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> Somebody gets an idea almost right, but not quite, and their business fails; then someone else does it just a little bit better and they are viewed as a geniu
by nathan_f77 8y ago
> Somebody gets an idea almost right, but not quite, and their business fails; then someone else does it just a little bit better and they are viewed as a genius for the rest of their life.
I'm still thinking about this comment about Fieldbook shutting down [1], and the "What Happened at Fieldbook" [2] article:
> In contrast, our closest competitor, Airtable, seems to be getting more traction.
Was really sad to read that.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18461395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18461395
[2] https://medium.com/the-fieldbook-blog/what-happened-at-fieldbook-d70bf25b3968 https://medium.com/the-fieldbook-blog/what-happened-at-field...
- Aeolun 8y agoI was thinking about the same thing. Probably because of recent news about Airtable.
- avinium 8y agoRead the same article yesterday, which got me thinking. I'm not familiar with Fieldbook, but I do wonder if they weren't as savvy as Airtable when it came to sales & finance strategy. Products alone rarely make a business. It's a perfectly viable strategy to keep forging ahead at a loss while you slowly gain market share. You obviously need to show revenue growth (sales savvy) to keep the funding coming through (finance savvy). I'm definitely guilty of getting all caught up in product and neglecting the business side of things.
- Aeolun 8y agoI feel like technically Fieldbook had pretty much everything that they needed to compete with Airtable. Airtable probably does a better job of attracting customers with their extensive collection of premade content though. But I cannot get over the ‘candy’ look in airtable.