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Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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In 2025? Probably a consulting business to help companies replace their software engineers with AI. In 2024 it would be too early, and in 2026 it would probably be too late.

LOL

2026: how to hire the right people to fix the mess of a code you have accumulated with AI.

this guy knows what hes doing, and he fcks too!

Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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The economy is bad, everything is expensive, and there is absolutely no social climate for emigrating within EU. That would be scenario equal to having my country invaded, or getting cancer, so death rather than thinking about opening a business. AI is only a topic in huge enterprises, I have yet to see anyone starting from zero and earning any money with it. There is lots of money incoming to real estate, physical g…

I think economic decline is regularly considered the best time to start a new business? Good time to find people to hire and work hard to prepare for better times.

wait until your first full bankrupt failure before confirming; extra credit, add a financial disaster divorce

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Recently I've been thinking it would be a fun and potentially successful challenge to start a non-alcoholic brewery. Problem is, I don't know hardly anything about brewing. Specifically though, I have struggled with the fact that many "third places" in my city are breweries - there isn't anywhere to go if you want a large, well maintained outdoor space with seating areas, that also has food and drink options, but tha…

This is actually a decent idea. I have a friend that’s in the brewing space running a small local brewery and can’t do non alcoholic as it is too capital intensive at his scale. But his customers want options.

Meaning there is a decent moat and customer demand.

Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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Something in the mental health space to tackle the loneliness epidemic.

Focus on digital nomads. Again and again they post and comment about loneliness, for obvious reasons given the lifestyle.

Why do they keep living that way then in your opinion? Being a digital nomad is something only people in very specific conditions can even afford to do so it’s a deliberate choice.

It’s hard for me to have much sympathy for someone who’s deliberately living a life that’s making them feel lonely.

Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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With all the hype around AI, deeptech, etc., I’m wondering if there’s a market for R&D consulting as a form of technical due diligence. I see money being thrown at some of the most hare-brained nonsense that could have been avoided with a bit of critical analysis. I would think sophisticated investors and customers would find this kind of service useful, but maybe I’m missing something.

Does anyone have experience with this kind of work?

Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think economic decline is regularly considered the best time to start a new business? Good time to find people to hire and work hard to prepare for better times.

wait until your first full bankrupt failure before confirming; extra credit, add a financial disaster divorce

Yeah easy to say of course. I am sorry for your troubles.

Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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The economy is bad, everything is expensive, and there is absolutely no social climate for emigrating within EU. That would be scenario equal to having my country invaded, or getting cancer, so death rather than thinking about opening a business. AI is only a topic in huge enterprises, I have yet to see anyone starting from zero and earning any money with it. There is lots of money incoming to real estate, physical g…

I think economic decline is regularly considered the best time to start a new business? Good time to find people to hire and work hard to prepare for better times.

Isn't this a whole concept of a crisis? You expected to buy half of a country and hire another half, but instead you're among those who are struggling.

Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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A No Code platform. Yeah, I know it is a crowded space. There aren't that many great options yet tho, enterprise NoCode platforms are all bad, they don't know how to make good software. Patching together a bunch of random React, NextJS, Prisma code won't do it for much longer.

I dont have much information.In my humble opinion,a nocode platform based on python and excel or something would be easy for AI tools to ccreate tools since they are quit efficient in python and excel coding . P.S :Info might be a bit outdated

Re: Ask HN: What business would you start in 2025?

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The economy is bad, everything is expensive, and there is absolutely no social climate for emigrating within EU. That would be scenario equal to having my country invaded, or getting cancer, so death rather than thinking about opening a business. AI is only a topic in huge enterprises, I have yet to see anyone starting from zero and earning any money with it. There is lots of money incoming to real estate, physical g…

If everything is expensive, can it be possible to start a new company that will make some things cheaper?
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