There's value in talking ideas over with others. ...
Jonathan Ellis · 2009-02-13T02:25:00
There's value in talking ideas over with others. But there's little if any value in Cuban's offer. VCs have a bad reputation but Cuban's terms are significantly worse than you will get from any reputable VC.
Bottom line: if you have a plan that could convince Cuban would be break-even in 60 days and profitable in 90, you have all kinds of better options, from angels to VCs to credit cards.
Jonathan:This assumes that the people with the ide...
Steve · 2009-02-13T04:26:00
Jonathan:
This assumes that the people with the ideas have the energy, incentive and wherewithal to pursue the ideas. For a response which takes up Cuban's offer in the open source spirit take a look at my response to Cuban's post (it's about #1110) concerning multiple-choice email responses.
I don't have the time for it, but it could solve a problem for disabled people. Sadly the disabled people would be the secondary market for everyone who thinks that the purpose of ideas is profit.
Mark Cuban, however, might actually find a use for such a program ...
Please don't take this as an ad hominem attack. You are already well up on my list of givers! Stop thinking money, start thinking societal benefits.
Jonathan: And nothing Cuban said forces anyone to ...
Steve · 2009-02-13T04:28:00
Jonathan: And nothing Cuban said forces anyone to ask for his assistance. Yet still people find the energy to moan about the conditions :)
Sounds like a great idea!
Doug Hellmann · 2009-02-12T16:54:00
Sounds like a great idea!There's value in talking ideas over with others. ...
Jonathan Ellis · 2009-02-13T02:25:00
There's value in talking ideas over with others. But there's little if any value in Cuban's offer. VCs have a bad reputation but Cuban's terms are significantly worse than you will get from any reputable VC.Bottom line: if you have a plan that could convince Cuban would be break-even in 60 days and profitable in 90, you have all kinds of better options, from angels to VCs to credit cards.
Jonathan:This assumes that the people with the ide...
Steve · 2009-02-13T04:26:00
Jonathan:This assumes that the people with the ideas have the energy, incentive and wherewithal to pursue the ideas. For a response which takes up Cuban's offer in the open source spirit take a look at my response to Cuban's post (it's about #1110) concerning multiple-choice email responses.
I don't have the time for it, but it could solve a problem for disabled people. Sadly the disabled people would be the secondary market for everyone who thinks that the purpose of ideas is profit.
Mark Cuban, however, might actually find a use for such a program ...
Please don't take this as an ad hominem attack. You are already well up on my list of givers! Stop thinking money, start thinking societal benefits.
Jonathan: And nothing Cuban said forces anyone to ...
Steve · 2009-02-13T04:28:00
Jonathan: And nothing Cuban said forces anyone to ask for his assistance. Yet still people find the energy to moan about the conditions :)Page 1 of 1
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