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Please guys, no. Don't build your startup on top of another platform. Remember Facebook? Remember Twitter? That 80M is a farce by the VCs that actually re-contr
by nubela 11y ago
Please guys, no. Don't build your startup on top of another platform. Remember Facebook? Remember Twitter? That 80M is a farce by the VCs that actually re-contributes back into Slack, not so much for you.
- tomasien 11y agoAgreed. Read my other comments on this thread and you'd think I'm a super Slack fan, but be wary - other people's platforms when they're this young are opportunities but you don't know what the next few years bring. ON THE OTHER HAND: Twitter and Facebook make money on ads, and that's what caused them to change course. Salesforce apps are still a huge business and that's closer to Twitter/FB than Slack.
- robryan 11y agoIt depends, if having a slack integration will benefit your business and theirs and they are willing to help fund it, seems like a win win. Of course you are correct that you would never want to bet your business on their platform.
- msoad 11y agoUntil they are in your business also...
- cwyers 11y agoIt's a risk of failure. There may be other benefits that outweigh that risk. I don't know why you'd make a general rule about that.
- alttab 11y agoPeople are going to get riled up about this statement since it is vague. Better to say: don't build a missing feature on top of a "platform." You will be consumed. Now, if there is "synergy" with that integration, then it makes sense, but this assumes you have a profitable standalone business to begin with. If your app is another way to poke people, you will lose. If your app was the first way to post pictures on twitter, you're screwed.
- jorts 11y agoRemember Salesforce?