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How many people at YC have proposed starting a ferry company I wonder?
by tjmaxal 16y ago
How many people at YC have proposed starting a ferry company I wonder?
- maukdaddy 16y agoSo if I can get this ferry to run rails, redis, and ...
- GFischer 16y agoI've often thought about starting a business that's outside of my skills/competencies, but I suspect that, much like a non-programmer doing a software business, there's much I don't know, which would lead me to failure. OTOH us developer types do know how to learn :) so maybe my fears are misplaced. I never gave serious thought about a ferry, but I have sometimes wondered about it (when stuck in traffic :) ). There is a potential ferry route over here (Bay of Montevideo) from the wealthier residential neighbourhoods to downtown that should be faster than the land route during peak hours, as it avoids congestion. However, I don't know if the potential customers would tolerate sea-sickness or bad weather, or if the time savings would be enough, or even if it could be made profitable when competing against subsidized public transportation... (quite a few unknown variables).
- showerst 16y agoI think that most people around here are interested in a business that has very low start up costs, and very cheap scalability. Even if it were possible for a guy in a basement to buy a ferry, I'm not sure that I'd want to ride it =P. That said, it is interesting to remember how blinkered we can be by thinking only in terms of tech-friendly businesses.