Posted by Jeff Rife on 02/16/06 23:54

wunnuy (wunnuy@netzero.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> You just
> need the start up money. Not literate in the ways of starting up a
> company, I wouldn't know how much that would need to be (but I'm sure
> someone will tell us).

Well, you could ask somebody who did it. I know several people who made
killings on startups (one sold out for over $100M). They have also lost
money on startups they thought would make it, but they wouldn't touch
a DVD-rental-by-mail company unless their life depended on it.

Blockbuster (which has tons and tons of cash) has proven that it requires
some brains to do this sort of thing correctly enough to please customers
and make a profit. Heck, they are giving away 4-1/3 extra rentals per
month and *still* can't get anybody to sign up.

Netflix has proven that they seem to have the brains for this business,
and one of the things their brains have figured out is that they don't
need money from whiners.

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