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Re:Launch HN: Artifact (YC S20) – Personal podcasts with the... by ponker on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @04:53PM (#24924018)
Why does a service need a "VC case?"
Re:Launch HN: Artifact (YC S20) – Personal podcasts with the... by ross_chanin on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:06PM (#24924645)
Agree. It doesn't. We think about investment (of any type - including reinvesting revenue) in pretty simple terms: As a means to support our goal of making Artifact available to people who can benefit from our service.

If a "VC case" ends up supporting that goal, great. If not, so be it.

Re:Launch HN: Artifact (YC S20) – Personal podcasts with the... by ponker on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:17PM (#24924741)
Please don't go and do something crazy to pursue some kind of Forbes Magazine exit... "what if we did Artifact, but for the corporate training market." or VC bullshit. This is a genuinely important company to exist and you can make millions or tens of millions dollars doing it, I hope no VC invests to try to get billions out of it.
Re:Launch HN: Artifact (YC S20) – Personal podcasts with the... by netsharc on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @05:02PM (#24924112)
For a snarky response, if the aim is to have a VC exit, the 5th minute of the artifact would be, "This artifact is brought to you by [Square Space|Harry's|MeUndies]"...
Re:Launch HN: Artifact (YC S20) – Personal podcasts with the... by ross_chanin on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:11PM (#24924691)
Hey - I don't take that as snarky at all! Totally fair point. See my comment above about how our team is thinking about investment.