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Ask HN: Thoughts on porn startups?
I'm really curious to what HN has to say regarding porn startups; I dont mean the ones involved in production, but end-user, etc.
- mooism2 16y agoWhat is there to say about porn startups that can't also be said about non-porn startups?
- michael_dorfman 16y agoAbout the only thing that I can think of is that porn is a highly competitive and crowded industry. Unless you've got some "secret sauce" that is extremely hard to replicate, I wouldn't even consider it.
- iwwr 16y agoTry exploring the yet unharnessed sections of the EM spectrum. We have age-old visible-light porn, Paris Hilton introduced IR-light porn, the TSA pioneered x-ray and millimeter-wave porn, while some researchers dabbled with CAT-scaner machines. There is a huge potential still remaining! Near-UV, far-UV, far-IR (thermal), not to mention luminescence and fluorescence.
- instakill 16y agoThe only thing I can think of is starting an adult mobile ad serving network but Adultmoda has that well covered.
- gexla 16y agoMaybe you could do a chat roulette where instead of blocking the penis, you embrace it. Well, not embrace it. You don't want to touch it. Eeew. I just meant that... oh nevermind. I agree with top comment. A startup is a startup. You only have so many resources though (time and money) so make sure this is the area in which you could kill it the most. Just like with any startup, look for something which you can improve on. Except for bigger boobs. They can go bigger, but they are already big enough on the sites which specialize in those things!