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I love this idea. I realize there are haters out there. I'll match this offer as well for anyone who is interested. Yes, it sounds like a bad deal for some pe
by ezl 14y ago
I love this idea. I realize there are haters out there.
I'll match this offer as well for anyone who is interested.
Yes, it sounds like a bad deal for some people. But for a lot of people its a great way to:
1. not have to find work for a month,
2. work on something they're passionate about anyways,
3. have an idea of theirs that may not have otherwise seen light of day become a reality.
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoCan I suggest that this is turning into a HN Matchmaking service Perhaps a little codification might be good: * A Maker puts their idea onto HS with "MatchMake HN: " * Any interested Investor then replies * Maker chooses Investor (possibly publically) * A month later a "Show HN" is published. I would be interested seeing everyone's results
- derefr 14y agoI'm now imagining building a marketplace site roughly like eLance/oDesk/whatever else, where the investor can put money in escrow and clients (freelancers) can "bid"--but it's the freelancers who are proposing the jobs in their entirety, not the investor.
- phogster 14y agoI'm loving this entire thread. I wish HN had more brainstorming sessions like these.
- orionblastar 14y agoWouldn't it be funny if a MVP uses one of those freelance sites and spends the $5000 on a team in India to finish the project in two months and then has the $3000 to promote it? Subcontracting can be fun you know.
- panther2k 14y agohttp://makermatch.herokuapp.com http://makermatch.herokuapp.com Just put this together. No escrow or anything and haven't fully implemented bidding but let's see if there's any interest.
- bryans 14y agoIf nothing else, that is one of the best, most clever, most appropriate names I've ever seen.
- aaronevans 14y agoWhy wait for hmexx, right?
- aaronevans 14y agoFeature request -- What about a user being both maker and investor?
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoif you are the maker of http://makermatch.herokuapp.com http://makermatch.herokuapp.com may I say nice one - great to see spaghetti hitting walls - may it stick :-)
- derefr 14y agoNope -- see the comment below my own, panther2k saw it and did it. Which is exactly what I was hoping would happen when I threw the idea (rephrasing your idea) out there--I have enough startups on my plate already :)
- ricardobeat 14y agoThere is a startup doing exactly that (crowd-sourced investments), can't remember the name. If I'm not mistaken the US law wouldn't allow that until very recently, even still the legal details aren't clear yet. AngelList also serves that purpose.
- EwanG 14y agoThis would be of interest to me as well. Have just about finished recoding the game that I couldn't get in the MS store due to tester issues. Have been able to do this one with my own skills and some volunteer VAs. I want to do a bigger VN as a follow-up, and this time pay the VAs, and pay someone else to do the artwork so I can concentrate on the script and programming. Getting some dollars up front so I can start it now, and have someone else be point on marketing would be darn close to ideal. I'd probably want a 51 - 49 split so I have creative control, but otherwise...
- orionblastar 14y agoThat is a good idea for a MVP right there. A HM matchmaking service. Using accounts at HN it matches MVPs with investors/cofounders.