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Not unbelievable at all. I've pointed this out before, and I'll probably have cause to do so again, but Y Combinator has twice funded companies whose entire bus
by teraflop 4y ago
Not unbelievable at all. I've pointed this out before, and I'll probably have cause to do so again, but Y Combinator has twice funded companies whose entire business model is smuggling:
https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/13/backpack-connects-you-with-travelers-so-you-can-purchase-items-in-other-countries/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/13/backpack-connects-you-with...
https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/28/shypmate-pays-travelers-to-bring-products-to-ghana-and-nigeria/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/28/shypmate-pays-travelers-to...
- AlexandrB 4y agoThey also funded a second life knock off that claims it will become the meta verse: https://www.playdreamworld.com https://www.playdreamworld.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w3fZMkE69s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w3fZMkE69s
- wsgeorge 4y ago> whose entire business model is smuggling That's interesting. I never thought of it that way. Solutions to the "Amazon doesn't deliver here" problem are quite popular in Ghana. Asking someone returning to get you something is quite common. I have friends who've created businesses around this.