zslastman comments on Who Wants To Start An Important Startup? - LessWrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 14 August 2012 12:32:10PM *  4 points [-]

Is this data available, and if so is it legal to publish it?

The job of this hypothetical business is to find these things out, and publish them. Answering this question yourself is therefore part of the work required to create such a business, but the short answer is that it's available if you can find it, and by and large, if it's true it's legal to publish (but beware of Swiss laws on business secrets).

How to profit from doing this - doesn't spring to mind immediately.

  1. Invest in what you're recommending.
  2. Publish a free web site and offer a paid newsletter.
  3. When you have built up enough reputation that people with serious money start asking you for advice, sell it to them.
  4. Become an investment company and invest other people's money for them.

May already exist.

Ethical investment.

Assassination.

Are you serious?

Comment author: zslastman 14 August 2012 01:12:04PM *  11 points [-]

Assassination.

Are you serious?

Of course he isn't. Nobody makes money in assassination these days, the market is oversold.

Comment author: XFrequentist 15 August 2012 02:58:26PM 6 points [-]

He was listing assassination as a potential concern for people pursuing this particular business idea, not as a potential business idea itself.