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Re:Something I've noticed about the rich and powerful by qqq on Saturday December 27, 2008 @12:24PM (#411141)
> nobody knows exactly what they did right

I think pg knows pretty much what he did right, and has explained it to us.

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Re:Something I've noticed about the rich and powerful by glazz on Saturday December 27, 2008 @01:21PM (#411193)
but tell me why failure rate still so high?
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Re:Something I've noticed about the rich and powerful by byrneseyeview on Saturday December 27, 2008 @01:54PM (#411224)
Because 'doing it right' means going from a 90% failure rate to a 60% failure rate.
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Re:Something I've noticed about the rich and powerful by ivankirigin on Saturday December 27, 2008 @01:36PM (#411211)
Because the method is explained, but not the exact path. There is a process to follow to help you make something people want, but no way of knowing what people want without trying.
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Re:Something I've noticed about the rich and powerful by qqq on Saturday December 27, 2008 @02:14PM (#411239)
Because building viaweb again, the same way, wouldn't make any money. You have to do something a little different than pg did.
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