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Sorry but No. I don’t mean to be rude but as soon as someone comes to HN with a request like this and actually gets funded the floodgates will almost surely op
by TomOfTTB 16y ago
Sorry but No.
I don’t mean to be rude but as soon as someone comes to HN with a request like this and actually gets funded the floodgates will almost surely open. Every person rejected by Y Combinator will start showing up to try and get their funding via the community and since it really doesn’t take that much to get to the front page I suspect the place will be flooded in no time.
Sorry to be so blunt and had you not posted this yourself it might be a different story but I just don’t like this sort of thing. I like this community…it brings joy to my life and I don’t want to see it devolve into a “Pitch your startup” forum. That’s what VCs are for.
- mindcrime 16y agoI have mixed feelings about this. I agree that HN shouldn't become just a place to pitch startups, but.... 1. people already "pitch" their startups here for feedback on a regular basis, just not for funding. Is it that different? And 2. there does seem to be a need for this sort of crowdsourced funding scenario. Maybe a new site (could|should) be created, dedicated to this model of soliciting funding? Something similar to Kickstarter, but for startups seeking funding? But, I think there are a lot of regulations about investing in startups, aren't there? If so, not sure there's a way to reconcile that with this sort of crowd-sourced, highly distributed model. :-(
- naner 16y agoI thought this was a joke at first. The title of the post screams "NO" right off the bat.