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Mar 12, 2012#1

Dave

Way back in the early 80's I had a business idea that would have gotten me a lot of money. Unfortunately, I didn't have the money to start it up and so I never did. Now, of course, that business idea has passed its usefulness and is no longer a viable business model. (It was a try it before you buy it computer software store with LAN tournaments & other cool stuff. Digital has made it a worthless idea.)

So what cool business ideas can you think of for TODAY'S market? I'm trying to come up with another gold idea but my old brain is just limited.

Mar 12, 2012#2

Covar

Cloud based gaming server rentals. Dedicated servers on demand using a small hourly rate.

Mar 12, 2012#3

MindDetective

I've got an app or two I'd like to develop for higher education.

Mar 12, 2012#4

fade

Same here. I started learning iOS development for that purpose. I want to see a master/slave iPad setup for classrooms, where the slaves are semi-autonomous, but to which the master can disperse info on demand from the front of the classroom. It'd be a good supplement to the often washed-out projector systems.

Mar 12, 2012#5

Adammon

Give Adam money and he will have fun with it. He will then tell you all about it when he again asks you for more money.

Mar 12, 2012#6

strawman

Adammon said:
Give Adam money and he will have fun with it. He will then tell you all about it when he again asks you for more money.

This is a stellar idea. PM me for Adam's paypal address.

Mar 12, 2012#7

Zappit

I know I'm sitting on the a comic property that could be as big as Ben Ten, but I don't have the time to develop it or properly market it.

Mar 12, 2012#8

fade

I hear you on that one, buddy. I'm convinced Fade is an awesome story. I just haven't updated it since the dawn of time

Mar 12, 2012#9

ThatNickGuy

Ditto on a comic idea. I had this great idea that ties in some of my issues (no pun intended) with today's mainstream superhero comics. Had ideas that would last minimum 70 issues.

Unfortunately, I can't draw my way out of a paper bag.

Mar 12, 2012#10

Bowielee

MindDetective said:
I've got an app or two I'd like to develop for higher education.

I'll keep you in my rolodex when I get done with grad school. We could maybe work on some stuff. For instance, I'd love to see an app that equates the use of SPSS or R. Especially because tablets will probably be the norm by the time I'm done with grad school.

Mar 12, 2012#11

ElJuski

I'm still sitting on www.poorasfuck.com, which I still contend would be a fantastic get rich internet meme scheme. Just cheap-ass ways people manage to snake by on a super-duper budget.

Mar 12, 2012#12

MindDetective

Bowielee said:
I'll keep you in my rolodex when I get done with grad school. We could maybe work on some stuff. For instance, I'd love to see an app that equates the use of SPSS or R. Especially because tablets will probably be the norm by the time I'm done with grad school.

A statistics app would be phenomenal. I'm teaching myself Android development at the moment. If you're serious about something like this, start learning Java! (or Object C for i-Devices)

Mar 12, 2012#13

fade

http://www.r-bloggers.com/running-r-on-an-iphoneipad-with-rstudio/

Mar 12, 2012#14

MindDetective

Looks like a stopgap solution, really.

Mar 12, 2012#15

ThatNickGuy

And another: since iPhone games became the big thing, I've felt that the old Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and The Uninvited games - or at least their style of gameplay - would translate extremely well onto an app platform. That and point-and-click adventure games.

Mar 12, 2012#16

Hailey Knight

Way to come up with a big idea: think of something you'd like that doesn't exist in the form you want. Break out of the realm of putting up with an inconvenience and think of how it could be done.

That digital game rental thing? I want that.

Mar 12, 2012#17

DarkAudit

Earthquake retrofitting for the East Coast of the USA.

Mar 12, 2012#18

phil

I have a zombie survival game idea that I've been kicking around in the 'ol noodle noggin' for a while.

Mar 12, 2012#19

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Disposable underwear. Dispensed via a tissue box-like apparatus

Mar 12, 2012#20

Gagaoohlala

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Disposable underwear. Dispensed via a tissue box-like apparatus

Victoria's Secret beat you to this. They have them in their dressing rooms so you don't get your crotch goobers on their nice clean panties and such.

Mar 12, 2012#21

checkeredhat

ThatNickGuy said:
Ditto on a comic idea. I had this great idea that ties in some of my issues (no pun intended) with today's mainstream superhero comics. Had ideas that would last minimum 70 issues.

Unfortunately, I can't draw my way out of a paper bag.

Man, didn't you used to help out at the Labrynth? You should know like, every comic artist in Ontario.

Mar 12, 2012#22

FnordBear

I always thought opening a bar with a coffee shop theme that shows NO sports on the tvs would be a nice addition to the local scene. Every bar around here without exception is full of drunk rednecks loudly watching whatever sport is in season. Nothing for the college students surprisingly since this is a college town.

Mar 12, 2012#23

ThatNickGuy

I helped a little bit, like when they needed extra people for conventions. And it was so fucking busy that I couldn't talk to anyone.

Mar 12, 2012#24

SeraRelm

Chocolate covered poprocks in a computer case shaped dispenser. Name them "Gigglebites" cuz they tickle your mouth when you bite into them and it sounds like "gigabites"...

Mar 12, 2012#25

checkeredhat

Bummer. That guy seriously knows just about everyone in animation and comic books in Ontario, if not Canada.
I know plenty of really awesome artists I could direct you to, but they like to get paid for their work. If you're serious about it let me know. If the projects good and there's pay in it, I might be able to help. I know you're still going back to school and stuff right now, so I realize that may be asking a lot.
I would offer my own services, but honestly I don't consider myself much of an artist. I am a cartoonist at best.

Mar 12, 2012#26

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Gagaoohlala said:
Victoria's Secret beat you to this. They have them in their dressing rooms so you don't get your crotch goobers on their nice clean panties and such.

Mar 12, 2012#27

fade

Gagaoohlala said:
Victoria's Secret beat you to this. They have them in their dressing rooms so you don't get your crotch goobers on their nice clean panties and such.

Aw, come on Adammon. "Crotch Goobers" needs one of your infamous gifs.

Mar 12, 2012#28

ThatNickGuy

checkeredhat said:
Bummer. That guy seriously knows just about everyone in animation and comic books in Ontario, if not Canada.
I know plenty of really awesome artists I could direct you to, but they like to get paid for their work. If you're serious about it let me know. If the projects good and there's pay in it, I might be able to help. I know you're still going back to school and stuff right now, so I realize that may be asking a lot.
I would offer my own services, but honestly I don't consider myself much of an artist. I am a cartoonist at best.

Thanks, man. Honestly, it's a combination of things that's stopping this:
1) Almost no experience with comic script writing. I've written some, but none that have ever gone past a script stage.
2) Finding an artist to work with.
3) Finding an artist to work with who won't drop out on me (had that happen a few times, though they weren't professional artists)
4) No money to fund an artist. My ideal situation would be to co-create something with an artist and pitch it to Image or something. The idea I have is still relatively rough, something that an artist could help me finish or flesh out with their own input.

Mar 12, 2012#29

Ravenpoe

I had an amazing business plan. It was to start a business that would offer to listen to the business plans of other businesses, and then use those plans to get rich.

But Dave beat me to it (I'm onto you!)

Mar 12, 2012#30

fade

Nick, I remember you pitched some idea to me at one point that sounded interesting. Anything ever happen with that. I remember I was explaining EM fields, but dropped the ball when I changed jobs.

Mar 12, 2012#31

figmentPez

Manufacturing, or acting as the middle-man for, plush dolls based on webcomic characters. I know there are cartoonists who haven't gotten plushes made because they don't know how. Someone needs to make it easy for them to get the right contacts.

Mar 12, 2012#32

Bowielee

MindDetective said:
A statistics app would be phenomenal. I'm teaching myself Android development at the moment. If you're serious about something like this, start learning Java! (or Object C for i-Devices)

My minor is computer science, so I just finished an entire semeseter of Java.

I'll be honest, though, multithreading is kicking my ass.

Mar 13, 2012#33

Dave

Actually, I had a great idea tonight while I was in the shower. Yes, that is where I do my best thinking.

Anyway, this is all contingent on me winning the lottery or coming into a large grip o' cash.

1) Move HF to a massive private server to handle all the traffic.
2) Pay a webmaster good money to work on the site. Probably Ame. I'm talking 50k.
3) Give Nathan Fillion $1 million to do a year's worth of weekly podcasts with me. It would be the Nathan and Dave hour.
4) Pay guests $5000 each to appear.

Okay, so here's what makes this a good idea. I would be totally upfront about how the show came to pass. I'd admit to being just some guy who could afford to do this based on luck. Play to the dreamer nerd in the base. Note that this would NOT be a show where we interview Nathan, instead, he would be one of the interviewers.

So why is that a good idea? Well, Nathan gets a ton of cash, the site would get exposure and traffic, I'd be able to make a living doing podcasts and gaining ad revenue while running the site, and everyone would be able to enjoy a fun podcast weekly. After the year is over and Nathan left, my name would already be out there as someone who did interviews. I'd be able to pull in guests to help share duties. Or I'd pay Nathan another $million.

Now all I have to do is win the lottery.

Mar 13, 2012#34

Shegokigo

The differences in what we'd do with lottery winnings is mind boggling.

Mar 13, 2012#35

Ravenpoe

Shegokigo said:
The differences in what we'd do with lottery winnings is mind boggling.

Like you wouldn't buy a few celebrities.

Though, you probably wouldn't be interviewing them.

Mar 13, 2012#36

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Ravenpoe said:
Like you wouldn't buy a few celebrities.

Though, you probably wouldn't be interviewing them.

Do you have any idea how many double-ended dildo-swords you could buy with lottery winnings?

Mar 13, 2012#37

Ravenpoe

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Do you have any idea how many double-ended dildo-swords you could buy with lottery winnings?

I have some idea, yeah.

Mar 13, 2012#38

Shegokigo

How about Dildo-Sabers?

Mar 13, 2012#39

Krisken

I, uh, thought you were kidding. I'm guessing they aren't licensed merchandise.

Mar 13, 2012#40

bhamv3

Man... I have no one to use a dildo-saber on, but I want one anyway!

Mar 13, 2012#41

Bumble the Boy Wonder

bhamv3 said:
Man... I have no one to use a dildo-saber on, but I want one anyway!

Prude.

Mar 13, 2012#42

bhamv3

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Prude.

More like can't convince any women to talk to m...

....

Hang on, I see what you're getting at now. :unibrow:

Mar 13, 2012#43

MindDetective

Bowielee said:
My minor is computer science, so I just finished an entire semeseter of Java.

I'll be honest, though, multithreading is kicking my ass.

An excellent choice for a minor. Truly.

Mar 13, 2012#44

Covar

ThatNickGuy said:
Thanks, man. Honestly, it's a combination of things that's stopping this:
1) Almost no experience with comic script writing. I've written some, but none that have ever gone past a script stage.

*cough* Mighty Marvel Method*cough*

Mar 13, 2012#45

fade

Bowielee said:
My minor is computer science, so I just finished an entire semeseter of Java.

I'll be honest, though, multithreading is kicking my ass.

The worst part is that it kicks your ass from multiple directions at the same time.

Mar 13, 2012#46

Ravenpoe

fade said:
The worst part is that it kicks your ass from multiple directions at the same time.

Wait...

Are we still talking about dildoes?

Mar 13, 2012#47

ThatNickGuy

Covar said:
*cough* Mighty Marvel Method*cough*

I greatly dislike the Marvel Method. It's how Stan Lee was able to screw over a number of artists by saying he came up with everything.

Mar 13, 2012#48

Adammon

fade said:
Aw, come on Adammon. "Crotch Goobers" needs one of your infamous gifs.

I wouldn't even know where to begin

Mar 13, 2012#49

Officer_Charon

*look down*
*look back up at camera*
"Crotch Goobers?"
:Leyla:

Mar 13, 2012#50

Dave

Mar 13, 2012#51

Officer_Charon

Mar 14, 2012#52

Mathias

Cost effective solar panel roof tiles - cost almost the same and look like regular roof tiles. Essentially the hook would be that they ascetically look like classic roof tiles, but they makes da energy for you. The cost effective part is killing me. No one wants to spend a shit-ton of money on solar panels, and they're still expensive as hell.

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