Ask HN: Advices on HuaaS Business models

2 pointsby zeynalli14 anni fa2 comments

In my opinion it's best time for HuaaS (Human as a Service) business model startups. Cloud computing makes it possible easily implement traditional business models online. With the help of internet we can do our marketing cheaper, faster; easier and faster payment; organize the whole business model online and then do the service; more and structured info about our service for costumers; and go global very easy. Best examples for HuaaS are:

- Airbnb

- Uber

- Amazon mechanical turk

- Exec.

- Cherry

What do you think about this business model? Do you have any new ideas? Advices on this business model? (e.x. Cherry)

1 comments

chaddeshon14 anni fa

I don't think Airbnb qualifies, because people are offering something beyond their labor.

For it to work, you need to find a way to allow the humans to differentiate themselves on quality. Otherwise it is just a race to the lowest price possible taking any shortcuts necessary. If price is the only way to tell people apart, then the people providing the service won't care about quality.

AMT tries to solve this problem by having people complete only small very well defined tasks. The task is so well defined that the is no variance in quality.

Other sites attempt to solve this by using feedback rating, but I don't think this really works at all. Shell accounts make this easy to game, and people get upset when they think they have fulfilled the requirements (no matter how minimally) and still get poor feedback.

zeynalov14 anni fa

thanks!