Here is an idea for you, I won't go into criticizing your idea. If I knew what will work out, or for that matter ANY of the people here, we would be doing it. W

Here is an idea for you, I won't go into criticizing your idea. If I knew what will work out, or for that matter ANY of the people here, we would be doing it. We can spend hours and hours talking about the idea, telling you the problems why it wouldn't work, but still be way off course of the reality. Recently I spoke with my ex boss who has been in IT for so long, now retired and he said, quoted "If someone asked me back then if Facebook would have worked out, I'd say no chance." I think, we entrepreneurs shape the world around us to tune into new ideas. Persistence and continuous mutation/evolution showed to work for life, why not business too? Whenever someone asks a question here on HN, you get 90% of critiques and ways of discouraging. I say screw them. The spirit of real hackers and entrepreneurs is to just do it, be perseverant and have no fear of failing, but if it is to happen, fail fast and learn from it for the next iteration. No other can influence the success or failure than the entrepreneur himself, so I think you should hear the tone of only those that give you suggestions which way to go. I am sure you know what the problems are. My suggestion. Build a prototype, use something that you can build it very quickly e.g. Rails and then hear out what the people are saying about it. Then modify it day by day from what you hear, and I guarantee you that you will eventually end up with something great. Your idea might be brilliant or stupid, but it is not on us to judge. Also, when you get discouraged, remember it is not on you either to judge. I personally believe that is indeed needed and a great thing and has been going through my mind by reading a bunch of stuff. If I can somehow help, I'm in. I recommend you read this, that you would help solve: http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews053107?pg=all http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews053... Cheers! Dejan/Aleveo.com