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#30 is too meta. Will we eventually have startups that help startups make products for other startups that make products for other startups? It's just not scal
by jamesjyu 18y ago
#30 is too meta. Will we eventually have startups that help startups make products for other startups that make products for other startups?
It's just not scalable.
- jacobbijani 18y agoI disagree. It is meta, but not too meta. You're right, startups helping startups that help startups will fail. I think there are still enough startups for ONE round of meta. There's nothing that says it will go beyond that.
- anewaccountname 18y agoSince ycombinator would presumably fund companies with this idea, doesn't that make them a startup that helps startups that help startups?
- helveticaman 18y agoIt's not scalable because the market isn't that big. Too far up the food chain. Succesful startups: thousands, if not millions. Startups for startups: B2B, or YCombinator, or Techcrunch. Startups for startups for startups: can't think of any. These needs are already served by the B2B companies. At this stage, the ecosystem is small and covers itself. The market just gets too small at a certain point, but going meta can work.
- dood 18y agoStartups are just an emerging niche. If you look at it that way, the metaness is irrelevant. Also, such a startup would be guaranteed to have an intimate understanding of the problems they are trying to solve!
- wave 18y agoSometimes you see posting on HN people saying they don't have a technical background but have a brilliant idea. You can create a company that creates prototype for startups. If you look at http://buglabs.net http://buglabs.net, they are giving you a tool to create your own product.