Good idea but why asking only VCs & angels ? Why not asking anyone on what kind of new products they need?

Jeffrey. 1. Love you. 2. Can we hook this up to a VC On Demand App? Ya know, an Uber for VCs. When you want to have them just come over right now and give you the money for an idea they've said they like. 3. Also, we can build the entrepreneur version. Entrepreneur On Demand. When they have an idea and the money, there can be a pre-vetted pool of entrepreneurs that have had background checks and passed a general competency test to just come over and start working on it. Basically, let's use this to see just how far up the on demand ladder we can go. I've been thinking about which services should be commoditized, this seems like a nice place to start. :) 4. More seriously, does anyone know if there's been large company born in the last 20 years that the founders would legitimately claim to have been created based on an investors idea? I'm quite curious as to whether or not that's a thing. I'm not quite sure that VCs have good ideas, and when most of the angels that I know actually have a really really good idea they go start it themselves. XO. Bowman

I was just reading Homebrew's RFS last night (cc @hunterwalk @satyap). I'm a bit fond of email-first projects. :) If this get traction, what are your next steps, @jmj?

Requests for Startups (RFS) is a project created by @isaac_madan, @shauryasaluja, and myself. We are building a community where venture capitalists and angels can inspire entrepreneurs to think about ideas. The concept was inspired by YCombinator, who created a Requests for Startups site in September: https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ “There are a lot of startup ideas we’ve been waiting for people to apply with, sometimes for years. In an effort to be more direct, we’re introducing the RFS (Requests for Startups).” - YCombinator YC’s Request for Startups was a defining moment in the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Rather than waiting for pitches, YC made the decision to be proactive process by telling entrepreneurs about ideas that they would be excited to fund. Yesterday, Andreessen Horowitz followed YC’s lead by releasing their own Request for Startups - and it was a fascinating list: http://a16z.com/2015/01/22/16-th... We believe that every venture firm, angel investor, and incubator should create a similar list, which is why we built Request for Startups. We are creating a place where investors can post a Request for Startups and tell entrepreneurs about concepts and verticals that they would fund. RFS will help existing startups find the right investors for their ideas, and will also help entrepreneurs discover their next big idea. Likewise, it'll help investors manage opportunistic inbound and proprietary dealflow. We are starting with a curated newsletter that features Request for Startups from some of the brightest investors in the world - and we have plans to create something much bigger very soon!

@rrhoover Thanks for sharing Homebrew's RFS - first time reading it tonight and it's fascinating. We want to build a community where VC's and entrepreneurs can exchange ideas and communicate more effectively. We're still working on the mechanics, but our goal is to give "pre-idea" founders a place to find inspiration & to also give existing startups a place to find the right investors for their projects. On the investor side: we want to help VC's, angels, and incubators share concepts and find the right founders to build their ideas - or to find startups who are already working on the problems they want to solve. Agree that email-first projects are a great place to start!

Inspired by YCombinator's RFS, eh? Neat!

I've been thinking about a similar type of site/service for a while now. Whilst there exists sites such as PH to discover new products, there isn't a site where people can browse, contribute and collaborate on ideas. Initially, I thought this wouldn't work - if there exists a hotbed of ideas then surely people would 'steal' them and what's the incentive to share ideas? I believe this reasoning to be flawed, there are many people (myself included) who have a range of ideas but simply do not have the time to pursue them all. However, I would be happy to share them in the hope that someone else could develop the idea for the greater good of society. Linking VCs & angels into this is a key element in helping to bring good ideas to life. This looks like a great step in this direction, I would love to see the site evolve into something more than a daily newsletter (I prefer a PH style site rather than email delivery - just a personal preference). I'll be keeping an eye on this - good job @jmj & co!

The VC community is an extremely small target audience for most products that are released. Aren't you supposed to be solve problems, helping people, and build things people love instead of just chasing funding?

Excited to see more transparency about what all people are thinking/curious about. Let us if we can do anything to help @homebrew.

I looked at Homebrews list and they had a request for something we'd been considering here. So in some ways these lists may help drive direction for new work. Other people will just look for ideas they think they can get $ for. But as @hunterwalk said "your passion for it has to be greater than my passion for it". Doing something only for the money will show.

Reminds me of the The Internet Wishlist :-) http://theinternetwishlist.com/

Great idea @jmj - subscribed!

If you are looking for an idea to build and you need to look at a VC's website for ideas I think you are already basically fucked.

Has anyone actually received a publication here? I've signed up with multiple email addresses and haven't seen anything. What's the schedule?

Good idea! Subscribed.

Great idea. Well done! Glad Ryan added Homebrew's RFS. Here is a link to one by @Jason: http://blog.launch.co/blog/rfp-r...

I love the idea! Excited to see how this develops as more industries are allowed access to make requests.

Reminds me a bit of Bill Gross's IdeaMarket.com. Anyone use this or know how it's doing? Here's a Forbes article http://www.forbes.com/sites/robe... Collecting VC ideas is novel, and could be a source of inspiration, but I'm not sure I'd want to spend the next 5 years of my life pursuing something because an investor had a whim while on the treadmill :)

This can go in many, very positive directions -- nice work RFS team!

This is one of those ideas that as soon as you read it you say "Duh! Why didn't I think of that?!" Great job @isaac_madan, @shauryasaluja, & @jmj.