It's great that more and more people are starting to think about sustainable business models. The SP delegation thing is actually kinda similar to ICOs (just smaller in size and impact):
You get initial funding but have to find a way to sustainably run the project in the long run. Hardly anybody in the entire blockchain space has solved this, yet.

I would very much welcome such a contest. You could even enhance it by paying back a little bit once the project got profitable by delegating back, to another startup project or by setting beneficiaries.

Thanks for bringing this up, enjoy the rest of Steemfest!

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