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Being smart isn’t always enough

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Paul Buchheit has a great post up at his blog about startups and some of the criteria that can help to ensure success, and one point he makes is that many of the things you might think would help — things like, say, being really smart, or knowing a lot about technology or program ... Continue reading »

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  • Part of the fun of being the resident "early adopter" is seeing how those companies who develop new services continue to listen and make changes, thanks to feedback from their users. FriendFeed, AssetBar, RSSMeme, and ReadBurner are all in this camp, and it's been exciting to watch them grow. I'm glad Paul wrote what he did, and that the blogosphere is taking notice.

    My comments...

    Companies That Listen to Their Users Will Win In the End
    http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/02/companies...
  • Thanks for the comment, Louis. The part about responding to user
    feedback is an important point too -- thanks for mentioning that.
  • I would hardly characterize the Segway as a flop. Curious if you have some kind of clarification of what you mean.
    Amazon's Kindle -- now that is a flop. The Zune - another flop.
  • Nick, last I checked the Segway had sold about 25,000 units. That's not a flop?
  • Well it's not so smart to invent something people don't want or need is it?
    Is it not obvious that no one wants to STAND UP while they ride something unless there a kid? Or how about the fact that the Segway is useless for the multiple STEPS that one encounters in outdoor environment?

    Yeah... real "smart"... That's what academia does to people. They play up the left brain and forget about the right brain. Better to make you slaves that way. They want to teach you how to work for someone else but not your self.

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