Ideas For Your Next Tech Startup

prostoalex writes "Business 2.0 magazine enumerates tech ideas that venture capitalists are currently interested in, listing the amounts they have ready to invest." From the article:"A column that appeared on Business2.com the next day described the company Armstrong envisioned and his wish list of criteria. Those who thought they had the right stuff could send Armstrong a business plan. A few weeks later, Armstrong had a new gripe: He'd received more than 20 solid plans and couldn't decide which of three finalists he wanted to fund -- not just for $1 million, but for as much as $5 million. He has since winnowed the list down to two. That got us thinking. Why not ask dozens of VCs a tantalizing (but often unasked) question: What types of ideas would you fund tomorrow if the right pitch landed on your doorstep? After a few weeks of trolling Sand Hill Road and beyond, we got 11 leading venture firms to spill their most promising business ideas -- and to pony up $50 million in funding to the entrepreneurs who can pull them off. "

Comments

Re:In Soviet Russia...

[DogDude]

I disagree. I'm looking at VC now because I *want* to divest. I've beat my brains getting my business to stand on it's own, and now that it does, I actually want a fucking break. Let somebody else take at least one of the reins for a while. What you're talking about is tech stuff, which is a different world from regular venture capital. You can still have a tech idea, bad or no, and get people to throw money at you like you're a wishing well. Besides, how many tech companies really start with little or no funding? I've never seen a tech company where the owner wasn't sitting his fat, pasty ass in a Herman Miller chair.

Re:The Midnight Spelunker

[deaddrunk]

Can't see that making much money in San Francisco