Ruthless Enough for a Tech Startup?
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James Joyner | Monday, December 4, 2006 |
Greg Linden wonders if he’s ruthless enough to run a tech start-up. Searching the history of successful pioneers such as Facebook, MySpace, BitTorrent, YouTube, Skype, and HotOrNot, he discovered a pattern:
It appears the ideal startup will give away something that used to cost money for free (preferably copyright material and porn), use other people’s content and resources, appeal to the baser human instincts (especially vanity and sex), and spam massive e-mail lists at launch.
Sounds about right to me.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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Is this how blogs get started too?
Posted by Patrick McGuire | December 5, 2006 | 08:45 am | Permalink
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