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Startup Weekend Ideas

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Coming to Startup Weekend on April 25th-27th?

Good! Now here are some ideas to pitch!

Idea #1

A solution for the “too many tabs open” problem. Need a way to save my history in an organized and interactive manner, with a nice looking UI. Sort of like the old WebMynd (http://webmynd.com). I find that most of my tabs are open as a form of reminder.

“We’re a reminder + tab management + todo list system all in one.” – Your Company

If I close it, I’ll forget it and might as well not have seen it. Same if I hide it away in some kind of bookmarking app. I think it would be best to apply a UI layer over my entire history in a way that makes it easy to search and recall things that I found interesting int he past.
Need to store all data locally for privacy reasons, and have a way to logically group urls by content and bring them back to the front occasionally (maybe with some kind of gamification?) so they don’t disappear.

 

Idea #2

I want to search for furniture, and other products, based on dimensions. My girlfriend and I furnished a new apartment recently, and had to be space conscious..

“We let you search for furniture, and other products, based on dimensions.” – Your Company

This spot next to the couch could fit a 10″ wide table. It’s not easy to search for that, yet the information is there. My original plan was going to use the Amazon API and take a search term and page through looking for dimensions that fit. I still think it’s a great idea, but obviously not huge, and I don’t really have time to build it. If you do, hook me up.

 

 

Idea #3

I have a strange fascination with knowing exactly how I discovered a particular artist, film, website, etc.

I’d really love a browser extension that could keep track of how the user reached a given site. Then they could go back later and input, say, a YouTube URL, and it would show exactly what lead them to that song.

“We tell you how exactly you discovered a particular artist, film, website, etc” – Your Company

I started writing such an extension myself, but I was clearly out of my element. So when Mozilla shut down their Firefox Add-on Builder, I lost motivation completely. For someone with experience created extensions, though, I imagine this would be pretty straightforward.

EDIT: no, using the browser history is not good enough. Browsing is a non-linear activity (especially with multiple tabs open), and to visualize your path through the web you need a graph, not just a list of sites.

 

 

Idea #4

Idea: Airbnb for food. An app where you buy meals cooked by your neighbors.

I see two big trends these days.

1) People seems more willing to connect back with their neighbors and community.

2) People have less time but want to eat more healthy.

“We connect you with your neighbours over a meal” – Your Company

Imagine this scenario:

While going back home, a student could check on the app what’s available to eat for tonight. Next to his place, there’s a family willing to sell the extra tacos for a few bucks. The student would then just stop by and pick them up.

Obviously, there would be quality rating and the possibility to reserve a few days in advance.

What is Startup Weekend Hamilton?

All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it’s a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekends culminate with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback.

Find out more at Startup Weekend Hamilton.

Or reach out to one of the organizers:

Ideas sourced from:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7541601