Over last couple of years, it happened several times that I became serious about certain idea and decided I want to do it in another 6 months and got caught up in life. And in another 6-12 months I found someone else independently thought of the same startup idea and actually did something about it. Moral of the story if you have a startup idea at the least claim it on your blog before someone implements it if you don't plan to implement it within next 6 months.
So this new series of blog posts is dedicated to a cursory glance at my "money making" thoughts as they happen now and then.
"Presentation Verifier":- A huge number of people have to view presentations from a variety of sources throughout the year. Typically a lot of people base their decisions on "facts" presented during these presentations. How nice(yes! its nice to have and not necessary) would it be to be able to run your presentation through a Presentation Verifier BPO employing smart net-surfers and access to most reports from major analyst firms who can verify facts and present basic or advanced results.
e.g. of basic results
1 Fact #1: True
2 Fact #2: False
3. Fact #3: NOT Verifiable
e.g of advanced results
1. Fact #1: True
Detailed References
Credibility of References
...
If not anyone else atleast the buyers of IT software/hardware and Venture Capitalists ought to love this tool. Instead of relying on the built in bullshit meter, a real report on truth about facts and figures presented might help make decisions better.
Barriers to entry for competition
1. Hiring of reasonably smart Internet researchers well versed in information retrieval from scholarly articles and indexed analyst(s) reports
2. Trust built as a first mover
Why would Google/Other big guys not want to do it.
Google/Many of Other big guys don't get into BPO businesses generally speaking
I thought of this idea while listening to someone's presentation where I doubted a few facts and was wondering how much time I am willing to spend on getting the facts right. Wouldn't I rather pay someone to verify all the facts for me.
Open model with everyone
Open model with everyone contributing their answers is better than closed one with only few people trying to find answers to "everything"(read Wikipedia/Linux). Expecting private answers may reduce their quality.
Moreover, having everyone contribute(for greed of money/fame) can remove the barrier of smart internet researchers(are there any, who assure you right answer at right time for everything "always").
Also, some of the information required may be subjective("Smartest person on earth" or the likes) and can be better answered through poll.
Service sounds more suited for a open forum than a commercial one.
-Nirendra
The two models are different
Fact verification of confidential corporate presentations before they are made or after they are made to audiences with publicly/non-publicly available data is fundamentally different from the open model of wikipedia or Google answers.
How about Google Answers
How about Google Answers (answers.google.com)
-Nirendra
Doesn't work for confidential corporate presentations
Its also a research tool rather than fact verfication service. It is intended as a general service with no guarantees on answers. Google Answers is also not useful for confidential presentations since they don't answer questions privately at this time.
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