“And make payments” implies network effects, which has a chicken+egg problem of needing both payees and payers in sufficient quantity to warrant signing up (or N times more work to interface with N different payees existing payment front ends without their help)
Not recommend for a “first good idea”
Also, too, your kernel of an idea isn’t that special. Probably half the people on LessWrong could have thought of it, if they gave 5 minutes of thought to whatever domain its in. All the value is in coordinating the execution, not in coming up with “hey, what if you could pay some rando who was already going downtown to drive you downtown, instead of (trying to) hire a cab?”
Also, too, your kernel of an idea isn’t that special. Probably half the people on LessWrong could have thought of it, if they gave 5 minutes of thought to whatever domain its in.
Totally agree. But remember—the vaccine app isn’t my real idea. It’s the idea I came up with to use as an example after 5 minutes of thought :)
I really appreciate all your comments and taking the time to engage with this. They’re helping me think about the actual idea I have in mind much more clearly and in more detail. Thank you!
“And make payments” implies network effects, which has a chicken+egg problem of needing both payees and payers in sufficient quantity to warrant signing up (or N times more work to interface with N different payees existing payment front ends without their help) Not recommend for a “first good idea”
Also, too, your kernel of an idea isn’t that special. Probably half the people on LessWrong could have thought of it, if they gave 5 minutes of thought to whatever domain its in. All the value is in coordinating the execution, not in coming up with “hey, what if you could pay some rando who was already going downtown to drive you downtown, instead of (trying to) hire a cab?”
Totally agree. But remember—the vaccine app isn’t my real idea. It’s the idea I came up with to use as an example after 5 minutes of thought :)
I really appreciate all your comments and taking the time to engage with this. They’re helping me think about the actual idea I have in mind much more clearly and in more detail. Thank you!