Re:You don't need millions of dollars
by chc on Friday October 18, 2013 @12:43PM
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> It's not like Patio11 is the first guy to ever make Appointment Reminder software. Or the 20th. But with half-decent execution and half-decent marketing he's still making a ton of money. And is he afraid that by posting on HN people here are going to start competing AR software? Of course not. Because there are so many better opportunities out there that there is no need to fight for the same customers.
"Half-decent marketing"? I think you are selling Patrick short. Based on his vague hints about what people pay him to consult on their marketing, I don't think "half-decent" quite covers it. I'm halfway to decent, and empirically people don't pay me a quarter of that.
> How many startups do we see coming from Spain, or India, or Brazil? Very few. How many from Milwaukee? I don't know of any. But the software engineers exist. The opportunities are right here for the taking. But people just don't take them.
Doesn't it seem implausible that these people take all the other opportunities that are offered to them, but just not these ones? Isn't the more likely explanation that you have an exaggerated idea of how accessible this stuff is to most people?
"Half-decent marketing"? I think you are selling Patrick short. Based on his vague hints about what people pay him to consult on their marketing, I don't think "half-decent" quite covers it. I'm halfway to decent, and empirically people don't pay me a quarter of that.
> How many startups do we see coming from Spain, or India, or Brazil? Very few. How many from Milwaukee? I don't know of any. But the software engineers exist. The opportunities are right here for the taking. But people just don't take them.
Doesn't it seem implausible that these people take all the other opportunities that are offered to them, but just not these ones? Isn't the more likely explanation that you have an exaggerated idea of how accessible this stuff is to most people?