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It won’t help you learn to write a scraper, but using the common crawl dataset will get you access to a crazy amount of data without paying to acquire it yourself.
This is quite useful. Thanks a lot
my_green_book commented on Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’ nytimes.com/2020/04/01/te... · Posted by u/haasted
Startups are in way better shape than traditional small businesses.
By our very nature, we need months of runway just to keep running. We're designed to weather this kind of storm because "zero revenue" is the default state.
Hearing about Bird cutting 30% of their workforce is awful. But it's nothing compared to the thin-margin Mom & Pop, or medium sized private enterprise that had 1 week of cash on hand and ceased operations overnight.
My friends and family in startups are doing fine, for the moment. It's those that chose to work at the more stable, traditional work environments that are getting wiped out, and much less likely to return when the economy starts back. Because when it does, there will be money ready for investment - extending your runway to get there for a startup is more straightforward. But when you're a bigger business with little cash and no-one is buying assets right now, you literally are unable to make any decision to help.
I've got friends in manufacturing, hospitality, services, and so on that will not return to work because their businesses are going to or have already failed, for good. That's the fucking terrifying thing happening right now and it's more deserving of attention than us tech bros.
I totally second this comment. Startups often have 2 years of fund till the next round. It's much better than 30 days of private restaurant.
I won't comment on the art for sale, because I think it is too much in the eye of the beholder but I will give some feedback on your website and concept.
- Why fixed installments? Why not say "this piece costs 300$ buy now, or pay 10 installments of 35$ or 20x20$" (forget the numbers, just an example).
- why are there so few pictures of the work? If I buy a piece of art I want to look at it from all angles, get up close, see the structure, see it from far, see the frame etc.
- since you got excited from seeing artists' workspace, why not show them to us? Why not show those cool warehouses/storage containers/houses where the art is piled floor to ceiling?
- When I click on an artist's bio, the last thing I want to see is a full-bleed picture of his face. I want to see where he works, how he is inspired or how this piece was formed.
- out of curiosity: how did you come up with the 30/70 split between fees/artist's check? How do the artists respond? Have you had anyone say the fees are too high?
The difference is software on Google's store has infinite leverage and takes almost 0 to scale sales. Every piece of art takes lots of work and cannot scale in the same way. Art works do not scale like software.
With this cut, I feel your platform is taking advantage of artists (they do not know where to sell) rather than helping them.
Even auction commission is only between 12 & 25%.