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3 points by alikamp ↗ HN
Free Labor? What? This app will let sponsored teams to do work with zero cost to the initiator? So for example, there needs a house to be demolished, why hire an expensive back hoe and contractor when you can hire a sponsored team, this demolishing work will then be periscoped' to an eager audience as they watch a bunch of a Jackass(Knoxville Steve-o) like crew go on and destroy a house. I would watch that. I presume the sponsor would be some energy drink.

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kazionawhim
Let's say that I am a building contractor who received won a contract a to develop some land (say, to build a shopping mall). Will I be able to hire a team of architects, engineers, and construction workers with no cost?!! Or say I am a housewife. Will I be able to get my lawn mowed for free? The purpose of my questioning is to figure out the scope of your business.
mtmail
Demolition with heavy machinery sounds like an easier sell for both the people who do the work and sponsors.

In my country there's a company offering 'events' where you use heavy machinery. My parents did it for fun (and I paid for this).

rkho
What about jobs that aren't particularly "entertaining" to watch? I'm thinking something like lawnmowing, gardening, landscaping, etc?

And how about the scope of "free labor"? You mentioned house demolition, but on the other end of the spectrum it could be menial tasks like filing papers or delivering food.

If you were to start the business strictly on "entertaining" jobs like house demolition, what's the market like for number of houses being demolished that would bring a steady stream of broadcasts and viewers to satisfy sponsors?

alikamp
rkho-With jobs that aren't exciting then I would think the sponsored team would make it exciting. How? Maybe bikini clad Women.
alikamp
Kazionawhim- I would think that some jobs would not be a good fit. But some would make a great fit.
alikamp
mtmail- Yes there is a demand for that type of event, so this ties into that entertainment/experience genre.
alikamp
rkho- what's the market like for number of houses being demolished that would bring a steady stream of broadcasts and viewers to satisfy sponsors? Answer: Some things like a house demo, which happens daily in the US would be more like a weekly event with a bit more marketing behind the event; where other jobs like lawn mowing would be classed into a daily segment.
qopp
Perhaps it might be more profitable to simply seek out the most entertaining types of work going on around the community and live-stream it. This would remove the costly and risky aspect of managing the work "entertainment".
alikamp
That's certainly possible but a dedicated sponsored team will result in a wow factor that the average community based group wouldn't necessarily posess. You would be hard pressed to find a jackass caliber group in every community, but if they are sponsored they could travel and maximize the entertainment value.