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I tackled that exact question in a post about my experience on the Odeo team at the start of Twitter. My conclusion was that the phrasing was wrong. What matter
by tonystubblebine 16y ago
I tackled that exact question in a post about my experience on the Odeo team at the start of Twitter. My conclusion was that the phrasing was wrong. What matters most for a product? Market. What matters most for a company? Team.
Odeo the product failed because there was no market for it. Odeo the company produced a great win with Twitter because it had the right team to do something like that.
A little more depth here, Real Lessons from Twitter (section #2):
http://www.stubbleblog.com/index.php/2009/06/the-real-lessons-from-twitter/ http://www.stubbleblog.com/index.php/2009/06/the-real-lesson...
- webwright 16y agoThat is an epic-good blog post. Thank you! "A good team, that listens to its customers, is going to find a good market and put together a good product for that market." This is true. But, Andreeson is looking as an investor-- he invest once a team has settled on a market--- when it's oftentimes too late to change directions so radically. Ev did the sensible thing when Twitter was looking promising-- he effectively put Odeo on the shelf and started a fresh company with a fresh cap table. A lot of founders don't have that option (after they've taken money) and are forced to pivot within their market. So a good team can be constrained by investment/inertia.
- tonystubblebine 16y agoYou're right. It's nuanced.