why does art sumo work with a single piece of art a month? [from the site <a href="http://www.artsumo.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.artsumo.com/</a> it seems that they send you a picture of one piece of art per month, which you can buy]<p>that seems like it's modeled on companies that sell socks, or nappies (diapers), or the like. but you (i? everyone?) don't buy art like that. it's not a regular purchase, and you need to look through a lot of examples to find something you really like.<p>am i completely mis-understanding how people buy art in the states? (i'm not bullshitting here - about half the art we own was bought over the internet, most recently from <a href="http://puntoarte.cl/" rel="nofollow">http://puntoarte.cl/</a>, so i would have thought i am - apart from location - the target demographic).<p>maybe it's more like small impulse buys? what prices?<p>(incidentally, i don't claim puntoarte is a great place for art - i think you could improve it significantly with curation - but that doesn't alter the basic argument, i hope)
Any thoughts on how startup Chile compares to traditional Silicon Valley incubators? Obviously, they don't take equity and have a focus on contributing to the entrepreneurial community.<p>A good friend of mine just flew down to Santiago for Startup Chile. He's definitely enjoying it, but before he left he was concerned that getting out of the US entrepreneurship scene might make it harder to reach US consumers and get relationships with investors. On the flipside, S.C. seems focused on creating an international community of entrepreneurs - I'm told there's teams from 33 countries.<p>It'll be interesting to see how many of these teams will end up in YC.