Ask YC/Startups: How has fundraising been going for you?

Re:Ask YC/Startups: How has fundraising been going for you? by shafqat on Monday October 27, 2008 @02:03PM (#345333)

I don't think they are swearing off advertising completely - as the commenter above says, its more a result of the economic environment. Of course, innovation in the ad space, especially to replace old-school banner ads would be a huge opportunity.

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Re:Ask YC/Startups: How has fundraising been going for you? by ram1024 on Monday October 27, 2008 @02:17PM (#345349)

yes, you can imagine worldwide frustration over poor monetization of these "internet eyeballs" is reaching a boiling point. i am VERY surprised the solution isn't here yet

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Re:Ask YC/Startups: How has fundraising been going for you? by wensing on Monday October 27, 2008 @03:04PM (#345437)

i am VERY surprised the solution isn't here yet

Not to go all DHH on you, but you could create content people are willing to pay for.

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Re:Ask YC/Startups: How has fundraising been going for you? by helveticaman on Monday October 27, 2008 @03:31PM (#345472)

>but you could create content people are willing to pay for.

I'm sure he/she can try, but not sure / could achieve this goal. Out of the thousands of web/online services, I only pay money to 4:

1password, paypal, skype, and itunes.

While in theory one could get at least one dude to pay for a service, I doubt a randomly selected poster on Hacker News can get enough cash this way to buy a taco on a regular basis (i.e. often enough to survive on the calories). At least in the current situation.

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