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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by derefr on Thursday January 10, 2013 @01:08PM (#5038583)
I'm now imagining building a marketplace site roughly like eLance/oDesk/whatever else, where the investor can put money in escrow and clients (freelancers) can "bid"--but it's the freelancers who are proposing the jobs in their entirety, not the investor.
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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by phogster on Thursday January 10, 2013 @01:43PM (#5038854)
I'm loving this entire thread. I wish HN had more brainstorming sessions like these.
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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by orionblastar on Thursday January 10, 2013 @07:29PM (#5040655)
Wouldn't it be funny if a MVP uses one of those freelance sites and spends the $5000 on a team in India to finish the project in two months and then has the $3000 to promote it? Subcontracting can be fun you know.
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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by panther2k on Friday January 11, 2013 @03:43AM (#5041921)
http://makermatch.herokuapp.com

Just put this together. No escrow or anything and haven't fully implemented bidding but let's see if there's any interest.

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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by bryans on Friday January 11, 2013 @06:35AM (#5042256)
If nothing else, that is one of the best, most clever, most appropriate names I've ever seen.
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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by aaronevans on Monday January 14, 2013 @06:22PM (#5057349)
Feature request -- What about a user being both maker and investor?
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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by aaronevans on Monday January 14, 2013 @06:12PM (#5057295)
Why wait for hmexx, right?
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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by lifeisstillgood on Monday January 14, 2013 @02:09PM (#5056012)
if you are the maker of http://makermatch.herokuapp.com may I say nice one - great to see spaghetti hitting walls - may it stick :-)
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Re:Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your si... by derefr on Monday January 14, 2013 @05:04PM (#5056962)
Nope -- see the comment below my own, panther2k saw it and did it. Which is exactly what I was hoping would happen when I threw the idea (rephrasing your idea) out there--I have enough startups on my plate already :)
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