Ideas Questions


1 Votes
4 Answers
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Is there a project starting/launching platform/community online?

I have a lot of project ideas (like many of you) but I have some issues. There seems to be no easy way to find existing project online or to ask people what they think of an idea. I'm looking for a...

asked Dec 12 '10 at 05:23
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Mig
6 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.52K Views
Advice on a social enterprise - Video Skill Sharing Encyclopedia

I’m after some advice regarding creating an encyclopedia of short videos tutorials on life skills to be shared freely on the web. I classify a life skill as any human task that one person is...

asked Dec 14 '10 at 09:31
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Tarski
104 points

8 Votes
9 Answers
8.07K Views
How did you come up with your business idea?

For those of you who have successful businesses, how did you come up with your business idea? I'm trying to think of a business idea but none of the ideas I've come up with so far (currently about...

asked Nov 23 '10 at 01:23
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Jason Swett
555 points

15 Votes
25 Answers
5.38K Views
What's the best business book you have ever read?

I need inspirational and pragmatic business books.

asked Nov 25 '10 at 15:19
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Steven
1 point

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.29K Views
Affiliate based sites. What are the pitfalls?

I am thinking of creating a site which has content based on affiliate products where revenue comes from affiliate commissions. The site will be of high quality, human created and edited. I am...

asked Nov 27 '10 at 05:35
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Tony Henrich
283 points

15 Votes
7 Answers
13.5K Views
How do you find a gap in the market?

I want to start a new business but I don't know what business to start. I know I have certain talents and aptitudes, but how do you find a gap in the market? I want to go where the money flow is...

asked Nov 29 '10 at 21:03
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Claire
76 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
2.38K Views
Marketing for the initial community of a community-based startup

My team is soon to release a new website. Essentially, the site is a collaborative game that relies on the community to be sustained. What are some techniques/ideas for gathering the initial...

asked Dec 1 '10 at 01:24
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Stephen Watkins
126 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
3.24K Views
Improvement of existing product

So I have (what I think) is a good improvement for an existing pet product that I use daily. There are also many people who use the same product that I think would like the modification I've...

asked Nov 7 '10 at 10:08
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Sblackwell
21 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.42K Views
Finding internet-volunteers from Japan (or a certain country)

Thank you for reading my question. I want to address following issue: I want to start a commercial website that needs some information from Japan. Since I'm in the very beginning position of...

asked Nov 7 '10 at 20:19
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Herr K
292 points

10 Votes
5 Answers
6.59K Views
Should I pitch my idea to Angel Investors?

We have an idea for a website. I am a software developer, but I don't want to spend all my time creating this site that won't sell or be marketable or popular whatsoever, and make us no...

asked Nov 9 '10 at 04:47
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Scott
165 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.06K Views
Ideas and experinces on startups in casino areas?

Recently, my home town located on the border between Greece and Macedonia (small town 20K citizens) is getting more new casinos (currently 3 average large 5 stars hotel casinos and 5 small...

asked Nov 9 '10 at 13:34
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Tdelev
106 points

1 Votes
7 Answers
3.07K Views
How to come up with a great idea?

Most essential part of any start up is a good idea. So what should you do (not specifically, of course), to come up with an idea (including day-to-day behavior, studying etc.)? Thanks for any...

asked Nov 10 '10 at 07:34
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Denys S.
166 points

3 Votes
12 Answers
3.82K Views
A platform for private brainstorming and capturing all of my ideas

I suffer from having too many ideas and am constantly bombarded by my own subconscious that drops stuff on me unexpectedly... My problem is that I need to capture all these ideas very quickly and...

asked Oct 29 '10 at 06:27
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Patrickgamer
234 points

0 Votes
4 Answers
3.38K Views
What should my next step be in implementing my idea?

I am wondering what my next step should be in implementing my idea. Should I design a smaller step of the website (I mean script and the actual design)? I can't use SEO to get traffic. I was...

asked Nov 2 '10 at 09:03
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Bhargav Patel
784 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
2.39K Views
Are all random ideas worth the effort?

Suddenly an idea strikes me and I start thinking about it. In the initial hours (can be days), the prospect looks very exciting and promising, however with time I am able to see the...

asked Nov 3 '10 at 04:15
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Dienekes
126 points

13 Votes
8 Answers
6.39K Views
5 tests my next business idea will have to pass - Can you add more?

I launched my most recent app a few days back. The idea is to aggregate all the business related videos, compile the meta data and also generate more meta data and present to the users. I have been...

asked Nov 4 '10 at 03:30
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Birender Saini
271 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
2.56K Views
What are high barrier niches that are hard to get into in software

Yes I do what to get idea if this is the question , what are not crowded niches that are hard to get into for single developer or team of 2? In software industry

asked Oct 18 '10 at 01:14
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Meir
238 points

6 Votes
6 Answers
4.28K Views
New Product Ideas - how to get started

I've got several ideas for new products that I think might fill various gaps in the market. However, I'm unsure where to start. I'm not an engineer, nor do I have access to facilities to create...

asked Oct 20 '10 at 00:35
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Pm 2
133 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
1.86K Views
"Like" clone idea

I am adding new section to my site where students or alumni of a particular film schools can be associated with their schools. Facebook did something similar in the early days and later they went...

asked Sep 28 '10 at 01:19
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Usabilitest
1,698 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.17K Views
What do you think about the document management niche?

Is that market worth entering, especially for selling to small companies? To build chipper document management systems?

asked Sep 13 '10 at 17:37
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Meir
238 points