20,000 Startup Ideas

Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by davidw on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:07PM (#21127020)

You could generate even more startup ideas by running a Markov chain thing on these!

* Check with customers to determine their usefulness.

* Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as internships.

* Review product promotional materials, and physical fitness.

* Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

* Transpose music to alternate keys, or to towers.

* Operate farm machinery, such as espresso machines.

* Document software defects, using hand and horn signals.

* Prepare bank deposits, or performing arts.

* Run errands, such as animal dehorning or castration.

* Forecast staff, equipment, utensils, and silverware.

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by voldacar on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:36PM (#21129644)

> Document software defects, using hand and horn signals.

I hope this is the next agile

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by magashna on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:47PM (#21129750)

WOMP _o7 HONK

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by taurath on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:21PM (#21131437)

How do we properly break down our HONKs into subHONKs so they're finished within a WOMP?

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by Lemonlemons on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:19PM (#21132637)

This WOMP will never be done in time for the monthly SPOINK

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by akerro on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:08PM (#21127043)

>* Check with customers to determine their usefulness.

Nice, I always say that customers and testers are source of all bugs!

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by davidw on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:12PM (#21127100)

"Demonstrate proper operation of laboratory equipment by inspecting, calibrating, cleaning, oiling, and greasing equipment, and analyze data to evaluate the effects of regulatory limitations on land use projects, such as explaining regulations, answering visitor requests, needs and interests of individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits and illness prevention and treatment of cardiac or peripheral vascular treatments, such as meteorological, atmospheric, oceanic, paleoclimate, climate, or related structures such as docks, bridges, tunnels, and other specialized material handling equipment such as endoscopes, closed circuit television, still photography, and testing devices, and repair assistive devices or make adaptive changes to equipment or environments."

Seems like this one is destined to fail due to lack of focus.

I generated these with https://github.com/pteichman/cobe - anyone got other markov chain generators to play with? This one seems pretty basic.

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by jjoonathan on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:35PM (#21129634)

Wait, OP's list wasn't generated with a Markov chain?

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by yellowapple on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:39PM (#21131631)

Some of these could actually be legit:

> Forecast staff, equipment, utensils, and silverware.

Sounds like something a catering business would need.

> Run errands, such as animal dehorning or castration.

> Operate farm machinery, such as espresso machines.

Both of these sound like things a ranch would need (who says a cattle rancher wouldn't appreciate an espresso while turning a bull into a steer?).

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by avip on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:33PM (#21129601)

There's good business in forecasting staff. Get a CTO to solve the mundane technical details and call SoftBank.

Consider replacing "silverware" with "climate" or "markets" in your deck.

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by edm0nd on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:22PM (#21127238)

Ah yes, the great music towers of 2020. What a time to be alive.

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by cameron_b on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:40PM (#21127479)

The Music Towers of the 1960s[1] were pretty intense too

1 - https://news.artnet.com/art-world/taiwan-kinmen-island-sonic...

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Re:20,000 Startup Ideas by chrisweekly on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:36PM (#21127418)

(cue Leonard Cohen's masterpiece, "Tower of Song")

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