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Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
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Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#232I think this is great.
One risk to hmexx, but may actually be a good thing, is that they get the 2nd or 3rd best idea from their dev partner. Then, if there is a healthy exit, the dev partner can fund their no.1 good idea. However, after a successful exit with hmexx, they may be in pole position to participate in the next deal with their dev partner while seriously reducing the biz partner's work load. This would be great for deal flow.
Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#233I don't need your money to work on my own idea. I'm enough by myself to do all the required work.
Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#234Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#235Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey man, I'm from brazil too. Where in Brazil you receive 16k reais for two months of coding? I can see this only in a high level of seniority.
I assume he was thinking in R$, not dollars, with a slightly <2x exchange rate. Either way, a developer is not going to leave a good paying job like that, if he can just save for a few months and own 100%.
I know, Ricardo. It's a real good money. My question was where to find highing pay jobs like this in brazil, if you are not a senior developer.
Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#236To the naysayers in this thread: You have several options here other than just saying 'oohhh, this is mean and nasty'. - match the offer with a better one, so all those that would take up the OP would flock to you instead - build your MVP, keep 100% and then do your own marketing. $5000 for 50% difference but you get to do all the work. Either one of those would be so much more effective than just berating the OP or…
Actually it is $8000 for 50% difference because it isn't just the initial $5000, you also would have to pay $3000 for marketing.
And if the OP knows more about how to market than you do, you'd actually need to spend more than that to market your idea as well as the OP will.
Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#237Any room for a designer in this proposal? If a talented programmer has a great idea, and is able to make it functional, thats great. However, as a designer I'm interested in how these projects will turn out visually.
I agree. It would be good to have a biz partner, design partner, and technical partner to round out the team.
Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
Despite my 'naysaying,' I recognize the value of the idea as an MVP. However, I believe that the HN community is well served by vetting this particular offer.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Either make a better counter offer using your rep as your backing or go build something. Saying 'nay' is easy, improving on the concept is a bit harder but can easily be done if you're so inclined. You are essentially saying that people here can't make up their own minds if they want to take a chance on something or not. If the OP is full of it then I'm pretty sure he/she wi…
Unlike much of Western Europe, the US has pay to play model for elite youth sports. It is largely a side effect of the role colleges play in amateur athletics. There is no La Masia. There are no schoolboy contracts.
I referee youth soccer. My son plays. I see the way the business works.
Dreams of college scholarships fill the trough at which professional youth coaches feed. All premised on the misconception that women's soccer is like college football. But women's soccer is only allowed 12 scholarships - football has 88.
The general conception of what it means to own stock in any business tends to be closer to the Microsoft secretary and the Google chef than to an approximation of $zero. My biggest criticism of the offer is the anonymity of the investor serving as precedent for similar offers to the HN community. My concern is that such offers feed off people's dreams.
The deal is structured in a way almost guaranteed to require additional investment should the project gain traction. There's no runway by design and once the technical founder's position is diluted, he can be swiftly booted to the curb.
If hmexx is a moral paragon, I cannot offer a better deal. If he isn't, I can offer no deal at all. And that may be a better one.
Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#239To the naysayers in this thread: You have several options here other than just saying 'oohhh, this is mean and nasty'. - match the offer with a better one, so all those that would take up the OP would flock to you instead - build your MVP, keep 100% and then do your own marketing. $5000 for 50% difference but you get to do all the work. Either one of those would be so much more effective than just berating the OP or…
The precedent of a questionable value proposition by an anonymous member raises the question, are caveat emptor funding offers beneficial to the HN community? Logical assumptions lead to a plausible candidate - but that's not identity.
This may or may not be a good idea, but it is certainly a novel approach. My best guess is that the precedent isn't too big a concern because few would be willing to put up cash for such an attempt and the # of MVPs worth buying is low.
Re: Proposition HN: I will pay $8000 for you to build your side-project/MVP
#240I am interested but do not see any way to contact hmexx. I'll check back later.