Re:The bar for success in our industry is too low
by flooha on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @12:34PM
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I get his point, and agree with it. In hindsight, I think I was responding more to the underlying theme of nearly every 37signal blog post.
Re:The bar for success in our industry is too low
by tptacek on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @12:39PM
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What, that successful technology entrepreneurship isn't a potion doled out in little bottles by the gatekeepers in Waltham and Sand Hill Road? That you can apply the same common sense that bike shop owners and building contractors do, reach Internet-scale success, and not live in a sleeping bag on your friend's floor while you do it?
Re:The bar for success in our industry is too low
by flooha on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @12:47PM
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No, that it's easy and obvious and a certain amount of luck has nothing to do with it.
EDIT: Or maybe it's just the "We know the best way to do everything" attitude.
I admire their success, but not the condescension. I might be the only one here, but not the only one.
I think the key point here is that while they are in the negative phase, they aren't "successful businesses"; they're struggling to survive. Jason's problem it seems is not so much that people aren't profitable, its that they are credited with being successful prematurely.