There's already on demand auto insurance, why not do it for workers? Rafiki et al can provide on demand insurance for when the worker gets hired, which would complete their value proposition.

It already exists and every business is legally required to have it for their employees. The cost is based on the employer's rating and how dangerous the job is. It's much cheaper to insure a secretary than a guy painting on a ladder. It's usually more expensive for temp agencies because they're sending out inexperienced, poorly trained people to do jobs that are hard to fill with people that have a hard time holding a job.

Rafiki said they didn't need any special insurance though which makes it seems like they're passing this liability on to the business owner. No business owner in their right mind would accept that liability. The whole point of temp labor is to fill a temporary hole or dangerous job without taking on any of the liability & expense associated with hiring an employee. Assumption of that liability and handling the associated paperwork & regulations is the bulk of the service that a temp agency provides.

This already exists in the USA for 529 plans

Workmans comp. It's the only insurance temp workers are covered by, and the temp agency/employer both need it.

Haha the issue with a mint bowl is that offices are filled with greedy/fat people that just eat the mints. Any mints in a bowl just get eaten during the day, they run out, and then you're back in the same mintless situation.

This would be a product that would be only used on the time of someone leaving to meet with a client, and would only dispense exactly two mints each time.

Even with overheads it would probably be more cost effective than the mintbowl for those reasons.

Just wanted to say there's a black mirror episode that is close to my idea minus the money. Season 3, episode 1.

Great series in general if anyone hasn't check it out.

I don't recall the name, but this has been done before (probably more than once). Tipping apps fail because of processing fee's and friction. It's hard to get your users to preload their tip accounts. Nobody has been able to commercialize microtransactions because they're too expensive to process at the point of sale (or tip). It's easy (and free) to move money around once you have the money in your tip app. Bitcoin is kinda close to solving the issue, but even then there is still a small fee attached and the friction from the transactions (loading bitcoin, sending bitcoin, converting bitcoin, cashing out bitcoin...).

Need some suggestions for the name of a new app. It connects homeowners in the burbs who have some extra gardening space and city dwellers looking to grow their own...

Anybody?

cool idea

I like it

iPatch
GroPro

I like GrowPro

Sorry I'm not a weed guy, this is for growing weed right?

Thanks guys.

It's for growing anything really, weed too (depending on location).

I like growpro/gropro. What about sowgrow or sowpro?

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Eta: How much $ is there in renting out a garden plot for a 3-4 month growing season? Who's responsible for taking care of the soil & nutrients? What hours are these people free to come and go on your property?

Eta2: I'm pretty sure Gropro & or GrowPro are currently in use and trademarked by a business in the gardening industry.

i had a thought about starting a website called payformysurgery.com or something like that. i was thinking it would be a good way to help subsidize the high cost of medical care in the US, it could be marketed as a way to help people in trouble and also as a way to reduce the burden that high healthcare costs puts on the taxpayer. it would be different than gofundme or other sites like that because in order to apply you would need to submit a medical bill or some other form of proof.

In Germany we have something similar (not weed obv) where you can "rent" a tiny plot to plant your own stuff. It's not p2p but you rent from a (close to the or in the city) farmer or like a communal plot thing.

Most customers seem to be young families so for the name I'd think more along the lines of "our happy little garden" (not a literal name suggestion!) and not "growpro" or something "hip and cool" like that? Just my 2c.

http://www.savewalterwhite.com/

@de captain
The price to rent depends on a number of factors like plot size, location, accessibility, utilities, and growing assistance to name a few. Growers are responsible for plant care, but can opt for a managed grow or grower assistance if available.

@Europa
These guys? http://www.meine-ernte.de/ Would you suggest separate apps, one for weed and one for everything else?

@everyone
If you were renting a grow plot for the veggies, would you be put off by the option to grow weed in legal States?

My price question was largely rhetorical. I know the rent willy vary wildly. What I was really asking is whether or not there could possibly be enough $ in renting out a garden?

I don't see anyone paying much $ to grow $100 worth of vegetables. Sure there is probably interest in the idea but I can't imagine that what people are willing to pay is anywhere near what you'd have to charge to make it worthwhile. Unless perhaps your growing weed.

Allowing anyone to grow weed on your property is such a terrible idea. You're just inviting problems in the form of illegal activities, theft, governmental problems. I can't imagine that possibly being worth what you could collect in rent.

I think many of the people who wanted to rent a plot to grow vegetables would be put off by the option to grow weed due to not wanting their kids around it and increased likelihood of crime & theft

How about a retail version of those ecommerce meal-delivery sites like blue apron?

The business would sell and deliver freshly prepared and portioned ingredients for recipes on its menu. Order-in the dish's ingredients and then do the cooking yourself.

Yeah cool idea. There's probably a holiday home type platform you could use to get up and running efficiently.

On the name, "Garden Share" came to mind: short and sweet, has the message in the name, verb-able, and in line with brand (friendly, economical...?). That's taken though, redirects to https://sharedearth.com/ , a similar business.

I think there is still mileage in saying what you are doing is garden sharing though. Its something which will click with people quite readily since house sharing is a thing.

If you want investors to take you seriously I suppose you'll have to go with garden.ify

How is that really any different from blue apron? Aside from being slightly more on-demand. When you said "retail version" I obviously assumed there's a retail store you can browse and immediately buy your food kits. Which could definitely work in some markets. (Yes, I'm aware there's grocery stores that do this to some extent.)

The problem with the delivery version is the delay. Not many people want to wait 40 minutes to have their food delivered so they can then start cooking it.

my best friend had this idea a couple years ago...thought it sounded good at the time, still do.

Agree, great idea. The cost of an enjoyable, immersive website jumps to mind as the main barrier.

Could well imagine Expedia having another tab "Ideas" alongside "Flights" "Hotels" "Cruises" etc.

As a user Id be looking for well written reviews from similar people to me.

Maybe you could aggregate travel blogs and make them richer somehow. Give people some ideas on destination and let them browse a map. Maybe you see the whole route someone took and can clickthru to the blog entry.

I would use that travel site for sure. It would be expensive to build and maintain but one of the big boys like expedia should definitely do it.