Ask HN: Validate my startup idea

2 points by ideationguru 12 years ago | 3 comments

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Looksee 12 years ago |

Accountability is a tricky thing. Mostly though, it requires a certain amount of non-monetary social proof and community (on or offline familial, school, work peers, friends) to really make that feeling of accountability 'stick'. You need someone around who's like, "Hey, this thing you're doing is important to ME that you finish/do it for no other reason than we like to see you being awesome and happy, not because there's a financial reward."

Figure that out, and this could work!

ideationguru 12 years ago | |

This is a great point. Thanks!

dragonbonheur 12 years ago |

Do you honestly think you can compete against wives, girlfriends, friends, frenemies and family who could do the same thing for less?