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Re:Ask HN: How do you start a website that requires user con... by girasquid on Sunday June 29, 2014 @06:49PM (#7962802)
You don't have to start a content business in order to take on investment - running something that aligns with your interests can be rewarding enough on its own. Optimizing for what investors like seems shortsighted.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you start a website that requires user con... by wilzy on Sunday June 29, 2014 @09:04PM (#7963156)
I am not following. Did you mean to reply to my comment? I made some suggestions about how someone might go about getting started in this instance. Did they make sense?
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Re:Ask HN: How do you start a website that requires user con... by girasquid on Sunday June 29, 2014 @09:42PM (#7963260)
Not quite - I replied to a comment just underneath yours that has been deleted. It was something along the lines of "don't start a content business, investors HATE content businesses".
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