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Does anyone know what it is they're building? I'm struggling to think of a market that is dominated by free that could also be made easier. Email seems like a p
by dantiberian 14y ago
Does anyone know what it is they're building? I'm struggling to think of a market that is dominated by free that could also be made easier. Email seems like a possible bet as all the other major email providers are free.
- true_religion 14y agoThey're 37 Signals, creators of Ruby on Rails, Basecamp, and other fine things that may claim to solve a certain task 'easier' than other competitors.
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- sutterbomb 14y agoI think the question above was referring to the new service they are building, not what they have already done.
- connortomas 14y ago37 Signals generally create web apps for small businesses, so I suspect an email client/service would be a little too general for them. Jason Fried also says, "This new product eliminates the hassle of one thing in particular", which suggests that there's one huge pain point they'd like to solve with their new product. I can't think of what one particular pain point would be with email - a solution to email would probably involve solving a lot of tiny problems. It's puzzling, because Jason points out that "the other products are totally free". Most web apps marketed to small business users, though, aren't free. Perhaps this product is targeted at a broader demographic.
- gregormck 14y agoI reckon it is a timing app