Re:Six best start-ups from Y Combinator demo day
by axod on Thursday March 19, 2009 @07:07AM
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When you step back, Mongrel is hardly life changing is it. In your particular small tech circle, perhaps.
>> "ad-blocking geek with a huge PC-per-capita ratio and a hefty tech gadget/software monthly budget, how come none of these startups managed to get a single dollar out of me? Am I alone asking myself this question?"
Because it's orders of magnitude easier to get a few average users to click on a few ads.
>> "And how about millions of people screaming in pain who sit in front of their half-dead Windows machines"
The technology in that problem has been solved for a while - use something other than windows. Now it's just a matter of marketing, pricing, etc to get the average user to do it.
>> "ad-blocking geek with a huge PC-per-capita ratio and a hefty tech gadget/software monthly budget, how come none of these startups managed to get a single dollar out of me? Am I alone asking myself this question?"
Because it's orders of magnitude easier to get a few average users to click on a few ads.
>> "And how about millions of people screaming in pain who sit in front of their half-dead Windows machines"
The technology in that problem has been solved for a while - use something other than windows. Now it's just a matter of marketing, pricing, etc to get the average user to do it.