What would convince you as a consumer? If everyday products were 3% cheaper, would that impact you at all? 5% cheaper? At what point do you think people would care? What about cash only businesses? As a consumer would…
> Now, with only my consumer brain, does what they say actually make sense? Do merchants actually want to get rid of the 2-3% transaction fees? Except that you are now at the mercy of MasterCard/Visa. Sure it might not…
Yeah its likely. The moment I saw the Mainvest homepage I was reminded of the SS homepage when I was there. It looks like there have been changes since. I assumed a founder or one of the employees was the one to post…
> That you would call them shady says more about you than them. You may be right there. I was pretty miserable when I worked for SS and see most things from that period in a negative light. I don't mean to sound…
It is still worth pointing out as it is a little shady, even if it isn't illegal. In some ways it is similar to SlideBelt and how MissionBelt essentially stole their product. Except in that case I believe it was a…
I think "Main Street" is referring to small businesses, which are usually outside of ordinary people's reach when it comes to investing, since most business investing is limited to "accredited investors". Small business…
There's a fine line between trying to improve an idea and cheap knock-offs and stealing an ideas and identities. Uber and Lyft are very similar, but at least they could be differentiated. Lyft had tips at the start. The…
I used to work with your co-founder Felix. The idea isn't bad, but this feels like a direct copy of the company where we worked, StreetShares. They had the exact same "Main Street" theme an overused it a bit. The…
What would convince you as a consumer? If everyday products were 3% cheaper, would that impact you at all? 5% cheaper? At what point do you think people would care? What about cash only businesses? As a consumer would…
> Now, with only my consumer brain, does what they say actually make sense? Do merchants actually want to get rid of the 2-3% transaction fees? Except that you are now at the mercy of MasterCard/Visa. Sure it might not…
Yeah its likely. The moment I saw the Mainvest homepage I was reminded of the SS homepage when I was there. It looks like there have been changes since. I assumed a founder or one of the employees was the one to post…
> That you would call them shady says more about you than them. You may be right there. I was pretty miserable when I worked for SS and see most things from that period in a negative light. I don't mean to sound…
It is still worth pointing out as it is a little shady, even if it isn't illegal. In some ways it is similar to SlideBelt and how MissionBelt essentially stole their product. Except in that case I believe it was a…
I think "Main Street" is referring to small businesses, which are usually outside of ordinary people's reach when it comes to investing, since most business investing is limited to "accredited investors". Small business…
There's a fine line between trying to improve an idea and cheap knock-offs and stealing an ideas and identities. Uber and Lyft are very similar, but at least they could be differentiated. Lyft had tips at the start. The…
I used to work with your co-founder Felix. The idea isn't bad, but this feels like a direct copy of the company where we worked, StreetShares. They had the exact same "Main Street" theme an overused it a bit. The…