Show HN: OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years

Post by tripzilch » Tue, Jul 29, 2014, 12:28 PM UTC

mwcampbell wrote: post #179

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #168

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Then can I suggest you find someone who can - otherwise one if us Atheists will host it and make money off your hard work ;-) Seriously, a simple hosted package, a non-profit org and I think you could find you have built a vehicle for doing some good elsewhere.

I realize you may have been joking, but I wonder how most atheists and other nonreligious people here would feel about selling a product or service targeted specifically at religious people or churches. To me, it feels dirty, like I would be saying, "I know that religions are false and even harmful, but I'm going to milk those less enlightened believers for all they're worth."

Post by ec_riley » Thu, Aug 07, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

callmeed wrote: post #181

jashmenn wrote: post #169

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Our church also uses The City and I'd say it's fine but not great. There's a lot of room for another startup in this space - I've considered it more than once. The problem for me, on a personal level, is that it's very hard to mix business and the church. On the one hand, the technology used in the church generally lags far behind what is available and there are real benefits to the church body by having tailored tec…

Well said. I actually built an MVP for a "Kickstarter for Missionaries" crowdfunding project a couple years ago. I thought (and still do, to some degree), it could be a good way for churches and missionaries to get steady/predictable support (which has always been a problem for my friends who do it). But, the same dilemmas exist. Figuring out a business model I was comfortable with seemed hard. And, like you said, th…