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I'm the author of the notes but I'm not Jason Cohen, the speaker on whom the notes are based. >Example: Server hosting" A few lines later... "Good Market: Not
by mtlynch 3y ago
I'm the author of the notes but I'm not Jason Cohen, the speaker on whom the notes are based.
>Example: Server hosting" A few lines later... "Good Market: Not real-time
>A non-real time business is one where it’s not a disaster if your product is down for a few hours"
This is on me for summarizing poorly, but Cohen wasn't advocating server hosting as a good market. He explicitly said WPEngine was a counter-example because it was hard for them to do real-time support.
He mentioned server hosting as an example of a business where customers understand that you have ongoing costs, so it makes sense that you bill them as an ongoing basis, but he didn't say server hosting is a good market for bootstrappers.
>Later on it describes hosting, image editors, and time-tracking software as examples of "finished" businesses that don't need to worry about dealing with feature competition.
This still seems true to me. What's the objection to this point?