[throwawayjava]

> such effing rent-seeking

That was also my take-away regarding this idea.

20% cut? For match-making on private music lessons? Fuck that. Our local music store charges less than that for renting an hour in a soundproof room! And the discoverability/match-making "platform" is a free bulletin board next to the restroom...

Also love how that email described the radical act of checking the local music store's bulletin board (or going and asking a friend/coworker/etc. for a recommendation) as "under-the-table neighborhood activity".

[CrazyStat]

And the existing competitors are apparently charging a 40% cut!

Even more depressingly, good music teachers, once they get established, will typically have as many students as they want through word of mouth alone. So the teachers you'll find who are desperate for students and willing to give up a 20-40% cut are probably mediocre.

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Plus you can get a referral for private lessons from virtually any public or private school music teacher. For free.

[logifail]

> Plus you can get a referral for [snip] for free

Who actually thinks that a(ny) startup is going to be able to provide consistently higher-quality referrals than an actual word of mouth referral from someone you know?