Ask HN: Crowdsourced project ideas that split equity

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I remember there being a site, seen here recently that voted on a new project idea each month. Afterwords, ownership of the project would be divided up among the participating members.

I cannot recall what sits this was, and gooing is getting me no where. Was it real?

Where else does HN recommend going to find new projects/groups to work on/with?

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Quirky does this for physical products. I'm not sure if that's what you were looking for but it's a pretty cool company with an interesting business model.

I'd personally love to see something like that for apps, but do see inherent problems with the model.

We tried to build that at FairSoftware (launched at TechCrunch50 in 2008). The problem is that actually contributing is a lot of work. Everyone wants everyone else to join their project. Collaboration is hard, and financial incentives can make things worse.

Maybe https://assembly.com/ ?

Yes!!! Thank you :) This has been driving me nuts for the past couple weeks.

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