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FogBugz has competitors, I think especially Jira, but it's hard to dominate the market if you only target 5-10%. Isn't pg an entrepreneur who has reaped simila
by 10ren 17y ago
FogBugz has competitors, I think especially Jira, but it's hard to dominate the market if you only target 5-10%.
Isn't pg an entrepreneur who has reaped similar dividends from a similar formula of "blogging"? i.e. a book/essays addressing bigger issues, has indirectly promoted YC.
- ekanes 17y agoAn oversimplification: pg's "job" is to reach smart geeks living anywhere, convince them he knows what he's talking about and then fund the best among them. Blogging = high return on effort. He's reaching many geeks and selling them on his qualifications all at once. Joel's "day job" is managing and encouraging the growth of his (NYC-only) company. Blogging has a lower return on effort because only a small percent would be able/interested in moving to NYC to work for him. Local advertising in NYC would probably provide a better return on his time/money.
- gruseom 17y agoPG's essays long precede YC. I've always thought that they're more a medium for thinking than anything else.