Resultr.com: proof that a high schooler could reproduce your startup in study hall
Quick, where did this quote come from if not the Museum of Modern Art: "My kid could do that in ten minutes!"
Silicon Valley, where everyone has a startup idea (but everyone's already done it). Most heinous are the search mashups. These quick-and-dirty moneymakers combine search engines (say Google and Yahoo) and throw ads up next to the results. A9.com is one of the more useful examples.
"My kid could do that!" And today someone's kids did. A 15-year-old and 16-year-old (they call themselves the "Web 2.0 kids") just launched ResultR, a customizable search mashup made for a school project. It's nothing special, but then again, neither are most other mashups made by 30-year-olds. And these kids hired a classmate to run the site, according to the press release they sent out.
