Lessons for Consumer-Focused Startups (from Accel Venture Partners)

Posted by joshwa on Monday July 16, 2007 @02:42PM
from the scribd.com dept.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/196036/178375296TheElusiveGreatConsumerExperience

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Re:Lessons for Consumer-Focused Startups (from Accel Venture... by bls on Monday July 16, 2007 @07:56PM (#34633)

Just like everything on scribd, this would be much better as an HTML document.

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Re:Lessons for Consumer-Focused Startups (from Accel Venture... by tx on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @12:02AM (#34675)

Jesus... what's up with reinventing the wheel? Just use a normal HTML, for god's sake: we are people, not printers. I already developed a habit of skipping PDFs while surfing, now I'll need to start avoiding links to scribd.

Why work so hard to make your product worse?

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Re:Lessons for Consumer-Focused Startups (from Accel Venture... by msiegel on Monday July 16, 2007 @05:49PM (#34602)

I agree: overnight success may be programmed over a weekend, but it also has to be grown with care like a garden.

I've heard "buy some customers" a few times myself, and while it's possible for me to think like that, who as a customer would want to be treated that way? Not me. This article is an excellent, level-headed summary.

-Matt

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