Ask HN: If you had $50,000-$100,000, what startup idea would you do?
Cliche title, and I understand that if someone has the "next" big thing, why would they post it?
This topic is mostly just to open up discussion that many business ideas can be started with minimum liquid investment. I believe too many people feel committed/tied down to their work, has resources available to quit to commit a few years to starting a business.
Why? It can become a form of financial independence.
Feel free to suggest anything, from basic brick mortar with a tech twist, to whatever.
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If so and if you don't want to fully commit, simply register yourself as an accredited investor (= private business angel). Then browse around for early stage and promising startups working on a topic you care about. Go to angel.co or crunchbase. Contact them saying you'd like to invest $10-$15K in seed in exchange for some shares. Repeat until you get a fish. You'll get higher chances of success compared to putting all your eggs in one basket. That's what Tim Ferriss, Chris Sacca, etc. did when they started as investors...
The good part is that you'd become an advisor and would interact weekly/monthly with the co-founders to share your vision, etc.
There already exists a plethora of information in regards to this for soil farming, but nearly no information exists out there for hydroponics. The main reason is because there's so many variants in the process. I would like to break down these variants and list the proper growing conditions and techniques for each variation in seeding techniques in order to pave the way forward for future startups in this field. I have worked with 2 highly funded hydroponic startups, and in both a huge capital expense went towards this research since since it isn't currently available. This is sad because all capital is burnt stuck in the research phase before any real progress can be made past that. Once the ground-work in terms of germination and growth can be establish, it will allow for much innovation to occur through efficiency, density, and cost.
If by any chance there is somebody out there whom would like to sponsor this research, feel free to reach out for further discussion. My email is in my profile.
I think if you forced me to choose now, I'd probably do the third one: "Sabbaticals for non-Academics". I haven't gone through this list for a while though.
Since I am the audience for the list, it's probably weird to read, but I think you can see the gist for any of them. Hopefully there is nothing too personal/embarrassing.
There is a huge subsidy in my country right now for Agriculture start-ups and it is something which could be scaled very well using the modern poultry farming techniques.
It's kind of a retirement plan I have in the back of my mind, but given the right capital I would start with the execution of the same in no time. :)
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