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“We abandoned the idea immediately because the internet was abuzz with omegle’s” I can’t help but read that as giving up at the first sign of trouble. Sure, co
by sorbits 17y ago
“We abandoned the idea immediately because the internet was abuzz with omegle’s”
I can’t help but read that as giving up at the first sign of trouble. Sure, competition sucks, but if you had just a single advantage you could have used the Omegle buzz to your advantage and effectively ride their coattail, what many tablets are presently trying to do with the buzz surrounding the iPad.
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- antileet 17y agoOur tool wasn't a startup, it was a little app I wrote in a short while to learn how to work with comet servers. I don't subscribe to the "giving up is cowardice" line of thought. We had nothing really new to offer the world and I had a bigger, more important project to focus on. While I will gladly compete when I feel that there is a potential for becoming better than the competitor (like I'm doing right now with my current startup), I can't bring myself to do something that offers nothing new and attempt to "out-market" the competition.
- TheSOB88 17y agoOut-marketing is where all the battles are won. You have to make people aware of what you're doing, not sit there and wait for them to do it.