Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 Startups

Re:Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 St... by imjk on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:47PM (#14461936)

I think the answer to that is yes, in terms of potential. The global wine market from just the quickest Google search seems to be north of $300B. The cooking appliances market is massive as well.

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Re:Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 St... by CPLX on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:14PM (#14462262)

Sure and the global food market is even bigger, but that doesn't make me want to fund a hot dog cart.

I mean they literally funded a company that opens bottles of wine and sells it by the glass through the mail.

It's hard to reconcile that behavior with his stated investment approach is all I am saying.

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Re:Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 St... by sharemywin on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:53PM (#14462658)

How about a robot hot dog cart you just drop off and it makes people's dogs?

Stealing - locks, cameras, alarms.

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Re:Paul Buchheit on Lessons Learned from Investing in 200 St... by sharemywin on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:51PM (#14462643)

But, every niche is part of a bigger market.

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