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Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised at all the input already. I'm late on disseminating a far deeper and more systemic solution to the failures of our economic system, which I'll run by this group (a model using blockchain + web + non-violent activism), so won't
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<li>Yes, NextDoor.com is well positioned for such a feature.</li><li>Yes, getting enough people to use it is the chicken-egg problem with this idea. There are solutions, all of which would test the profit (shared or capitalist) model.</li><li>Dealing with damage and theft is one of several liability issues, along with insurance surrounding injury from using a borrowed item. </li><li>Christine's list of three such solutions out there already suggests the concept has legs, but also that the opportunity may already be getting crowded out. A business model that depends on competition being stupid, however often that stupidity may be true,
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If I were to explore the idea, I'd start with the realistic costs of build and operation, then work back from that to the revenue models that could support it. It might not be viable--cars and houses have a lot more dormant capital when not used. If that analysis
showed viability, then one prices marketing vs. selling to the likes of NextDoor.com, and sees if any surplus value after build and operation costs would support marketing or be enough to interest M&A (mergers and acquisitions) people.</div>
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<div>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
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