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Very true when he says there is a lesson to be learned from starting a company for $12k and a few weeks. Let this be a challenge. What can you start with the

Very true when he says there is a lesson to be learned from starting a company for $12k and a few weeks. Let this be a challenge. What can you start with the same constraints?

pageman 19y ago
wow. sounds like something those guys in Bangalore can do (or hopefully, Manila)
- nickb 19y ago
  They're from South Dakota. http://electricpulp.com/ http://electricpulp.com/
gyro_robo 19y ago
I could probably clone a lot of the YC'dlings. I thought it would be amusing to go down the list one-by-one and make open-source clones of 'em, specifically made to scale using EC2 and S3 auto-magically.
- nickb 19y ago
  Go for it! Competition is _always_ good! It forces people and companies to up their game. Customers are the ones who win in the end. I was actually thinking of implementing something like Scribd (it's very simple with Adobe Flashpaper) but don't wanna get sued and deal with DMCA/lawyers. Scribd's full of pirated stuff... they must be getting a ton of DMCA takedowns.
  - omouse 19y ago
    That's the diff between Scribd and any potential competitors. They have laughed in the face of danger and fear. Many people find that hard to do. You should go ahead and implement :D Laugh at the lawyers!
  - Tichy 19y ago
    That's interesting - how could you use FlashPaper in a server setting? Is it available for Linux? Would it be sufficient to have a single user license to serve the web?
sethjohn 19y ago
I would ammend that to "$12k, a few weeks, and an incredibly powerful platform for self-publicizing his site." As with most things Web 2.0, there's a catch-22 at the beginning; Nobody posts, so nobody visits, so nobody posts. Guy's PR ability to drive traffic to his site is certainly much more valuable than the idea or the technology. Sure, any young hacker could have built a site like that for $12K and a few weeks...but that may not be enough to give it a similar chance for success.

Very true when he says there is a lesson to be learned from starting a company for $12k and a few weeks. Let this be a challenge. What can you start with the same constraints?

pageman 19y ago

wow. sounds like something those guys in Bangalore can do (or hopefully, Manila)

nickb 19y ago
They're from South Dakota. http://electricpulp.com/ http://electricpulp.com/

gyro_robo 19y ago

I could probably clone a lot of the YC'dlings. I thought it would be amusing to go down the list one-by-one and make open-source clones of 'em, specifically made to scale using EC2 and S3 auto-magically.

nickb 19y ago
Go for it! Competition is _always_ good! It forces people and companies to up their game. Customers are the ones who win in the end. I was actually thinking of implementing something like Scribd (it's very simple with Adobe Flashpaper) but don't wanna get sued and deal with DMCA/lawyers. Scribd's full of pirated stuff... they must be getting a ton of DMCA takedowns.
- omouse 19y ago
  That's the diff between Scribd and any potential competitors. They have laughed in the face of danger and fear. Many people find that hard to do. You should go ahead and implement :D Laugh at the lawyers!
- Tichy 19y ago
  That's interesting - how could you use FlashPaper in a server setting? Is it available for Linux? Would it be sufficient to have a single user license to serve the web?

sethjohn 19y ago

I would ammend that to "$12k, a few weeks, and an incredibly powerful platform for self-publicizing his site." As with most things Web 2.0, there's a catch-22 at the beginning; Nobody posts, so nobody visits, so nobody posts. Guy's PR ability to drive traffic to his site is certainly much more valuable than the idea or the technology. Sure, any young hacker could have built a site like that for $12K and a few weeks...but that may not be enough to give it a similar chance for success.