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Stories like this make me wonder if a startup will come along and establish a marketplace for this sort of thing. I certainly don't have millions to offer, but
by cperciva 9y ago
Stories like this make me wonder if a startup will come along and establish a marketplace for this sort of thing. I certainly don't have millions to offer, but there are people I'd be happy to donate to charity in exchange for a few hours with (dinner or otherwise).
- arkadiyt 9y agoSounds like https://21.co/ https://21.co/
- jonafato 9y agoI was going to ask "does this need a marketplace?" and link to a list someone was maintaining a few month ago of folks who offered to match donations made to the ACLU, but it looks as though someone turned that into a little web app, anyway: http://matchingdonations.us/ http://matchingdonations.us/. That said, the harder part of this is probably getting people to make that offer to begin with. If this becomes a common thing, I'm sure someone will build a platform around it. If someone told me they'd donate to a charity of my choice in exchange for having dinner or coffee, I'd probably jump at the chance and match their donation, as well.
- nathancahill 9y agoI believe clarity.fm started that way. It's now pivoted to a broader audience.
- theprop 9y agoYes, I think they were thinking of a way to pay potential startup mentors/advisors initially as a marketplace, then pivoted to general startup advice.
- theprop 9y agoGreat idea about a marketplace for this! I think it could work for celebrities...I think fans would pay a lot to lunch with someone they're a huge fan of. 21.co looks cool & a nice idea!
- logiciel 9y agolike Omaze? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaze
- goatherders 9y agoKill me. We don't need a "startup" for every last little thing.
- TheSmiddy 9y agoOutside of HN everybody just calls these ideas websites "someone should start a website where..."