Show HN: The Shanti Fund is investing $200 per project in startups

Re:Show HN: The Shanti Fund is investing $200 per project in... by dollar on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:30AM (#16956526)

This is either a really funny joke or the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. I really can’t tell which, but I’m hoping for joke.

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Re:Show HN: The Shanti Fund is investing $200 per project in... by sbraford on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:41AM (#16956578)

I'll accept that it might be "dumb" to you, but it's definitely not a joke.

More than 1.3 billion people live on less than $1.25 per day. Sure most of them will not have computers/Internet access. But $200 USD could mean a lot to some poor community college kid in India, for example.

Or even a struggling, aspiring (or down on their luck) coder in America who doesn't have a cushy software gig.

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Re:Show HN: The Shanti Fund is investing $200 per project in... by jordancampbell on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:33AM (#16956540)

There will be people for whom this literally decides whether or not they start / keep working on a side project - it's a great idea.

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Re:Show HN: The Shanti Fund is investing $200 per project in... by sbraford on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:38AM (#16956563)

Thank you.

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Re:Show HN: The Shanti Fund is investing $200 per project in... by ozfive on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @01:02AM (#16964703)

I'm hoping for a joke as well. $200 for 3% is a scam!

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