Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work?

Posted by zitterbewegung on Thursday January 08, 2009 @01:34AM
from the self-post dept.

By think tank I mean a startup which generally does research and possibly sells or markets the ideas. You have a group of people implementing the ideas and the same group also thinks up new ideas to implement.

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Re:Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? by nreece on Thursday January 08, 2009 @01:38AM (#424562)

Sure. That's how Idealab, for example, started: http://www.idealab.com/

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Re:Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? by bstadil on Thursday January 08, 2009 @02:10AM (#424592)

Yes, if the ThinkTank mostly outsources its efforts. Meaning build a network of domain expertize that it could bring to bear on the problem. This probably should include an initial assessment of the problem itself by experts in various aspects of the problem as defined. Problem definition is often the weak link in the chain toward creating something new.

That service alone might be valuable.

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Re:Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? by jasonervin on Thursday January 08, 2009 @09:26AM (#424917)

Dream job. Yes, been thinking of starting one for years. Something like www.brainstore.com, but more technology based and less fluff.

www.ihdea.com

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Re:Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? by jasonervin on Thursday January 08, 2009 @09:27AM (#424920)

I give away ideas all the time. www.flairjax.com

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Re:Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? by sam_in_nyc on Thursday January 08, 2009 @03:45AM (#424655)

Being part of a think tank is my dream job.

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Re:Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? by popat on Thursday January 08, 2009 @12:34PM (#425226)

what's your email?

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Re:Ask YC: Do you guys think a think tank startup would work? by sam_in_nyc on Thursday January 08, 2009 @04:18PM (#425660)

[email protected]

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