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Sunday, August 20, 2006
It's good to see Susan Kuchinskas writing up a storm at the 360 blog.
The musings of Kuchinskas and others on the spate of failed Web 2.0 startups implicates Google, in part, as the "new Microsoft." If you run a small company (or even a not-so-small one), you want to build "getting out of Google's way" into your model.
I'll let you sort through your own thoughts about what's happening right now. How many of these startups can cross the chasm and gain widespread user acceptance, at least enough to merit a fair buyout price?
If I have any takeaway it's probably this: as a startup, maybe you should play your cards closer to the vest, except for the obvious need to build a loyal core user base and iterate quickly towards a better product. Be underestimated.
As for the calendar startup, it just wasn't interesting, useful, or different enough in the first place.
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Andrew Goodman
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