[citizenkeys]

Sustainable competitive advantage is that we don't incur the costs of bandwidth or storage. Videos are stored on any other site on the Internet. Another advantage involves some API possibilities.

Traction is people creating lists. Yes, the ycombinator list got 3000 uniques a day. But ANYBODY can create a very particular list of videos that draws that many uniques or more. More traffic equals more traction.

I have invested a year of work into this project. Self-funding is my development time and hosting costs.

I don't have much in previous projects worth showing off.

Why do I need a co-founder?

[timelinex]

"Twenty years of real-world experience in various technology-related jobs." It is worrying that you don't have anything to show after such a long time period. Well, all i can say all the best.

[sanswork]

Are you getting 3000 unique impressions every day to your yc list or just on the day you posted it? Whats the fall off like?

[jim_h]

How is it different from other torrent sites?

[davidamcclain]

Is making a site or a business around other people's data (YouTube's, Vimeo's etc) a bit risky in the sense that if YouTube changed their policy or terms, or just got arsey, and blocked your access you might be left high and dry?

If I were an investor (which I'm not - no experience or skills in that area) I would be interested to hear your answer on that. What would plan "B" be if something like that were to happen?

[BTBurke]

Did any one of those 3000 spend the time to actually make a list? If not, maybe you should think about why they didn't.

[gallerytungsten]

re: "I don't have much in previous projects worth showing off."

Maybe that is part of the problem.