The chicken and egg problem is usually talked about in the context of marketplaces (see [1] for some resources)<p>Recently, we've seen an influx of AI startups for which the value prop lies in the scale of their data. It's a chicken and egg problem in that it's difficult to get data unless you have customers, and it's difficult to have customers unless you have a clear value prop. What are some strategies to combat the chicken and egg problem in this case?<p>[1] http://www.guidetoyc.com/the-guide/6-users-distribution/
Partner with giant company(or organization) with data<p>make it a game and collect the data<p>start a marketplace and collect the data<p>start a service business and collect the data<p>Initial coin offering and pay users for the data<p>find existing collections of data<p>start a data collections/storage company<p>scrape the data and call it indexing<p>Contest/sweepstakes to collect the data