Good startup ideas

10 points

17 years ago

Recently I posted the question "What is your best startup idea" on Hacker News. I combined most of the responses plus a few I found lying around the web and put them in an easy-to-read format. If anyone has any additional suggestions for startup ideas, please put them in the reply, and I’ll add them manually, either on Hacker News or my blog entry.

Also, if anyone wants to put any of these ideas into fruition, there are two hacker-style events you can go to: 3 day startup - http://www.3daystartup.com/ Hacker codejam - http://www.meetup.com/hacker-codejam (this one is my personal meetup)

And if you can, please help spread word about this in the hacker community. IE: facebook/twitter/email/blogs/whatever . I’m trying to gain some grass-roots momentum for my meetup.

- IMDB, but for government - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/imdb_government.txt

- StumbleUpon for iPhone Apps. - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/stumble_upon_for_iphone.txt

- GPS + Digital Photos - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/gps_digital_photos.txt

- Social network for chance encounters - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/social_chance.txt

- Wikipedia for genealogy - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/genealogy.txt

- Online dating site, but from a different perspective - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/online_dating.txt

- Community problem solving - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/community_problem_solving.txt

- Open source credit scores and history - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/open_source_credit_scores.txt

- Reverse Ebay: Want to buy XYZ - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/reverse_ebay.txt

- Facebook + Craigslist - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/facebook_craigslist.txt

- Who looks like ME? - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/who_looks_like_me.txt

- Website for sharing startup ideas - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/website_sharing_ideas.txt

- Touch screen restaurant menu - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/touchscreen_restaurant.txt

- Location based gaming - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/location_based_gaming.txt

- Top-Ten List - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/top_ten.txt

- Dynamic podcasts for reading material - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/podcast_for_reading_material.txt

- Website for selling websites - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/website_sales.txt

- Real estate aggregator - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/real_estate_aggregator.txt

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