Idea Log v2.0

This is a rough list of ideas I started at the beginning of the summer. Some of them are off the wall, and some of them seem like legitimate ideas to do more research on. Anyone interested in going into one of these together?

1) Bus Service

• SD-OC-LA-SJ-SF Route
• Modeled off Vietnamese Bus systems
• Compete with Greyhound
• Tailor for business travelers and/or students
• Offer wi-fi, clean, comfort, efficient
• Faster overall travel than flying, and less hassle
• Current SJ-LA total time for using air service ~ 2.5 hours
• Estimated SJ-LA total time for using bus service ~ 6 hours... hmmm
  

2) Baby machine

• Baby-holder that mimics human temperature, texture, breathing, and movement
• Heart beat based off mom or dad's
• Or simulates a car ride, with exhause noise and engine vibration
• Target market = young affluent couples
  

3) Movie Market - bidding on productions
4) Language programs - karaoke
5) GPS travel guides
6) Low cap funds / VC Microequity

• Market for start-ups
• Opens up funding options for start-ups... not just VCs or FF or Angels
• Can sell and market idea online to hundreds, thousands of people
• You set the ownership terms, and people can vote on your reputation
• Ownership is diluted, so entrepreneur has greater control
• People buy it like stocks... $20 here, $350 there... must keep it small
• Smaller amounts mean people are more risk-tolerant
• People can be their own VCs... knowledgeable folks will invest more in good ideas
  
• No mutual fund "manager"... replaced by electronic system
• Includes risk calculator/recommender
  

7) E-vote
8) Stanford mutual fund
9) Endangered animal market

• Replaces guilt-based activitism with market-forces
• People can purchase shares of animals they want preserved
• Most valued or useful organisms will receive greatest share
• Allows public to vote on allocation of government funds
• Allows public to inject private funds to animals they like
  

10) Debate TV

• TV show that brings together political commentators or politicians
• YouTube like stiching to put together speeches by opposite parties
  

11) Mouth acid tester

12) Online outdoors magazine

• YouTube-like delivery, or e-book format
• Backpacker.com is behind on online format
• Outdoorspeople seem to be tech savvy... maybe just in Bay Area
• Video/Text combination
• Ad-driven revenue... no subscription
• Target niche... don't try to be a YouTube
• Can expand to other topics
• Need Austin's help (magazine experience)
• Combine with outdoor travel community... BIG focus... allow voting
• Gear reviews
• Easily searchable
• Originally, post skills or trip series on YouTube, but revenue?
  

13) Entrepreneurs ideation tool

• Online format, to replace e-mail, Writely, blogs
• Blogs are too one-person centric
• Allow text, images, videos
• A way to organize lots of people's contributions to begin forming end concept
• Allows easy transition to MRD or formal flowchart
• Drag-and-Drop... maybe like Google Notebook
• Able to distinguish core/features/customers/competitors/news/distribution, etc.
• Replaces this damn text-based list... need a file folder system
• Supplements entrepreneur's community website
• Website allows creators, teammembers, and investors to come together
• Look at Work.com