Open Source, searchable & sortable, global database for startups

1 points by pemo ↗ HN
@fractalg is looking for anyone, preferably a team of 3 or less, who wants to work on An Open Source, searchable and sortable, global database for startups. dev.startupgrid.net A few reasons to do this are: • Many Startups are working on the same idea as each other but don't know it--this could help you find your competition before you start, and even alert you to competition as they emerge. • Many startups are looking for specific things that they cannot really communicate in a clear way to everyone else. Examples: -- "I'm looking for a business development cofounder." Currently, I had to post on a bunch of startup forums. With a global database, I could just raise a flag that says "seeking business cofounder", then anyone who IS a potential business cofounder could simply search for that, and my startup would appear in the results. No such search exists today. Or they could simply select "Please alert me if anyone is seeking a business cofounder." Incidentally, many sites make money charging $50-100 for this privilege.) • Seeing the bigger picture of Startups is becoming more important as millions are jumping on the bandwagon. -- Where is most of the value and money being made in Startups? What are the trends? -- Who's geting funded? Who's failing? -- How many new Educational Games Startups in North America are in the Beta or Growth stage? The tech to make this happen is close (~2 months) to being done. I just need someone to help manage this process from the business development end. My only requirement is that it has to be open source. I think it can definitely make a profit. I'm looking to share a large equity stake in this idea, with vesting of course. Are you interested in this idea? Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested! Add interest in comments

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