interesting. i actually envisioned a simple web interface that anyone, including joe luser, could use. the idea was to empower anyone to be more data driven, from the individual business owner in africa, to the small and medium business owners everywhere. i did recently run into directed edge. there's also data applied (their ui is too complex though).

by implementing a web app that anyone could use (mobile or not), i also envisioned a sort of community/market place where people could post their data and do simple stuff and/or have experts try to tackle it for a service fee. and whatever algorithms came out of that would be made available for future data that has similar features. i recently came across a similar site. can't remember the name.

anyway, i know this is not necessarily a viable startup idea. and if it is, it's ultimately all about execution. i'm still dreaming though and was psyched google launched their predict api.