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I'd give a read to Start Small, Stay Small (www.startupbook.net) and other startup literature. Study Paul Graham's essays (www.paulgraham.com). Random ideas:

I'd give a read to Start Small, Stay Small (www.startupbook.net) and other startup literature. Study Paul Graham's essays (www.paulgraham.com). Random ideas: - Start something like skoshbox.com, but with Indian goodies. You may not realize it, but foreign countries crave Indian tastes and flavors. I would probably pay for a monthly delivery of Indian spices and sweets. - Start a podcast on a passion of yours. Offer free newsletter and video lessons, then charge for premium content or up-to-date episodes and consulting. - Omegle meets paint. A collaborative canvas for children of different nationalities to meet on the Internet. No chat, no video/audio – just the canvas. Revenue may come from ads, sponsors, educational programs within the platform. EDIT: to whoever downvoted my post, may I ask why?

recalibrator 12y ago
Start Small Stay Small is essential reading IMO. I have the e-book/audio book package and I highly recommend it.
pgt 12y ago
Love the monthly Indian spices idea, especially if they are paired with recipes. Tajbox? Spicebox? Spicybox?
- personlurking 12y ago
  Spiceb.in
  - forgotpasswd3x 12y ago
    Please no.
- spicemaster 12y ago
  Me and my wife love quality spices and different recipes. We had been thinking of starting our own business. Do you think there are enough enthusiasts willing to pay for monthly exotic spices + exciting recipes? I am trying to do market research of sorts :) If there is enough interest, will roll out the service pretty soon.
zura 12y ago
Interesting how many [realized] ideas we are unaware of... e.g I've never heard about skoshbox or Omegle.
fillskills 12y ago
- Indian spices idea sounds great. If anyone wants to work on it, I can transfer a domain I have: spicetsunami.com
fillskills 12y ago
- Also love the Omegle meets Paint idea. Easy to code, hard to market.
- Artemis2 12y ago
  It's especially hard to maintain a website suitable for children on an Internet full of criminals.
- lunixbochs 12y ago
  I actually built this a while back with things I learned while building Flockdraw. Never released it for various reasons. Trolls are definitely a problem.
neil_s 12y ago
The Indian goodies subscription service might be a great startup idea (a la Graze, Pact Coffee, Dollar Shave Club...), but its hardly a passive income? Its a high involvement logistics business with a small technology involvement.
- superuser2 12y ago
  You can outsource logistics to Amazon. The support burden might be high, though.
hluska 12y ago
A monthly delivery of Indian spices would be incredible. If you could get it past the Canadian food inspection agency, I'd definitely subscribe (and possibly get your logo tattooed on my arm)...:)
- spicemaster 12y ago
  I had been thinking of starting this service. Good quality spices are expensive. Also I think shipping costs are relatively higher from India compared to developed world. Considering these points the subscription price would have to be slightly high. Do you think there would be enough interest at a relatively high price point?
  - DanBC 12y ago
    I'm confused about the need. Although I live in a small English town (pop 110,000) which has a number of shops selling a wide variety of spices. Would you be selling small kits of spices to prepare a meal, with a recipe delivered at the same time?
    - spicemaster 12y ago
      Me and my wife love quality spices and experimenting with different recipes. We had been thinking of starting our own business. Sending out Indian stuff monthly is one of the ideas we had been toying with. When one thinks of stuff from India, spices seem to come at the top of the mind. (honestly we haven't thought this through yet; the idea was inspired from a Japanese candy service). I am aware that spices are available in most places in the west these days. But I guess it is not easily accessible in all the places. Convenience can be reason for someone to subscribe to the service. Another value add is accompanying details introducing the spice, its properties, uses and some sample recipes. This is a time intensive operation. As of now, I m not convinced the returns would be high enough.
- vjvj 12y ago
  I remember coming across a start up that did just this. I couldn't find that same one again, but I did find this: http://www.thespicery.com/pages/spiceboxes/nextmonthboxes.html http://www.thespicery.com/pages/spiceboxes/nextmonthboxes.ht...

recalibrator 12y ago

Start Small Stay Small is essential reading IMO. I have the e-book/audio book package and I highly recommend it.

pgt 12y ago

Love the monthly Indian spices idea, especially if they are paired with recipes. Tajbox? Spicebox? Spicybox?

personlurking 12y ago
Spiceb.in
- forgotpasswd3x 12y ago
  Please no.
spicemaster 12y ago
Me and my wife love quality spices and different recipes. We had been thinking of starting our own business. Do you think there are enough enthusiasts willing to pay for monthly exotic spices + exciting recipes? I am trying to do market research of sorts :) If there is enough interest, will roll out the service pretty soon.

zura 12y ago

Interesting how many [realized] ideas we are unaware of... e.g I've never heard about skoshbox or Omegle.

fillskills 12y ago

- Indian spices idea sounds great. If anyone wants to work on it, I can transfer a domain I have: spicetsunami.com

fillskills 12y ago

- Also love the Omegle meets Paint idea. Easy to code, hard to market.

Artemis2 12y ago
It's especially hard to maintain a website suitable for children on an Internet full of criminals.
lunixbochs 12y ago
I actually built this a while back with things I learned while building Flockdraw. Never released it for various reasons. Trolls are definitely a problem.

neil_s 12y ago

The Indian goodies subscription service might be a great startup idea (a la Graze, Pact Coffee, Dollar Shave Club...), but its hardly a passive income? Its a high involvement logistics business with a small technology involvement.

superuser2 12y ago
You can outsource logistics to Amazon. The support burden might be high, though.

hluska 12y ago

A monthly delivery of Indian spices would be incredible. If you could get it past the Canadian food inspection agency, I'd definitely subscribe (and possibly get your logo tattooed on my arm)...:)

spicemaster 12y ago
I had been thinking of starting this service. Good quality spices are expensive. Also I think shipping costs are relatively higher from India compared to developed world. Considering these points the subscription price would have to be slightly high. Do you think there would be enough interest at a relatively high price point?
- DanBC 12y ago
  I'm confused about the need. Although I live in a small English town (pop 110,000) which has a number of shops selling a wide variety of spices. Would you be selling small kits of spices to prepare a meal, with a recipe delivered at the same time?
  - spicemaster 12y ago
    Me and my wife love quality spices and experimenting with different recipes. We had been thinking of starting our own business. Sending out Indian stuff monthly is one of the ideas we had been toying with. When one thinks of stuff from India, spices seem to come at the top of the mind. (honestly we haven't thought this through yet; the idea was inspired from a Japanese candy service). I am aware that spices are available in most places in the west these days. But I guess it is not easily accessible in all the places. Convenience can be reason for someone to subscribe to the service. Another value add is accompanying details introducing the spice, its properties, uses and some sample recipes. This is a time intensive operation. As of now, I m not convinced the returns would be high enough.
vjvj 12y ago
I remember coming across a start up that did just this. I couldn't find that same one again, but I did find this: http://www.thespicery.com/pages/spiceboxes/nextmonthboxes.html http://www.thespicery.com/pages/spiceboxes/nextmonthboxes.ht...