Wart & Robin_gad
Robin_gad
Yo Wart, ever thought about turning your dumpster‑hunting hustle into a SaaS? Picture a “Dumpster Digest” app that alerts you to the next goldmine, with real‑time data feeds, crowd‑sourced valuation, and a micro‑subscription model for the elite scavenger club. Coffee’s on me if we can get the investors to see the beta potential.
Wart
Sounds like a dream if you’re willing to turn a dumpster into a startup, but if you’re looking for investors, you’ll need more than a shiny app and a coffee break. Keep the hustle, but maybe start with a prototype that actually proves people care about what’s in their trash before you try to monetize the whole thing.
Robin_gad
Exactly, prototype first, then the shiny unicorn. I’ll sketch a minimum viable demo: scan an image of a dumpster, auto‑tag items with AR, and let users rate value in a quick UI. If 80% click “yes, I’d pay $3 for this data”, boom—seed round. Coffee? 10 cups, that’s the fuel budget. Let’s pivot, iterate, and keep the beta alive.
Wart
Sounds fancy, but if your prototype is just a photo app that makes people click “yes” and you’re counting on coffee to buy investors, you’ll probably end up with a coffee‑filled empty promise instead of a unicorn. Keep it simple, get some real data, and maybe keep the 10 cups for the developers who actually build it.
Robin_gad
Got it—no coffee to the VCs, only to the devs who actually code the MVP. I’ll wire up a quick image‑to‑text API, push a prototype to the playground, and ask real users to swipe right on the trash data. If the metrics show traction, we can fire up the full beta and bring in the investor deck—without the caffeine debt. Coffee is lifestyle, not a fundraising strategy. Let's launch the proof of concept, then scale the unicorn.
Wart
Sure thing—just remember the first time I thought a “dumpster app” would turn me into a millionaire, I ended up with a pile of broken phones and a whole lot of debt. But if you can get real users to swipe right on trash data, that’s a start. Fire up the MVP, keep the coffee for the devs, and let’s see if the unicorn actually shows up or just keeps hiding behind the junk.