Should be loaded by now
Ive had great ideas over the years and put my coding and technical genius to work to make them happen, but usually I cant sell them or make hype around them, so get bored and move onto the next big idea and repeat the cycle. Some ideas I had over the years which never quite made it to fruition

1994: Domain names. Tried to persuade mum and dad that as domain names were still free to register, all i would need is two servers to host namesevers on (as that was all you needed back then) and I could get all kinds of names on this new fangled internet thing. Was promptly shot down in flames, calls of 'the internet is nothing, live in the real world, son.' I still remind them to this day how much we would be worth, had they shelled out the couple of hundred quid to co-lo some machines and let me gobble up some good domain names.

2000: Sick of using those crappy customer support/relationship manager tools in various support jobs, I built a full on hosted, managed CRM system online. Fully secured, encrypted, even the backend DBs were encrypted just in case. Worked great and tried to sell the product to people, but no one was interested over 'security' fears of putting their customers information onto an online system. Few years later salesforce.com shows up and its the best thing since sliced bread. Fucksocks.

2001: A site where people could have their own page profile, chat to eachother, connect their page to friends pages and share random shite about their day. Made about half of it, got caught up in life then kicked my own arse when myspace came out.

2005: Letting people pay for things on website from their mobile phones. I made the whole thing, its still there and it works great, i just never publicized it or did any sales. Made the mistake of speaking to my (now ex) boss about my wicked idea. He went off and founded a (now well known) company which do exactly the same thing. Hes rolling in the cash.

So yeah, seems im good at thinking up this stuff and making it well. I just dont seem to be so good at generating the sales pitch/hype. Anyone here good at that and fancy being loaded?
(shamen Geekius Maximus, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 16:01, 5 replies)

ex boss
Take the cunt to court
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 16:15, closed)

In all seriousness, yes. We're always on the lookout for budding businesspeople, if you have the ideas, we can secure funding and get the ideas produced and marketed. Send me a message...
(Catrim, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 17:08, closed)

Indeed,
Gaz me some of your recent ideas and I'll see what I can do. Oh and sign here, don't worry about the small print...
(The man with the flan swashed his buckle on, Sat 26 Jun 2010, 9:33, closed)

Shamen,
Why did you come to us today? What makes you think you're business is worth that amount?

I like you, Shamen. I feel that I wouldn't be investing in a good product, but more the person behind the product. I don't think you need us at all Shamen, and for that reason, I'm out.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 26 Jun 2010, 9:54, closed)

If it makes you feel any better
Ideas are nothing, it's the execution that matters.

Plenty of people have had the same ideas that lead to ebay, amazon, facebook, youtube, google. The reason why they have succeeded is luck and hard work.
(potato123, Mon 28 Jun 2010, 13:59, closed)