Re:The 37signals Effect
by joe_the_user on Monday January 19, 2009 @05:38PM
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"You know what good developers do when a competitor launches?..."
Good Internet entrepreneurs might do this. Good developers might be good Internetentrepreneurs but then again , they might not be. I know I'm a pretty good developer and I have some ideas about cool web applications which might make some money and some ideas about the most effective ways to compete. But, you know something? I won't kid myself that my development skills or my native intelligence would automatically tell me how to respond to competition. I respect marketers, managers and investors who literally make it their business to know how to compete.
Good Internet entrepreneurs might do this. Good developers might be good Internet entrepreneurs but then again , they might not be. I know I'm a pretty good developer and I have some ideas about cool web applications which might make some money and some ideas about the most effective ways to compete. But, you know something? I won't kid myself that my development skills or my native intelligence would automatically tell me how to respond to competition. I respect marketers, managers and investors who literally make it their business to know how to compete.