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Re:Ask HN: Is anyone making money from garbage? on Thursday April 11, 2013 @06:02AM (#5530938)

The thing is, there's always someone who can make money from garbage.

Ask HN: Is anyone making money from garbage?

Posted by theguild on Thursday April 11, 2013 @05:51AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Could You Be The Next Banana King? http://cbpowerandindustrial.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/you-could-be-the-next-banana-king/ is based on the real-life story of Samuel Zemurray, who started out penniless but built an empire on discarded bananas.It's given me the idea to look for money where other people see only waste.My question is twofold: is there anyone on HN making money from refuse or have...

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Re:Show HN: Evernote powered website/blogging platform on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @06:34PM (#5446495)

This is an idea whose time has come. I've also seen Evernote used as a game distribution platform [1-2].

With how much Evernote is expanding as a platform and as a way to store and index information, maybe the next threat to Google isn't Facebook but Evernote itself.

[1] http://flowandzonegames.com/break-bad-habits-addictions-card...

[2] http://flowandzonegames.com/hypnotic-visions/

EDIT: Was Postach.io a bookmarking app in it's past life (and a pretty good one too)?