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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Why You Shouldn't Compete With 37Signals
People either love or hate them. Many want to be them. Most small shop want to imitate them. Dharmesh Shah from OnStartups.com has a great post on Why You Shouldn’t Compete With them.
Here’s why I think you don’t want to compete with 37signals: It’s not about the fact that creating simple, usable software is really, really hard (which it is). It’s not because they have really bright people (which they do). It’s because the company is a marketing machine. 37signals squeeze more marketing value out of every dollar they don’t spend than any company I’ve ever known.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Startup Mentality
I’ve considered starting my own company many times. It things like supporting my family, lack of customers and the insurance nightmare that keep deterring me. But I still can’t completely kill the idea. In the meantime, I’m learning as much as I can on the subject. I really enjoyed reading about Idealistic Opportunism. I think I’m a “opportunistic idealist” who wants to be a pure idealist but doesn’t quite have the cajones. We’ll see.
By the way, I just discovered Venture Voice, a great podcast on this subject. Take a listen if you’re interested. Peace out for now.
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