Semantic quibble: A founder founds a company, if you're buying it you aren't a founder. More broadly is there a market for side projects? I could understand someone's side project expanding to the point they need to bring someone else on board (which is what the name implies to me). It seems to me that if the founder is selling its probably because there isn't money in it. Or at least I would be concerned that the bu…
Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
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Re: Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
#12Semantic quibble: A founder founds a company, if you're buying it you aren't a founder. More broadly is there a market for side projects? I could understand someone's side project expanding to the point they need to bring someone else on board (which is what the name implies to me). It seems to me that if the founder is selling its probably because there isn't money in it. Or at least I would be concerned that the bu…
If you take open source software or some white label solution and sell it, you're a founder.
If a company goes bankrupt, you buy the assets and then launch a new company. Founder.
Re: Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
#13Two of the premium offerings are: • Contact directly with the founder through messages • Find and contact second co-founder
That seems like the entire reason anyone would use the app, am I wrong?
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#15So is premium a "premium" experience or is it meant to be the base functionality of the site? Two of the premium offerings are: • Contact directly with the founder through messages • Find and contact second co-founder That seems like the entire reason anyone would use the app, am I wrong?
Re: Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
#16Semantic quibble: A founder founds a company, if you're buying it you aren't a founder. More broadly is there a market for side projects? I could understand someone's side project expanding to the point they need to bring someone else on board (which is what the name implies to me). It seems to me that if the founder is selling its probably because there isn't money in it. Or at least I would be concerned that the bu…
Re: Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
#17Re: Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
#18Semantic quibble: A founder founds a company, if you're buying it you aren't a founder. More broadly is there a market for side projects? I could understand someone's side project expanding to the point they need to bring someone else on board (which is what the name implies to me). It seems to me that if the founder is selling its probably because there isn't money in it. Or at least I would be concerned that the bu…
Re: Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
#19Semantic quibble: A founder founds a company, if you're buying it you aren't a founder. More broadly is there a market for side projects? I could understand someone's side project expanding to the point they need to bring someone else on board (which is what the name implies to me). It seems to me that if the founder is selling its probably because there isn't money in it. Or at least I would be concerned that the bu…
I think you have heavily heavily discounted that the people building aren't the same people ready to make the same time and financial risks.
That site is doing two things: selling projects, and finding cofounders. These are two separate functions if it isn't clear. You can buy a project and find a co-founder, not buy into a project and be the co-founder with someone that has another job.
Re: Show HN: I made a simple platform to find founders and buy side-projects
#20Semantic quibble: A founder founds a company, if you're buying it you aren't a founder. More broadly is there a market for side projects? I could understand someone's side project expanding to the point they need to bring someone else on board (which is what the name implies to me). It seems to me that if the founder is selling its probably because there isn't money in it. Or at least I would be concerned that the bu…
would you consider Elon Musk a founder of Tesla?
If they already had a general release of product or service. I wouldn't consider them a founder if they joined afterwards.