If you're looking for startup ideas this might help

http://www.querycell.com/Business_Forum_Discussion.html

by samh • 16 years ago

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SlyShy• 16 years ago

If you are looking for startup ideas, start talking to customers, basically.

samh5• 16 years ago

Well yeah, I mean you don't necessarily have customers per se but get out and talk to people with real problems.

People who have money at stake in some way is probably best.

My 2 cents anyway.

samh5• 16 years ago

Also I like the idea of non-glamorous businesses. There is an English saying "Where there's muck there's brass".

wlievens• 16 years ago

Chicken/Egg? Or should you treat everyone as your customer? If you do that too obviously, you come off as a prick, I think.

acgourley• 16 years ago

This thread caught my eye: http://www.mechanicslounge.com/showthread.php?t=4982

samh5• 16 years ago

Nice find

iamcalledrob• 16 years ago

If this (screenshot of UI) is what people are paying $250/m for, and it's the best thing around then it looks like room for a simpler web based solution.

http://www.m1products.net/sms/manager/images/orderscreen.jpg

nopassrecover2• 16 years ago

The market is the biggest problem - mechanics probably don't have a decent internet connection at work to start with, don't want to learn new software, and wouldn't even think to look for new software.

avk• 16 years ago

Another great technique that I read about recently: be the opposite of secretive http://cdixon.org/2010/03/14/developing-new-startup-ideas/

akshaybhat2• 16 years ago

This link is a perfect example of how a tangential article is being used to boost page rank of his website.

samh5• 16 years ago

Do you think it is spammy ? I think it adds value. What happened was It occured to me as a useful thing to post and then I considered which of my websites to put it on.

I think google does a pretty good job of providing good incentives. I mean there are a lot of people competing to create content that other people are interested in. That's a lot better than many of the alternatives.

My 2 cents.

akshaybhat2• 16 years ago

I never complained its spammy! It is one of the useful ways of boosting your page rank and getting it linked.

If you're looking for startup ideas this might help

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