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It was much harder to start in 2000 compared to 1990… it’s always the same every year it’s not harder it’s just harder to see compared to what you can look back

by taf2 5y ago

It was much harder to start in 2000 compared to 1990… it’s always the same every year it’s not harder it’s just harder to see compared to what you can look back to understand… the same is true today as it was yesterday and should be tomorrow - make something to help someone by adding value to what they do… charge them money for it - listen to how they use it etc etc … it’s never been easy IMO…. Finding the inflections is when you can make a unicorn but you can certainly build a business without one IMO… granted I’ve grew up with AOL surging and then collapsing … failed a few times and maybe have something that finally works … so who knows unless you try

iso1631 5y ago
2000 was the seeds of the dot com world, there was a massive new multi-trillion dollar global market opening. 1990 had none of that. Maybe blockchains and NFTs are the 2020s version of the internet as far as greenfield goes. I'm not convinced, but then I've always been too cynical for my own good.
- randomdata 5y ago
  2000 was the height of the dotcom boom. The winners were already selected and the losers imploded soon after. This was not the better time for a new business. 1990 was the time the opportunity was ripe to begin securing your position for the year 2000. Businesses aren't built in a day.
  - iso1631 5y ago
    Looking at high revenue western internet companies founded around 2000 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_Internet_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_Internet_compa... Google: 1998, Salesforce 1999, Overstock 1999,, Bet365 2000, Grubhub 2001, Etsy 2002, Logmein 2003, Shopify 2004 Nothing around 1990. Amazon, Ebay, Expedia etc in the mid 90s sure. 1998 and 1999 did better than 2000, but from 1990-1995 there are 9 on the list, from 2000-2005 there are 19 on the list, from 2010-2015 there are 14. Starting in 2000 put you in a great position to capitalise on the real growth of the internet when mobile devices came on.

by taf2 5y ago

iso1631 5y ago

2000 was the seeds of the dot com world, there was a massive new multi-trillion dollar global market opening. 1990 had none of that. Maybe blockchains and NFTs are the 2020s version of the internet as far as greenfield goes. I'm not convinced, but then I've always been too cynical for my own good.

randomdata 5y ago
2000 was the height of the dotcom boom. The winners were already selected and the losers imploded soon after. This was not the better time for a new business. 1990 was the time the opportunity was ripe to begin securing your position for the year 2000. Businesses aren't built in a day.
- iso1631 5y ago
  Looking at high revenue western internet companies founded around 2000 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_Internet_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_Internet_compa... Google: 1998, Salesforce 1999, Overstock 1999,, Bet365 2000, Grubhub 2001, Etsy 2002, Logmein 2003, Shopify 2004 Nothing around 1990. Amazon, Ebay, Expedia etc in the mid 90s sure. 1998 and 1999 did better than 2000, but from 1990-1995 there are 9 on the list, from 2000-2005 there are 19 on the list, from 2010-2015 there are 14. Starting in 2000 put you in a great position to capitalise on the real growth of the internet when mobile devices came on.