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Show HN: Investor relations platform lets investors bid on meeting the founders

https://investor.data.flowers/

I used Replit to build an investor relations platform to test a simple hypothesis:> Pricing access to founder time improves signal quality in investor conversations.Background:In early fundraising, founders spend a lot of time on low-signal meetings. The scheduling cost is asymmetric: founders prepare, investors explore cheaply. There is no native commitment mechanism beyond social...

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From Leonardo, who founded MPEG, on the page linked: "Even before it has ceased to exists, the MPEG engine had run out of steam – technology- and business wise. The same obscure forces that have hijacked MPEG had kept it hostage to their interests impeding its technical development and keeping it locked to outmoded Intellectual Property licensing models delaying market adoption of MPEG standards. Industry has been strangled and consumers have been deprived of the benefits of new technologies. From facilitators of new opportunities and experiences, MPEG standards have morphed from into roadblocks."
Re:Developer as an Investor on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @04:32PM (#41572402)
It's been such a disappointing trend of companies initially welcoming developers, just to then eat their lunch. Twitter has been one of the worst: they killed their developer ecosystem.
Re:Varjo Teleport: The Pitch for Apple Vision Pro from 2021 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:51AM (#39689975)
Please, skip the first 90 seconds of the video. This is the Apple product intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SHMDMJPuwM
This was the original use case for blockchain back in 1991: https://cointelegraph.com/news/circling-back-to-blockchain-s...

What has changed in terms of technology?

Re:John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died on Thursday February 08, 2024 @04:00PM (#39307622)
Re:John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died on Thursday February 08, 2024 @09:00AM (#39301980)
We need to put some work into this...
To the contrary, it’s a service to the community to link other versions of the same story with the right context, facilitating discussion.

Also, you're actively suppressing African news sources, so I question your bias?

You might have to get your vision checked.

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