Ask HN: Whats the worst startup idea you've heard, which turned out to be genius?

Re:Ask HN: Whats the worst startup idea you've heard, which ... by codingdave on Sunday July 26, 2015 @06:45PM (#9952467)

That is actually not a bad idea. A business with poor underlying fundamentals must either improve, or lose market cap. I'll have to give some serious thought to shorting twitter.

EDIT: It may be too late. It has already had major drops in the last quarter, and is down almost 50% off its highs from 2014.

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Re:Ask HN: Whats the worst startup idea you've heard, which ... by maxschumacher91 on Sunday July 26, 2015 @07:14PM (#9952558)

Also on my agenda, which is an interesting situation for me because I'm a heavy user.

I think it is a great way to stay up-to date on what happens in startup-land and in open source, the granularity with which you can follow people still fascinates me. Seeing that 95% of what active human accounts post is pretty useless, I don't see justification of a $20bn+ market cap, especially without growth.

PS: They've recently cranked up ads, next earnings report could surprise ...

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