I'll save your email address and send you a quick notify when the beta is up and running.
I'm working on a startup-life-broadcasting idea. Basically, you follow me through the process of building my company. Hopefully you're building yours too at the same time. Maybe this is much more transparent than anything you've paid attention to before. So, not just blog posts about how things are going down (ala patio11 or Nathan Barry), but videos, audio recording, actual code, bank statements... like, lots of details, very open. Lots of live-broadcasting. Kinda like the way Justin.tv started.
I've often thought/day-dreamed about such an idea. Not just for a start-up but for a big well established company. If everything was open how would it affect their business dealings etcetera.
I imagine going into negotiations where the opposing party has watched your board of director meetings, looked at your profit margins and ascertained all manner of information pertinent to the negotiations and completely owning the negotiations.
I'd like to think this volatility/risk would occur only in the initial stages and in the long run it would lead to a powerful new business structure. Idealism isn't always reality however.
Given start-ups are fragile taking on this extra risk could be the death pill. How do you propose to deal with these issues if/when they arise?
It's not really a serious project it's just to practice web development. I also wanted to make something that works with "real" money but isn't that complex to implement doesn't require accounts etc, so bitcoin seemed like a good choice.
A) The save Mz charitable fund.
B) Some stupid comic that I am creatively stuck on.
C) A raging fever, which is apparently far more productive than either A or B
D) Other super secret projects that I can't mention here.
E) Breaking the rules by cracking jokes on HN.