I hope this project (or one like it) takes off to help better enable folks looking to get their ideas validated and off the ground. The blueprint to prepare for hackathons is just gravy!
You need to segment the audience a bit more - I am on the technical marketing and business development side of a large corporation and linkedin is an essential tool for keeping track of people as they move from company to company as well as within a company.
There is additional value in seeing who knows who and how I can get introduced to key decision makers at other companies.
This seems like massive fluff - the "stuff" part I agree with garages full of random products is wasteful. Pets and houses as being burdens sounds a lot like "I just got out of college and am afraid of responsibility"
This is brilliant. Anything which streamlines distribution has always helped the consumers and producers while increasing overall efficiency. Redfin is a good example, this looks like it will be another.
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