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What risk? $5000 to cover yourself + $3000 marketing along with a (free) guy to do that for you which is a huge advantage that every person "launching" via a
by benologist 14y ago
What risk? $5000 to cover yourself + $3000 marketing along with a (free) guy to do that for you which is a huge advantage that every person "launching" via a "Show HN:" submission could benefit from.
If it turns out to be a crap idea you lose 50% of a crap idea. If it turns out to be a great idea you gain 50% of a business.
- nkohari 14y agoYou still have to do all the work to build the MVP.
- benologist 14y agoAnd you get paid to do it = labor, not risk. I have made and launched dozens of sites. The only ones I was paid to build belonged entirely to someone else. The ones I made for me .... I could barely afford hosting at some stages in my life.
- xauronx 14y agoAgreed. $5k to hack on a personal project for 2 months isn't really a ton of risk. Especially because OP didn't really put any huge requirements on this. It doesn't have to be a gigantic project (well, ideally at least, I'm not sure what he'll end up picking). I'd love to see the whole process documented though.
- suhastech 14y agoAgreed. Life is full of risk vs returns decisions. Employment - Low Risk, Low Returns Startup - High Risk, High Returns I love how this preposition is somewhere in the middle.