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I think there was an era when tech-startups were more tech focused from the beginning. Think about the beginning of Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Borland, et

by nadam 15y ago

I think there was an era when tech-startups were more tech focused from the beginning. Think about the beginning of Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Borland, etc... (Even Google, but not Facebook.) On the other hand I don't want to complain. Ilove working on my side project. And I will try to create a business of it at a point. I just don't concentrate too much on that aspect at this point. I don't want it to distract me from R&D right now.

revorad 15y ago
Of course there have always been some startups which seem to be more tech-focused. But, is there any evidence the percentage or absolute number of those has fallen? Surely, you've heard of Octopart, 10gen, Blekko, DDG, Heroku, Hipmunk, DirectedEdge, RethinkDB. These are just some off the top of my head. If you don't think they're solving hard problems (not in the sense of sharing lolcats at webscale), then we'll just have to agree to disagree.
- nadam 15y ago
  " then we'll just have to agree to disagree." Oh, no, some of those are the companies that I am the most excited about in the current tech scene. I am not the kind of guy anyway who want to prove a point on this (despite the above 'rant'). I am just happy do discuss this. (I am an INTP and not INTJ). I don't have data on this, I just have a feeling that there were way fewer so called tech-startups 30 years ago, and according to some metrics (revenue, publicity) the ratio of highly-tech-oriented-from-the-start startups were higher. A thorough research on this would be interesting.
jtbigwoo 15y ago
Microsoft's success was not about tech, though they had (and continue to have) plenty of good coders; it was about deal-making. You could also argue that marketing savvy and great timing had as much to do with Apple's earliest successes as the products themselves.

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I think there was an era when tech-startups were more tech focused from the beginning. Think about the beginning of Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Borland, et

by nadam 15y ago

revorad 15y ago
Of course there have always been some startups which seem to be more tech-focused. But, is there any evidence the percentage or absolute number of those has fallen? Surely, you've heard of Octopart, 10gen, Blekko, DDG, Heroku, Hipmunk, DirectedEdge, RethinkDB. These are just some off the top of my head. If you don't think they're solving hard problems (not in the sense of sharing lolcats at webscale), then we'll just have to agree to disagree.
- nadam 15y ago
  " then we'll just have to agree to disagree." Oh, no, some of those are the companies that I am the most excited about in the current tech scene. I am not the kind of guy anyway who want to prove a point on this (despite the above 'rant'). I am just happy do discuss this. (I am an INTP and not INTJ). I don't have data on this, I just have a feeling that there were way fewer so called tech-startups 30 years ago, and according to some metrics (revenue, publicity) the ratio of highly-tech-oriented-from-the-start startups were higher. A thorough research on this would be interesting.
jtbigwoo 15y ago
Microsoft's success was not about tech, though they had (and continue to have) plenty of good coders; it was about deal-making. You could also argue that marketing savvy and great timing had as much to do with Apple's earliest successes as the products themselves.