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Re:Ask HN: Are you lost / confused / stuck? I can try to help by L0in on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:11AM (#31068717)
One of the things that i find strange and sometimes annoys me about HN is that every idea needs to be a startup... Why? Your idea could also become a collective or a non-profit the very least...
Re:Ask HN: Are you lost / confused / stuck? I can try to help by coolhoody on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:21AM (#31069348)
My plan was non-profit, corporate sponsorship, plus voluntarily member donations. Used the term 'startup' just because it's short for 'big complex IT project based on some assumptions'.

Besides my own issues, I simply found too many holes in my original idea — where this idyllic utopia could go wrong.

I still keep the idea on the heap — currently evaluating an idea of professionally supervised chat groups. But I'd be glad if someone steals the idea before I find every way it could lead to the extinction of koalas and collapse of the Hilbert space.

Re:Ask HN: Are you lost / confused / stuck? I can try to help by FerociousTimes on Monday April 18, 2022 @10:38AM (#31071243)
Could you please elaborate more on the business idea that you have if you don't mind?
Re:Ask HN: Are you lost / confused / stuck? I can try to help by coolhoody on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:54PM (#31074897)
Nothing is finalized yet.
Re:Ask HN: Are you lost / confused / stuck? I can try to help by derbOac on Monday April 18, 2022 @10:09AM (#31070808)
I completely agree that there are many options outside of startups, even for business ventures, and I wish this were discussed more.

However, this is a forum associated with a startup funding institution, so it's not that strange to me there would be that bias here.

Re:Ask HN: Are you lost / confused / stuck? I can try to help by muzani on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:45AM (#31070465)
Everything looks like a nail