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Balsamiq: real. Seesmic: bullshit.

• emmett 18y ago
  Google is an archetypal "Seesmic" startup. They didn't even start making money for years. It just happened to work in that case.
  • ivankirigin 18y ago
    I heard they were profitable before their first angel round. How long did that take?
  • jonknee 18y ago
    Except Google was solving a real problem, Seesmic created the problem that they solved. Some might find video comments cool, but if they ceased to exist tomorrow the world wouldn't be much different.
    • ntoshev 18y ago
      Sony Walkman also didn't solve any problem people knew they have at the time. "Solving a problem" is a good approximation of something people want, but it's not a perfect substitute.
      • jonknee 18y ago
        Listening to music has been a fairly established wish for humans for thousands of years. Video comments on blogs? Not so much. It's less useful than text in almost all circumstances.
  • mattjung 18y ago
    In fact, everyone easily forgets that Google made revenues very early by selling their search engine as appliance for enterprises. They became profitable already in their third year in business (even before starting adwords).