago
Wow, Airmule offers reduced airfares for the risk of going to prison - would have never guessed business like that would be viable.
- suoduandao2 4y ago
  I think airmule does very close scrutiny of its importers, which is why it's limited to one air corridor. I'm more imagining a small-business owner putting out a call for something they want to sell in their store, the app user buys it on vacation, and sells it to the store owner after landing. a ratings system like uber or airbnb would likely take care of the bad-actor problem for something like that.

jamesbfb 4y ago

My partner and I had a big night at a friends engagement party and we drunkenly stumbled upon the fact that we have a shitload of laundry to do and wished there was an Uber for dirty laundry. Someone better do this, otherwise I will!

O__________O 4y ago
Appears there’s number of businesses doing this. Did you try any of them? If not, why?

arminiusreturns 4y ago

SaaS drop-in replacement for the c-suite and board.

O__________O 4y ago
Part-time, virtual, temp, fractional, etc — CXO (CTO, CFO, etc) - are already thing; being boards member is always minimal amount of time by definition also has clear legal limits. Automated accounting, marketing, etc are also thing too. What specifically do you wish existed?
- arminiusreturns 4y ago
  Keep technical cofounders enabled to continue leading in that role while offloading as much of the types of responsibilities that impact that.

ninethirty 4y ago

Social network IRL. You can only add a person to your list if you meet with them in-real-life -- then you swap QR codes or something. I think it might have potential, but how to bootstrap the network?

O__________O 4y ago
To clarify, do you mean a contact relationship management software or something else, like Twitter or LinkedIn for people you have met in real life?
- ninethirty 4y ago
  Twitter plus WhatsApp I guess.