Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine...
by shenberg on Thursday April 18, 2013 @02:14AM
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This equally true for a bunch of YC companies, like AirBnB and Dropbox, where the technical challenge is in dealing with scaling, but the actual innovation is in the product.
Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine...
by SurfScore on Friday April 19, 2013 @12:54AM
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Dropbox is a very technically challenging product, so I don't know if that's the best example.
Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine...
by marcamillion on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @06:14PM
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I understand where you are going, but definitely semantics :)
Re:How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Busine...
by nilkn on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @10:07PM
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I think the difference is legitimately more than semantics. There's a very real difference between starting something like Heroku and something like MyClean.
I'm not saying one is easier than the other. I'm just saying different expertise is required. MyClean sounds like a perfect company to be run by MBAs with technology pushed to the side. My gut feeling is the opposite for Heroku.
I realize this is probably just semantics but I want to chime in on one little tidbit here. These guys didn't start a technology company in the sense that they needed technology innovation to succeed. They started an innovative cleaning business that uses some technology. They were building software in well trodden territory with a clear scope and execution path.
If you want to revolutionize web search, or be the first company to create an eCommerce store, or run a PaaS hosting business, then you probably have a tech company. If you're starting one of these, you damn well better have a nerd or two around. :)