http://www.stevepoland.com Serial entrepreneur and former early @TechCrunch Writer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetHave you ever worked somewhere that some employees are sitting around, surfing the web, and not being productive? They obviously have too much time on their hands and likely should be fired if they suck, because they are likely bringing the entire organization down on productivity (“if she isn’t working and doesn’t care, why do [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/idea-134-airbnb-for-employee-hours/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetThis is a simple idea really, although probably could use its’ own website to help facilitate/coordinate. What about using Kickstarter (which is a website for crowd-funding ideas) and utilize it for neighborhood initiatives, such as painting a house, fixing someone’s roof, etc. Essentially helping thy neighbor. This could simply be that one person leads the [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/social-good-startup-idea-133-kickstarter-for-neighborhood-initiatives/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetThis was written specific to City of Buffalo, NY, but really this should be built for any city. Here’s my idea, it’s yours, please go execute and build it! We need a mobile parking app that allows you to see if you can park in that spot, or on that side of the street, and [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/app-startup-idea-132-parking-app-using-twilio-api/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetThis is my buddy Aaron’s idea originally (@lloydxmas). I’m sharing because he and I would like someone to create this. I spent a bit of time exploring this idea. You’ll see my mockups below. The gist of the idea is that people currently have no way of tracking our life’s win/lose percentage in games. I [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/app-startup-idea-131-wmockups-life-winlose-percentage-playing-games-aka-broughten/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetThis is a list of domains I’m selling. Most of these I am seeking 4+ figures. Feel free to make me an offer, my email is at the bottom of this page. MyFavorites.com (5+ figures), My-Favorites.com, My-Favourites.com, MyFavourites.com (original idea here) Fave.it MyFavorate.com, MyFavorates.com 2D2F.com Adonymous.com (anonymous ad network?) Broughten.com BuffaloConcerts.com, BuffaloConcert.com, Buffalo-Concert.com BuffaloDailyDeal.com BuffaloStartups.com [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/my-domains-for-sale-myfavorites-com-fave-it-lyku-com-searph-com-uclips-com-kimpa-com-etc/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetODesk is a huge marketplace of developers, designers and other contractors globally. When you hire someone on there, they have software that screencaptures the contractor’s screen while they work. So if you’re paying $20/hour, you see that hour of the programmer actually working and not dilly dallying. It’s not perfect by any means, the programmer [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/startup-idea-130-screencast-system-for-contractors/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetThe other day I met with a buddy that runs a photobooth rental company. After the meeting, I sent some introduction emails to him and others I know that he should know. It got me thinking, helping others is great — it’s human for us to want to help others. I know we have Twitter [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/startup-idea-129-what-are-you-working-on/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetMy latest guest post on TechCrunch, “What Startup To Build?”, can be read here:  http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/25/what-startup-to-build/ Past TechCrunch guests posts: “Will It End Very Badly?” Probably Not. The New Early-Adopter Addiction: Turntable Twitter And Facebook Turn Everyone Into An Affiliate Marketer Some other favorite posts off my own blog: 100+ Web Start-up Business Ideas The little startup that couldn’t (a post-mortem [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/techcrunch-guest-post-what-startup-to-build/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetRemember being younger and writing all over stuff? Benches in the locker room at school, walls in stalls, etc. “Dave loves Michelle 6/8/10″, and drawings of random things. Remember the Million Dollar Homepage? A limited amount of space for sale at $1 per pixel, 1mm pixels. Why isn’t there a big graffiti wall on the [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/startup-idea-128-the-graffiti-wall/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; } TweetSimple idea, iOS app, I’d charge $0.99. App has one button “spotted” that you press when you see a cop. Fuzz Alert app exists and appears to be similar. Push or audio notifications when you are near an area with a recent spot, or a typical area of spots. When a notification happens, it asks [...]]]> http://www.stevepoland.com/startup-idea-127-spotted/