Ask HN: How much money have you lost on side projects/businesses?

Re:Ask HN: How much money have you lost on side projects/bus... by malux85 on Thursday April 10, 2014 @11:41AM (#7567134)

Not me, but a friend of mine works at Google and she has poured some £ 64,000k into building a live tv streaming service that didn't come to anything. The developer responsible eventually just went off radar and didn't even give SSH keys to the server, or and copies of the source code. I feel really sorry for her, and have been helping in any way I can...

When I heard the 64k figure I nearly had a heart attack! Jiminy Jillikers thats a lot of money.

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Re:Ask HN: How much money have you lost on side projects/bus... by _random_ on Thursday April 10, 2014 @03:15PM (#7568990)

It is possible to work at Google and own a side start-up at the same time? Is UK less prohibitive about such situations than US (intellectual property)?

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Re:Ask HN: How much money have you lost on side projects/bus... by josephschmoe on Thursday April 10, 2014 @04:35PM (#7569521)

Why would someone make a startup and then not have access to the source code? That's easily the most important thing, especially if you're paying someone.

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Re:Ask HN: How much money have you lost on side projects/bus... by mattmanser on Thursday April 10, 2014 @05:58PM (#7569989)

Non-techies have no concept of what you are talking about unless they've been burnt before. 64k's a big figure to get taught that lesson though.

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