"Ford already makes cars, give up and quit Mr. Toyoda"...
It must be hard to have an all-pessimistic outlook on life and be so jealous of anyone who tries to create something?
It's a realistic outlook on life mate. You don't come into a forum as a newbie and completely anonymous and ask for a million for a start up that was presented in such an amateur manner and not expect to take a few jabs. Also of note, who in their right mind comes on to any forum asking for a million especially when the average forum user such as those on MSG most likely make less money per year than a Wal Mart greeter. You can call this pessimism, I call it two things realism and good old common sense. I truly wish the OP the best of luck, but I'd also suggest he/she gets their ducks in order and take a different approach to gain venture capital.
At what point did he ask for a million dollars? He simply said it's a million dollar startup. If you had read his story more carefully you would have found he explained he's gone through half his initial investment and is now facing a serious challenge to his original business model,
acquiring stock images at a reasonable price.
This is what he is looking for. A co-founder who can help to
overcome this hurdle.He's also
asking the contributors/photographers on this forum whether or not his position on the
licensing is unreasonable to them so that he can brainstorm a way to
create something that contributes
not only to DesignBold but the contributors/photographers as well.