Good startup ideas

[steveeq1]

Recently I posted the question "What is your best startup idea" on Hacker News. I combined most of the responses plus a few I found lying around the web and put them in an easy-to-read format. If anyone has any additional suggestions for startup ideas, please put them in the reply, and I’ll add them manually, either on Hacker News or my blog entry.

Also, if anyone wants to put any of these ideas into fruition, there are two hacker-style events you can go to: 3 day startup - http://www.3daystartup.com/ Hacker codejam - http://www.meetup.com/hacker-codejam (this one is my personal meetup)

And if you can, please help spread word about this in the hacker community. IE: facebook/twitter/email/blogs/whatever . I’m trying to gain some grass-roots momentum for my meetup.

- IMDB, but for government - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/imdb_government.txt

- StumbleUpon for iPhone Apps. - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/stumble_upon_for_iphone.txt

- GPS + Digital Photos - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/gps_digital_photos.txt

- Social network for chance encounters - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/social_chance.txt

- Wikipedia for genealogy - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/genealogy.txt

- Online dating site, but from a different perspective - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/online_dating.txt

- Community problem solving - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/community_problem_solving.txt

- Open source credit scores and history - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/open_source_credit_scores.txt

- Reverse Ebay: Want to buy XYZ - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/reverse_ebay.txt

- Facebook + Craigslist - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/facebook_craigslist.txt

- Who looks like ME? - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/who_looks_like_me.txt

- Website for sharing startup ideas - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/website_sharing_ideas.txt

- Touch screen restaurant menu - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/touchscreen_restaurant.txt

- Location based gaming - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/location_based_gaming.txt

- Top-Ten List - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/top_ten.txt

- Dynamic podcasts for reading material - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/podcast_for_reading_material.txt

- Website for selling websites - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/website_sales.txt

- Real estate aggregator - http://www.tripperjones.com/stuff/startup_ideas/real_estate_aggregator.txt

[kaiserama]

Great list, a few I've thought about in the past or am currently thinking about.

I think the Community problem solving idea may have been pursued by CitySourced (TC50 09) http://www.citysourced.com/

[jdileo]

I think this is a very good list, thanks for spending the time putting it together. I am most interested in how leveraging facebook could create a great dating business model. The "connecting people" concept could also be inclusive of careers and leverage Facebook to offer a LinkedIn alternative.

Does anyone know if either of these businesses are already running w/ traction?