Startup idea #4: Platform for developing location based games

I have been spending the past week touring the west coast of US and meeting some interesting companies and VCs. As non-disclosure agreements, I of course cannot discuss anything about them in public. However, they have stimulated more ideas which I will be putting them here in the coming days.Location based games are coming more and more prominent. The issue is that they are usually one off event. The idea here is to develop a game development platform where users can easily create their very own location based games using simple rules and markers. The game, when completed, can then be sent to their friends for playing. Advertisers or advertising agencies can also use this platform to easily develop their games to promote their products or brands.I foresee the platform to have an interface...

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Idea Generation #2: Startup Ideas from other blogs

Found some startup ideas today while browsing the web Throught I put it here for refernce. (original post link)There are way too many Web 2.0 companies out there. Some provide useful services, like Flickr or YouTube, but some are simply copycats, badly executed unoriginal ideas. The Web 2.0 bubble seems to be, thankfully, deflating now, with some companies already going out of business as they realise that Web 2.0 is not magic and if you just offer free services, then, well, there’s no money in that.Here’s a list of Web 2.0 business ideas. Five of them. Hopefully these will inspire people to try something new and interesting and maybe some of...

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Startup Idea #3: Community driven ads

Updated: 30 Nov 2007The previous idea of user generated ads is replaced with this more thought out piece. Basically, the entire idea is stolen from here. But hey, since nobody I know is doing anything about it (except maybe for the Youtube-adsense integration thing). Why not try something?What I would like to add is this: rather than just releasing ads onto a server as suggested in the post, I would built a Getsatisfaction model. This means communities can be built around particular brands or companies, rather than just asking users to produce ads without a anchor point to build network effects fr...

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Idea Generation #1: Future of Social Networks

As I was writing this blog, I realise some of my thoughts are not even ideas, but grounds for future ideas to germinate. Hence, I am decided to create a new cateogry called idea generation where I collect materials from the web and post them here. The aim is to stimulate further thoughts on the subject. Ultimately, this should lead to more innovative ide...

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Startup idea #2: Search applications

This idea was inspired by an Business 2.0 article I read a few months backon search applications (read article here). While the article highlights the opportunites in improving search without coming up with a better algorithm, it tiggers something related in my mind.There are now hundreds of search engines as well as search functions with all sites including ebay and amazon. What applications can be built on top of these results queries? In my mind, there may be a market for a new Nielson. What Nielson has done for traditional media, this new company should provide in the new media space. How is your product doing in Ebay? What prices are being transacted? Did it get positive mentions in Digg? Was the product site heavily tagged in De.Lic.Ous? How many sites have mentioned your product as...

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Startup Idea #1: Asean Facebook - Opportunities and Issues

Facebook clones are a dime a dozen. Yet, the concept is too compelling for me to resist taking a crack at differentiating the product.While there are many facebook clones in some countries, I have not seen the Facebook concept being applied across different cultures with different languages.The aims of this post is to document my thoughts on how to differentiate the current Facebook model and features with Asean context. The opportunity here, to me, is to provide a compelling feature that takes into account the fact the Asean countries, excluding Singapore, are generally poor with limited career opportunities for graduating students. If students in these countries can be tied with opportunities in Singapore via the site, there is an angel there that I think can be exploit.Hmmm....Resources:...

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Introduction to my startup ideas

This blog is started to track my thoughts on startup ideas.I believe that ideas, when first conceived, are not the best candidates for startups. However, over time, I discover that through refinement and continuous integration of new thoughts, ideas become more viable and in the worse scenarios, become complete duds.So, this blog serves as a mechanism to help myself refine ideas. Comments are welco...

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