[Hidden-tech] A Business Idea: a Local Borrowing Exchange

[Shel Horowitz]

This is a very cool idea, Rob. It would also be worth getting input from
the various Buy Nothing groups in the area.

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On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 6:32 PM Rob Laporte via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> I’ve long meant to suggest here (and hope I did not already and forgot)
> for enterprising souls the business idea of making a website for listing
> things one would loan and borrow locally. If it could be done efficiently,
> the Uber and Airbnb model of deploying idle capital could apply to the
> countless things we all have but use rarely, like spray painters, lawn
> dethatchers, hand-trucks, battery testers that actually work, ladders, coin
> roll-makers, shop vacs, all kind of tools powered or not, etc. I’ve not
> given it a lot of thought, and I know there would be issues to manage, not
> least the revenue model, but just throwing it out there. Perhaps after
> developing the concept, one could sell it to the likes of NextDoor.com. In
> this economy, there may be some talent with time to give it more thought.
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