this is the kind of business that would blow up on tiktok. it's a niche business and people would be captivated by the whole process. theres a guy with millions of followers and views from cleaning pools for example.
Peter (author) here.. we have a tiktok account (https://www.tiktok.com/@vidaliaonions).. I'm gonna try to do a better job uploading farm vids during our 2023 crop : )
i remember reading in order to make any plastic soft enough to stretch and mold (otherwise it's too brittle) additives like BPA are required. BPA is just one of many different options. BPA free doesn't mean endocrine disrupting free.
They should use that software to identify the Missy Beavers killer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9b1dIi9E2M Personally I still think it is the father in law even though he allegedly has an alibi.
Think of what a PR coup it would be for the camera company if they resolved a notorious cold case using their tech.
I think this tends to happen once density of the place people live goes above a certain threshold. People don't have to rely on their neighbours because they know so many people (friends/family/coworkers) close by they can contact if they need help with anything.
On the flip side your neigbours are most likely potential see you arguing with a partner, coming home drunk late at night, going out after calling in sick etc. See things that tarnish your reputation, more downside than upside if you find out you have connections and potential gossip.
lots of startups eat together, look into zerocater and how they started their whole business around this concept. even ycombinator has big dinners with multiple startups regularly. it's not uncommon at all and accepted at good practice by lots of companies. i don't understand why you're making this out to be some negative experience.
It's simply not scaleable, and shouldn't be a goal for a startup - if it happens naturally, great everyone loves each other, but it shouldn't be somebody's job description to organize this sort of thing with an implication of alienation if one doesn't partake.
As a company grows larger people are not going to be cooking for each other and the boss isn't going to spend $1k a day on lunch and dinner.
$1k/day for lunch and dinner is fine once you have 20 employees generating $300k/yr each (i.e. a salary of $100k, costs/benefits of another $50k or so, and generating more than they cost by 2x).
how about he does all dishes both his and roomates, then figure out other types of chores they can do to balance it out, like mowing lawns and/or grocery shopping. better to focus on results and time spent instead of being right and miserable.
