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You're not being hurtful. :) I'll send you an email too, but because others are raising this: Good point and it's a potential trap of tools built from develope
by fforflo 5y ago
You're not being hurtful. :)
I'll send you an email too, but because others are raising this:
Good point and it's a potential trap of tools built from developers for developers.
There's this fine line between finding it useful and being willing to pay for it. Being honest to my self:
Do I find this useful ? Yes
Makes my web scraping easier? Yes
Would I pay for it? Maybe... but the problem is I've never paid for a scraping tool either.
But other people may pay for it.
To get to that point though I'll probably need a few more hands on deck, who need salaries and for that you need external funds.
- gkoberger 5y agoGreat! Looking forward to talking :) If I were you, I'd do everything possible to answer your initial question (is web scraping a viable business) before bringing other people and their money into it. Everything gets much, much harder once other people's time and money is involved (both the process of convincing them, AND the potential process of realizing you were wrong). There's lots of ways to build a business, so take my advice with a grain of salt. But especially if you're worried about it, I'd highly recommend focusing on getting to a few paying customers before involving VCs or employees. If you're here asking that question, you can be sure they will be too (minus the initial conviction you have). (The one exception is a co-founder! It's lonely starting a company, so you should definitely consider trying to find a co-founder that you love working with.)