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Education. Health care. Music. Three industries within which I would never try a startup due to such twisted incentives and resistance. Much respect to thos

by nugget 13y ago

Education. Health care. Music. Three industries within which I would never try a startup due to such twisted incentives and resistance. Much respect to those who do try even when they know the odds.

badclient 13y ago
Failed with music start-up. Family runs a successful education company. Now I'm doing a healthcare start-up. That aside, I think most industries have significant amount of twisted incentives and resistance. The challenge to building a successful company is finding an opening with a narrow problem or stakeholders.
msoad 13y ago
Replace Music with Media (Music, Movies and Shows, Books or any content that you don't and can't own)
proggR 13y ago
Wish me luck with my music venture then! I'm going to need it.
- acidity 13y ago
  Can we share mail address? Even I am working on my own music venture and would like to talk it out. Mail me at riteshn AT gmail.
- paul9290 13y ago
  Good luck! We recently launched ours - web app that turns multiple Internet devices into a stereo system; all devices play the same audio at the same time. http://SpeakerBlast.com http://SpeakerBlast.com I guess the downsides of a music start-up is when you get popular and then it gets costly?
petervandijck 13y ago
I would do Education. Plenty of ways to sidestep the gatekeepers. I agree I'd never do music (again).
- proggR 13y ago
  Mind if I ask what your music venture is/was? I'm launching my own soon so I'd love to pick your brain and learn from your experience in the space.
  - acidity 13y ago
    Even, I would be interested.
jacobbudin 13y ago
Good thing there are plenty of start-up opportunities in Telecom, Energy, and Agriculture. </sarcasm> The way I see it: Education is seeing growth in charter schools, MOOCs, iTunes U, etc. Healthcare is changing under Obamacare[1]. Music is now brought to you by Rdio and Spotify. [1]: That is, the new cooperatives and companies being formed to compete on the new state healthcare exchanges. "Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50%" (NYT): http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/health/health-plan-cost-for-new-yorkers-set-to-fall-50.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/health/health-plan-cost-fo...
- rdl 13y ago
  Agriculture probably does have a huge number of opportunities for startups, actually. There's some international protectionism and subsidies, but overall, it's not too bad.

by nugget 13y ago

Education. Health care. Music. Three industries within which I would never try a startup due to such twisted incentives and resistance. Much respect to those who do try even when they know the odds.

badclient 13y ago

Failed with music start-up. Family runs a successful education company. Now I'm doing a healthcare start-up. That aside, I think most industries have significant amount of twisted incentives and resistance. The challenge to building a successful company is finding an opening with a narrow problem or stakeholders.

msoad 13y ago

Replace Music with Media (Music, Movies and Shows, Books or any content that you don't and can't own)

proggR 13y ago

Wish me luck with my music venture then! I'm going to need it.

acidity 13y ago
Can we share mail address? Even I am working on my own music venture and would like to talk it out. Mail me at riteshn AT gmail.
paul9290 13y ago
Good luck! We recently launched ours - web app that turns multiple Internet devices into a stereo system; all devices play the same audio at the same time. http://SpeakerBlast.com http://SpeakerBlast.com I guess the downsides of a music start-up is when you get popular and then it gets costly?

petervandijck 13y ago

I would do Education. Plenty of ways to sidestep the gatekeepers. I agree I'd never do music (again).

proggR 13y ago
Mind if I ask what your music venture is/was? I'm launching my own soon so I'd love to pick your brain and learn from your experience in the space.
- acidity 13y ago
  Even, I would be interested.

jacobbudin 13y ago

Good thing there are plenty of start-up opportunities in Telecom, Energy, and Agriculture. </sarcasm> The way I see it: Education is seeing growth in charter schools, MOOCs, iTunes U, etc. Healthcare is changing under Obamacare[1]. Music is now brought to you by Rdio and Spotify. [1]: That is, the new cooperatives and companies being formed to compete on the new state healthcare exchanges. "Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50%" (NYT): http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/health/health-plan-cost-for-new-yorkers-set-to-fall-50.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/health/health-plan-cost-fo...

rdl 13y ago
Agriculture probably does have a huge number of opportunities for startups, actually. There's some international protectionism and subsidies, but overall, it's not too bad.