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I'm hoping as a community we will have plenty of great people who would be interested and wise enough to participate in that capacity. I would hope to have some

by HNer 16y ago

I'm hoping as a community we will have plenty of great people who would be interested and wise enough to participate in that capacity. I would hope to have some investor types like maybe Derick Sivers et al, but would be open to anyone who the community felt was a good fit. It's ours to hack into what we want. There are no rules in place right now, it's just the seed of an idea which I think we can develop into an entertaining and useful feature of HN.

revorad 16y ago
Are you thinking of making it a literal clone of Dragons Den, as in with video?
- HNer 16y ago
  Yes most certainly with video if possible as this would make it so much more entertaining for others watching. I'm pretty proficient with Flash and online video having a background in this area so code should be no problem and with the use of skype combined with pitches which the particpants create anyway to pitch on their sites, I'd expect it could all be done very elegantly.
  - revorad 16y ago
    I don't think the tech is the problem here. It's the people. It sounds a bit vague without having some credible people signed up to it.
    - HNer 16y ago
      Everything starts somewhere. I'm starting right here.
      - revorad 16y ago
        Yes and I wish you luck. It would be interesting and useful if this works out. (Sorry I didn't mean to be so cynical with my earlier comments.)
        HNer 16y ago
        Many thanks
        HNer 16y ago
        I will soon be able to announce a few names who have already come forward with investment capital and other goodies to offer.
  - notahacker 16y ago
    I think the 'pitch and feedback as entertainment' could work well - we see plenty of video feedback and blog posts about what people thought of their pitching experiences anyway. To be even remotely appealing to the sorts of hackers that might apply to YC it would have to be a little different from the BBC TV show though; the key features that make the show entertaining are investors being rude about bad ideas and the wrangling over huge equity stakes because they're not allowed to do any real due diligence. P.S. your cousins did pretty well; if their patent for the watering mechanism is as broad as suggested they might want to ask questions about it's applicability to industrial sized greenhouses as well...
    - HNer 16y ago
      "P.S. your cousins did pretty well; if their patent for the watering mechanism is as broad as suggested they might want to ask questions about it's applicability to industrial sized greenhouses as well..." Cool Point, I will pass that on... thanks.

by HNer 16y ago

revorad 16y ago

Are you thinking of making it a literal clone of Dragons Den, as in with video?

HNer 16y ago
Yes most certainly with video if possible as this would make it so much more entertaining for others watching. I'm pretty proficient with Flash and online video having a background in this area so code should be no problem and with the use of skype combined with pitches which the particpants create anyway to pitch on their sites, I'd expect it could all be done very elegantly.
- revorad 16y ago
  I don't think the tech is the problem here. It's the people. It sounds a bit vague without having some credible people signed up to it.
  - HNer 16y ago
    Everything starts somewhere. I'm starting right here.
    - revorad 16y ago
      Yes and I wish you luck. It would be interesting and useful if this works out. (Sorry I didn't mean to be so cynical with my earlier comments.)
      - HNer 16y ago
        Many thanks
      - HNer 16y ago
        I will soon be able to announce a few names who have already come forward with investment capital and other goodies to offer.
- notahacker 16y ago
  I think the 'pitch and feedback as entertainment' could work well - we see plenty of video feedback and blog posts about what people thought of their pitching experiences anyway. To be even remotely appealing to the sorts of hackers that might apply to YC it would have to be a little different from the BBC TV show though; the key features that make the show entertaining are investors being rude about bad ideas and the wrangling over huge equity stakes because they're not allowed to do any real due diligence. P.S. your cousins did pretty well; if their patent for the watering mechanism is as broad as suggested they might want to ask questions about it's applicability to industrial sized greenhouses as well...
  - HNer 16y ago
    "P.S. your cousins did pretty well; if their patent for the watering mechanism is as broad as suggested they might want to ask questions about it's applicability to industrial sized greenhouses as well..." Cool Point, I will pass that on... thanks.