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Sorry, this is just a shameless ripoff of 37Signals and Rework. This whole "you only have to work a few hours a day" philosophy will only take you so far. That'

by dkrich 14y ago

Sorry, this is just a shameless ripoff of 37Signals and Rework. This whole "you only have to work a few hours a day" philosophy will only take you so far. That's just simple economics. If something is that easy to build it means there are very low barriers to entry. When there are very low barriers to entry, profits eventually get squashed to zero. The only exception to this is when you are first to market with something unique. It is virtually impossible to be first to market with something unique in the bloated project management saas space. Actually, this site is a perfect example- from what I can tell they went from nothing to competing with 37Signals in one year.

dkrich 14y ago
Aww, I guess I hurt some feelings. Sorry about that. (Not really, downvote away!)
- marknutter 14y ago
  Always a good idea to follow up a negative post with a post bitching about down-votes.
  - dkrich 14y ago
    We don't like negative posts around here. We will bury any comment that doesn't make us feel good.
    - dkrich 14y ago
      See what I mean?
TDL 14y ago
"The only exception to this is when you are first to market with something unique." The "first mover" advantage is largely a myth. Many successful companies that dominate their market segments weren't the first entrants in that segment.
- dkrich 14y ago
  > The "first mover" advantage is largely a myth. Many successful companies that dominate their market segments weren't the first entrants in that segment. I think this depends upon how granularly you bucket the different companies. If you just use broad strokes and say "Apple wasn't the first to make a cell phone", then what you are saying is true, albeit at ignoring the fact that they were the first to make a cell phone with a glass touchscreen, advanced software, app store integration, and sustained improvements. Now if you put companies into that bucket, you basically end up with Apple. Samsung followed, and makes outstanding products in the exact same space, but in that bucket, Apple is the leader. Apple is an oft-cited example, but I'll bet that if you look at any product that leads its space, it was the first to do what it does in exactly the way it does it. The reason I'm skeptical about how well this can work for project management saas companies is that there are only so many pixels to manipulate on a screen, and only so many ways to organize a project. If you are making a "me-too" product you will lose out in the long run. That's all I was saying. Not sure why people get so upset with facts.
  - drumdance 14y ago
    You don't have to be the market leader to be successful. Some friends of mine started an online survey product similar to SurveyMonkey (but better in many ways) years after SurveyMonkey. It's a very profitable business. Obligatory plug: http://www.surveygizmo.com http://www.surveygizmo.com
  - TDL 14y ago
    I was thinking more Pampers (P&G) vs. Chux (JnJ). In fact P&G is an example of successfully being a "me-too" player. The "me-too" companies are often the innovators that create better products. I have no idea why you are being down voted.

by dkrich 14y ago

dkrich 14y ago

Aww, I guess I hurt some feelings. Sorry about that. (Not really, downvote away!)

marknutter 14y ago
Always a good idea to follow up a negative post with a post bitching about down-votes.
- dkrich 14y ago
  We don't like negative posts around here. We will bury any comment that doesn't make us feel good.
  - dkrich 14y ago
    See what I mean?

TDL 14y ago

"The only exception to this is when you are first to market with something unique." The "first mover" advantage is largely a myth. Many successful companies that dominate their market segments weren't the first entrants in that segment.

dkrich 14y ago
> The "first mover" advantage is largely a myth. Many successful companies that dominate their market segments weren't the first entrants in that segment. I think this depends upon how granularly you bucket the different companies. If you just use broad strokes and say "Apple wasn't the first to make a cell phone", then what you are saying is true, albeit at ignoring the fact that they were the first to make a cell phone with a glass touchscreen, advanced software, app store integration, and sustained improvements. Now if you put companies into that bucket, you basically end up with Apple. Samsung followed, and makes outstanding products in the exact same space, but in that bucket, Apple is the leader. Apple is an oft-cited example, but I'll bet that if you look at any product that leads its space, it was the first to do what it does in exactly the way it does it. The reason I'm skeptical about how well this can work for project management saas companies is that there are only so many pixels to manipulate on a screen, and only so many ways to organize a project. If you are making a "me-too" product you will lose out in the long run. That's all I was saying. Not sure why people get so upset with facts.
- drumdance 14y ago
  You don't have to be the market leader to be successful. Some friends of mine started an online survey product similar to SurveyMonkey (but better in many ways) years after SurveyMonkey. It's a very profitable business. Obligatory plug: http://www.surveygizmo.com http://www.surveygizmo.com
- TDL 14y ago
  I was thinking more Pampers (P&G) vs. Chux (JnJ). In fact P&G is an example of successfully being a "me-too" player. The "me-too" companies are often the innovators that create better products. I have no idea why you are being down voted.