What do you think of my startup idea?

Re:What do you think of my startup idea? by alaskamiller on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @08:20PM (#59633)

sounds like it can be taken care of by mahalo. machine learning < human sorting. i'm also not seeing a business model.

or... i might have said that because i want to discourage you from using this great idea and save it for myself... hmm...

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Re:What do you think of my startup idea? by dcurtis on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @08:37PM (#59639)

Mahalo is trying to reinvent search by letting people chose the results, and that's not going to work. Using Google, I can manipulate the "machine" to give me precise results.

This idea is about finding new things based on things you already know. It's not possible to manipulate the Google "machine" to discover things that are similar to what you know you like.

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Re:What do you think of my startup idea? by sbraford on Wednesday September 26, 2007 @07:57PM (#60065)

Calacanis may be a dick but he has proven himself (to the tune of $30M or whatever).

I don't use Mahalo but I have no doubt he'll be able to monetize that kind of business and eventually sell out for a decent payday.

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Re:What do you think of my startup idea? by omouse on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @11:19PM (#59689)

i'm also not seeing a business model.

Could say the same about Mahalo?

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