An online Art Gallery in 1995 is not a bad but rather a premature idea for that epoche. It's a norm for the Art to be a decade or so behind the technology world. No wonder Google launched this idea with Google Art Project in 2011, which is more appropriate as far as timing concerned. How about the lost art gallery? http://galleryoflostart.com @PG - you are just ahead of the crowd. Timing and luck are two ingredients of the same origin. Good timing is essentially luck:) On the other hand hard working is a guarantee of success if the "good timing" component presents.
Try reading "The 15 Million Dollar Stuffed Shark"... basically the art market is smoke and mirrors. The dealers actually don't want a website, as that would reduce their mystique and commoditize their wares. A small local dealer might be convinced to sell online, but as one shop owner said to me on this: "don't bother".
I think Apple should actually pay another $21M to your high school as well:). I am pretty sure some of their designers go swimming in between researching for "inspiration" for the most iconic designs of human civilization:)
"it has... included among examples of outstanding 20th-century design by both the Design Museum in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City"
Although to be honest that display at MoMA is a bunch of big glass cases with products in them. A lot of products. And I don't remember seeing the railway clock there, although the iPod definitely is.
$99 design! I think the major reason Apple became the Apple is because they stayed as far as possible from $99/design concept. Reading the following about the original design will give more clarity why Apple copied it one to one:
"...Since then [1944] it has become a Swiss national icon,[2] included among examples of outstanding 20th-century design by both the Design Museum in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City". I hope Apple will pay to MOMA too, who else will support the Art:)?
This is what I thought too. Isn't $21M a bargain to pay for a 70 years split test or proof of concept done by Swiss, who incidentally were the best clock designers and makers for centuries? Whatever you call it I feel like Apple is well off for this certainly intentional reference to the top notch product.
having other ideas doesn't disqualify him from being a successful entrepreneur. successful companies were built by a team, not a single person. as long as the kid is able to gather bright people around he will sell this eventually to facebook for $1b. it looks like some smart and much older folks agreed on that. otherwise they wouldn't have invested.
Getting a startup off the ground is not a one man job. Sooner you get another pair of hands and a brain to help you out with this task the better. Why wait until accepted or not accepted? It's irrelevant, you just need at least one more person besides yourself
Co-founder dynamics are extremely important and extremely fragile.
You are choosing someone to go on long term journey, where you will no longer only be building something cool, but you'll be building a company, be responsible for hiring and, God forbid, firing people. You will be responsible for your employee's lives, and their families, you will be responsible for your investors time and effort to make all your promises come true.
All of this becomes extremely harder after you've been traveling alone for a long time (which can often be a few months, as startups are that intense). Sharing all this responsibilities with someone who has not been there from day one is challenging for both parties: can you trust them to be with you in the long run, do you agree in fundamental things, how do you deal with different company stakes and vesting periods? And, if you ever pivot (as many successful startups have[1]), how will all of these pressures come to live?
And it gets worse after you get investment (in the form of YC money, angel money, and progressively more) as your choice of co-founder will likely reflect on you, from your investor's idea. And it always add risk to the table, no matter how you put it.
All of this while still working and growing your startup.
Don't take this lightly. It may be harder to find a proper co-founder under these circumstances than founding a successful startup. But being able to have people you trust beside you building a company can be an invaluable thing.
