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Show HN: Hilarious startup ideas

17 points by humanarity 12y ago

Red_Tarsius 12y ago
I always like random idea generators. Very dada, funny and sometimes even insightful... like this one "Spotify for all human knowledge" or "Facebook for your cat". Note: fix the word "knowlege", the d is missing.
bbcbasic 12y ago
I liked the cat sharing idea. I am thinking of physical cats rather than the virtual ones. Think about it - you never own a cat, they go and hang out in the neighbour's garden etc. What if there was a way to share cats. It could be like uber. You need a cat and sign up. People who have cats also sign up and you argee to share. I can see it going to the moon!
- gnufrra 12y ago
  There is one for the dogs http://www.parttimepooch.com/ http://www.parttimepooch.com/
ngduc 12y ago
"Microfinance for the sharing economy" => this could be big :)
goodcanadian 12y ago
"An app to enhance the insurance-industry" Not actually a bad idea . . .
- Mahn 12y ago
  Now if only it told what or how to enhance it :)
Toast_ 12y ago
"API for your life" . .. ... 404
classicchins 12y ago
That's nice
detaro 12y ago
Learn from your reputation gorgeously in literally seconds somehow that sounds like a machine translation gone wrong an API for your noisy neighbors Hm, a site to remind the noisy party next door to be quieter might actually be useful (no more phone numbers on scraps of paper in the hallway)
- humanarity 12y ago
  Totally agree. API for noisy neighbours has to exist.
- deleted 12y ago
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humanarity 12y ago
Updated the lexicon. Now more epic. "Cachemonet for your friends' cats" "Kindle for your cat" "Near-field-communication for your Facebook" "Manage your popular friends with grown-ups"
humanarity 12y ago
And what might be my personal favorites (for now): "Solve microfinance using your cat horde" "Memeify news using Sandhill road"
humanarity 12y ago
Similar product : http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html
humanarity 12y ago
Another similar product: http://www.buzzphraser.com/index.html http://www.buzzphraser.com/index.html
humanarity 12y ago
New site coming. A taste : "Incubate your colleagues through transcendental super-intelligences"
humanarity 12y ago
And the ever appropriate: "Orchestrate your super powers through next-gen cross-functional teams"

17 points by humanarity 12y ago

I always like random idea generators. Very dada, funny and sometimes even insightful... like this one "Spotify for all human knowledge" or "Facebook for your cat". Note: fix the word "knowlege", the d is missing.

bbcbasic 12y ago

I liked the cat sharing idea. I am thinking of physical cats rather than the virtual ones. Think about it - you never own a cat, they go and hang out in the neighbour's garden etc. What if there was a way to share cats. It could be like uber. You need a cat and sign up. People who have cats also sign up and you argee to share. I can see it going to the moon!

gnufrra 12y ago
There is one for the dogs http://www.parttimepooch.com/ http://www.parttimepooch.com/

ngduc 12y ago

"Microfinance for the sharing economy" => this could be big :)

goodcanadian 12y ago

"An app to enhance the insurance-industry" Not actually a bad idea . . .

Mahn 12y ago
Now if only it told what or how to enhance it :)

Toast_ 12y ago

"API for your life" . .. ... 404

classicchins 12y ago

That's nice

detaro 12y ago

Learn from your reputation gorgeously in literally seconds somehow that sounds like a machine translation gone wrong an API for your noisy neighbors Hm, a site to remind the noisy party next door to be quieter might actually be useful (no more phone numbers on scraps of paper in the hallway)

humanarity 12y ago
Totally agree. API for noisy neighbours has to exist.
deleted 12y ago
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humanarity 12y ago

Updated the lexicon. Now more epic. "Cachemonet for your friends' cats" "Kindle for your cat" "Near-field-communication for your Facebook" "Manage your popular friends with grown-ups"

humanarity 12y ago

And what might be my personal favorites (for now): "Solve microfinance using your cat horde" "Memeify news using Sandhill road"

humanarity 12y ago

Similar product : http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html

humanarity 12y ago

Another similar product: http://www.buzzphraser.com/index.html http://www.buzzphraser.com/index.html

humanarity 12y ago

New site coming. A taste : "Incubate your colleagues through transcendental super-intelligences"

humanarity 12y ago

And the ever appropriate: "Orchestrate your super powers through next-gen cross-functional teams"