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Any Innovative startup ideas ..?

8 points by zeusthegreat 14y ago

Hi, I have a Good experience in Programming and looking for some innovative startup ideas. Please share if you have any,especially mobile related.

rbn 14y ago
Whatever idea you pick make sure you are passionate about it because you will be at it for a long time.
dexter_dee 14y ago
How about having a mobile Photo file sharing app with lot of filters which can be applied to the photos!
- zeusthegreat 14y ago
  Like InstaGram ? Lets go for some new things
  - dopp 14y ago
    I think he was being sarcastic.
zaroth 14y ago
Are you kidding? Read almost any article trending on HN and you'll find a dozen problems worth solving. Ideas are everywhere, just take your pick! The best suggestion I have for you is get curious. Seriously, think about the things you do, and how you could make them better. Pick something that YOU are passionate about, something that would make a difference to you if it existed. One thing's for certain, startups often die. You can't argue with it, so you might as well do one thing right; work on something you love. If you love the pursuit, then you're on the right track. So you see, no one here can hand you an idea. Only you can find what you are looking for. -- OK, does anyone find it ironic the post is by 'zeusthegreat'?
- zeusthegreat 14y ago
  Thanks, man. One thing I'm passionate about in my life is Programming. I'm seeing a lot of things in HN, but i just wanted to open a discussion about some startup ideas. So started this thread.
- dexter_dee 14y ago
  what you said is right but that is the thin line between developer and entrepreneur. I feel zeusthegreat wish to be just a developer right?
  - zeusthegreat 14y ago
    yeah man, I'm more into Programming than anything
  - zaroth 14y ago
    he said startup ideas, didn't he? that means the developer is the entrepreneur. I mean, is he building something, or is someone telling him what to build? If it's the former, then the decisions he makes are shaping the product.
dagrz 14y ago
There are a few people who blog about some great ideas they have. Check out the one by Bosco Tan at http://boscotan.tumblr.com/ http://boscotan.tumblr.com/
- zeusthegreat 14y ago
  thanks for the link, dagrz
anujkk 14y ago
1. Make native android development easy. Why can't I develop android apps in language of my choice - python? I don't like java. If you can let me easily develop cross-platform native mobile app it will be a bonus. 2. I need a HN recommendation system that uses machine learning algorithms to learn about my likes/dislikes(upvotes), find other users who have similar likes and show me a custom list of posts based on that. 3. Use HN Search API to find all articles/comments submitted on HN for a particular search keyword (e.g., "machine learning") and present it to me in a way that let me easily browse the information and sort it on basis of points, date, relevance etc. In short, if I need to find learning materials on HN for a given subject, I should be able to do that. 4. Develop a complete REST API for HN. I don't know any way other than scrapping to do it.
kfk 14y ago
What type of experience do you have and what do you like to do? I keep trying to start a discussion about how horrible and inefficient the "small data" handling is (Excel, Power Point and the like) and how to fix it. But this more often than not ends up in nothing as I see most of the interest evolves around more consumer and facebook oriented stuff. My take is that something innovative must emerge to deal with the pain that MS Office is (especially, again, the data handling part).
- zeusthegreat 14y ago
  I have a Working experience in C++,Java,PHP,Shell Scripts and a little Objective C (only Mac Dev, no IPhone Dev)
muellerwolfram 14y ago
make a site where people can "donate" their (startup)-ideas. there are a lot of people who are currently building something else, don't have the time, skills, connections, knowledge, whatever to make every idea happen. but they probably still want a solution to their problem/idea, so they are quite happy if someone else builds it. on the other hand, there are people like you who want to build something but don't have an idea. make a site that connects the two.
- lewisgodowski 14y ago
  Been wanting to do something like this for quite a while now. Either some sort of startup idea think tank, or consulting firm, or something. Maybe one day I'll be able to make it a reality!

8 points by zeusthegreat 14y ago

Hi, I have a Good experience in Programming and looking for some innovative startup ideas. Please share if you have any,especially mobile related.

rbn 14y ago

Whatever idea you pick make sure you are passionate about it because you will be at it for a long time.

dexter_dee 14y ago

How about having a mobile Photo file sharing app with lot of filters which can be applied to the photos!

zeusthegreat 14y ago
Like InstaGram ? Lets go for some new things
- dopp 14y ago
  I think he was being sarcastic.

zaroth 14y ago

Are you kidding? Read almost any article trending on HN and you'll find a dozen problems worth solving. Ideas are everywhere, just take your pick! The best suggestion I have for you is get curious. Seriously, think about the things you do, and how you could make them better. Pick something that YOU are passionate about, something that would make a difference to you if it existed. One thing's for certain, startups often die. You can't argue with it, so you might as well do one thing right; work on something you love. If you love the pursuit, then you're on the right track. So you see, no one here can hand you an idea. Only you can find what you are looking for. -- OK, does anyone find it ironic the post is by 'zeusthegreat'?

zeusthegreat 14y ago
Thanks, man. One thing I'm passionate about in my life is Programming. I'm seeing a lot of things in HN, but i just wanted to open a discussion about some startup ideas. So started this thread.
dexter_dee 14y ago
what you said is right but that is the thin line between developer and entrepreneur. I feel zeusthegreat wish to be just a developer right?
- zeusthegreat 14y ago
  yeah man, I'm more into Programming than anything
- zaroth 14y ago
  he said startup ideas, didn't he? that means the developer is the entrepreneur. I mean, is he building something, or is someone telling him what to build? If it's the former, then the decisions he makes are shaping the product.

dagrz 14y ago

There are a few people who blog about some great ideas they have. Check out the one by Bosco Tan at http://boscotan.tumblr.com/ http://boscotan.tumblr.com/

zeusthegreat 14y ago
thanks for the link, dagrz

anujkk 14y ago

1. Make native android development easy. Why can't I develop android apps in language of my choice - python? I don't like java. If you can let me easily develop cross-platform native mobile app it will be a bonus. 2. I need a HN recommendation system that uses machine learning algorithms to learn about my likes/dislikes(upvotes), find other users who have similar likes and show me a custom list of posts based on that. 3. Use HN Search API to find all articles/comments submitted on HN for a particular search keyword (e.g., "machine learning") and present it to me in a way that let me easily browse the information and sort it on basis of points, date, relevance etc. In short, if I need to find learning materials on HN for a given subject, I should be able to do that. 4. Develop a complete REST API for HN. I don't know any way other than scrapping to do it.

kfk 14y ago

What type of experience do you have and what do you like to do? I keep trying to start a discussion about how horrible and inefficient the "small data" handling is (Excel, Power Point and the like) and how to fix it. But this more often than not ends up in nothing as I see most of the interest evolves around more consumer and facebook oriented stuff. My take is that something innovative must emerge to deal with the pain that MS Office is (especially, again, the data handling part).

zeusthegreat 14y ago
I have a Working experience in C++,Java,PHP,Shell Scripts and a little Objective C (only Mac Dev, no IPhone Dev)

muellerwolfram 14y ago

make a site where people can "donate" their (startup)-ideas. there are a lot of people who are currently building something else, don't have the time, skills, connections, knowledge, whatever to make every idea happen. but they probably still want a solution to their problem/idea, so they are quite happy if someone else builds it. on the other hand, there are people like you who want to build something but don't have an idea. make a site that connects the two.

lewisgodowski 14y ago
Been wanting to do something like this for quite a while now. Either some sort of startup idea think tank, or consulting firm, or something. Maybe one day I'll be able to make it a reality!