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Glancing at a selection of these ideas, many have already been done. A big part of starting a business is ensuring that you do your market research right, know
by randomsearch 14y ago
Glancing at a selection of these ideas, many have already been done.
A big part of starting a business is ensuring that you do your market research right, know your competitors and identify what need you are fulfilling.
Some examples:
* "Share your wifi" - see http://www.btfon.com http://www.btfon.com - this started years ago and is back by a huge telecommunications company.
* Checking browser and O/S versions - https://browserlab.adobe.com/en-us/index.html https://browserlab.adobe.com/en-us/index.html
* Anonymous email - http://www.sendanonymousemail.net http://www.sendanonymousemail.net etc.
* Online image editing... http://www.photoshop.com http://www.photoshop.com etc.
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- geori 14y agosurprise, surprise hacker news is a great place to crowdsource market research. I had a fun time looking through the list but I can't edit the comments on the Google Doc. And since I can't edit: "Crowd-sourced shipping" has been done. http://www.uship.com http://www.uship.com in Austin has been doing this for 5+ years.