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In the early days of computing there were a small number of highly technical early adopters who were easily reached. Now, there’s a vast market of almost the en
by paulsutter 8y ago
In the early days of computing there were a small number of highly technical early adopters who were easily reached. Now, there’s a vast market of almost the entire population, supporting technology companies worth hundreds of billions.
Product categories that worked [for tiny startups] in the early days don’t work now, but there are vastly more opportunities (especially in vertical markets) then ever before
By the way - cryptocurrency is one area with primitive tools and a similar user base to the early days of computing.
- TimJYoung 8y agoThe same product categories definitely do exist (I know I changed your wording there a bit). In fact, many of the software companies that advertised back then still exist today in those same categories. The main difference is that today they advertise in ways that are out of reach for most ad budgets. It's the "reachability" that is so difficult, not deciding which category one wants to target.