Comment on Ask YC: Would you fund an adult themed start up?Comments−temporaryacct16yYou left out a critical fourth category: the world's oldest profession.* This is LEGAL just about everywhere other than the US (including Australia and the UK).* The market size is huge* People will pay serious cash money, unlike online porn* Far less competition and tech in the business (see myredbook, cityvibe, and erosguide for the state of the art)* Given the dogfooding imperative, recruiting lonely male programmers would probably be very easyI say all this only half tongue in cheek. With a little bit of technology you could become the world's biggest pimp.−ErrantX16y> including Australia and the UKProstitution is legal. Pimping is not. (at least here in the UK).This is standard across large parts of Europe (with a few obvious exceptions; Holland, Germany etc.)−sailormoon16y/me looks out the window at the "massage shop" across the road−ErrantX16yhehe. Yeh ok (ironically there is one just round the corner from here too!). There are plenty of "escort" websites as well. But it's still illegal.In terms of a viable business you couldn't really hide it under coy terms like "massage parlor" and "escort services" if you had VC funding :D−wgj16yother than the USIt's legal in Nevada, except Las Vegas.−philwelch16yIt's "legal" in Nevada in the sense that the state allows it, but only in the particular counties which have chosen to legalize it. While the county Los Vegas is in hasn't legalized it, others have. Also, there are lots of regulations.
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You left out a critical fourth category: the world's oldest profession.
* This is LEGAL just about everywhere other than the US (including Australia and the UK).
* The market size is huge
* People will pay serious cash money, unlike online porn
* Far less competition and tech in the business (see myredbook, cityvibe, and erosguide for the state of the art)
* Given the dogfooding imperative, recruiting lonely male programmers would probably be very easy
I say all this only half tongue in cheek. With a little bit of technology you could become the world's biggest pimp.
> including Australia and the UK
Prostitution is legal. Pimping is not. (at least here in the UK).
This is standard across large parts of Europe (with a few obvious exceptions; Holland, Germany etc.)
/me looks out the window at the "massage shop" across the road
hehe. Yeh ok (ironically there is one just round the corner from here too!). There are plenty of "escort" websites as well. But it's still illegal.
In terms of a viable business you couldn't really hide it under coy terms like "massage parlor" and "escort services" if you had VC funding :D
other than the US
It's legal in Nevada, except Las Vegas.
It's "legal" in Nevada in the sense that the state allows it, but only in the particular counties which have chosen to legalize it. While the county Los Vegas is in hasn't legalized it, others have. Also, there are lots of regulations.