Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

Re:Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed by jamongkad on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @12:45AM (#11712)

Really? Philippines here, I got rejected too but it's cool, After much evaluation on my part. My start up needs customers more than investors at this point. And yeah living in the Philippines I have the advantage of lower expenses all across the board. :-)

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Re:Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed by whacked_new on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @01:08AM (#11719)

I dunno about the Philippines, but I do know that user preferences in the Eastern hemisphere are very different from those in the West. And if you are developing for a Western audience, you may very well be in the wrong place.

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Re:Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed by BitGeek on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @01:37AM (#11729)

Cause the only way to know anything about your customers is to look out the door?

I assume they are american expats...

... or maybe they are developing a product for the 5/6th of the world that isn't America.

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Re:Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed by whacked_new on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @01:43AM (#11731)

or they share a similar very very random story.

I presented to a bunch of devs 2 months ago, and despite being senior IT developers, they never heard of digg or delicious. It's not a big deal, but it's hard to get your point across.

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Re:Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed by jamongkad on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @04:15AM (#11770)

True but the Philippines is the 2nd largest outsourcing country to India(Correct me if I'm wrong) Although I agree that going out there and getting to know your customers is the most important thing.

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