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That's how yesterday worked. Impeding recession is going to dry up that funny money. You're going to have to actually build products people want to pay for to s
by overcast 8y ago
That's how yesterday worked. Impeding recession is going to dry up that funny money. You're going to have to actually build products people want to pay for to survive. Two individuals being equal, there is no way the one working for completely free is going to outpace the one getting paid to do it. That free service is attractive at first, until you're missing features, support, and longevity that the paid service has.
Example. pinboard.in
- TeMPOraL 8y agoI don't think this matches observational evidence. On the contrary, people building free services do that to maximize growth, which maximizes VC money, which gives them more resources to add features & support... until the service implodes or gets acquihired, that is.
- overcast 8y agoYou're talking about such a small subset of high profile sites, that are living in the SV bubble world. There are thousands, and thousands of other services out there that people pay for, that Hacker News has never heard of, and have no intention of burning VC money or playing the acquihiring friends game.
- cpmsmith 8y agoPinboard employs a whole one person. It's a good model, but its aims are pretty different from those of your average startup.
- overcast 8y agoThere's two, and the average startup could learn a lot from how Pinboard is run.