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Your idea is terrible.

by allang on 9/13/11, 2:33 PM with 2 comments

• by jchonphoenix on 9/13/11, 5:44 PM

  And those federal agents and cops are exactly why Palantir Technologies is awesome.

• by Hisoka on 9/13/11, 5:07 PM

  This recent discussion in Disrupt talks about the same issue: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/max-levchin-and-peter-thiel...

  I think the low barriers to entry leads to so many social games, the next check-in app, trivial notification apps, deal aggregators, etc. Everyone thinks they can start a business these days, but in actuality, you really need domain expertise to start a successful one.

  I do concede if we don't have the ability to tackle on these problems, and if the alternative is a 9-5, then maybe creating the next social game isn't such a bad idea.