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On more than one occassion I have questioned the lack of paid features on web 2.0 sites and realize that much of the problem is that people feel to reach a critical mass you need offer everything for free. There are two things wrong with this line of thinking:
Since when do you need a critical [...]
I have a fascination with company stories. Have you ever noticed that whenever there is an article on a successful company that there is usually a cool story attached to it? Over time the stories become myths with new bits and pieces added in to the point where you don’t know where the truth ends [...]
A comment left on the thrilling Why Blog Networks Failed discussion sparked some interest in this mind of mine and I would like to dive a bit deeper into it.
I’m not sure which of you guys has the most sand in his vagina, but I suspect it is Mike Rundle.
At least we’re having a discussion [...]
Now I know this might be a strange question to ask since the goal of many companies is to get bought out and therefore it must be fun if that happens right? Well this year I am pointed to two examples where getting acquired seems to have a very short High period followed by a [...]
Do you look at your competition and:
Laugh at them?
Wonder what the hell they are doing?
Worry that they will do something great?
Try to be like them?
Wish you were them?
Hope they fall off the planet?
Wish they did the obvious moves to make themselves better?
How many companies out there really outshine their competition?
Apple (music wise)
37signals (is there any [...]
The new 9rules Ali is only 5 days old and already a slew of feature requests have been coming our way. What have I learned during these five days that I already knew before, but never experienced myself? Everybody wants everything done their way. This isn’t a bad thing because we all know how to [...]
I’m not an old school business/marketing person so I’m sure someone out there can help me out with this one. In this world of digital media why in the hell would people create press releases and push them on their own blogs? Does that make any sense when the purpose of the blog is to [...]
If you were starting a site in a competitive field like search engines or social networking sites what would be the first question you would ask about your competition? Today I was thinking about search engines and how so many new sites are popping up claiming that they do X better than Google, but to [...]
Over at 9rules we are working on a couple of new things that we haven’t done before and that required us to go out and see how competitors in the field do things. Just like in eating your own dog food using your competitors’ products can either be a humbling experience or comedic gold. I [...]
You knew a Web 2.0 shakeup had to occur sooner or later and 2007 seems to be that year. If you read TechCrunch you know that Arrington has a Deadpool section that he puts sites going under in. January has seen a lot of activity in this section and I don’t think it is going [...]
