It's a bit like the "one hit wonder" phenomenon. People think "Oh Hanson? They haven't done shit since Mmmm Bop. They're dead". But they're not. They're working

It's a bit like the "one hit wonder" phenomenon. People think "Oh Hanson? They haven't done shit since Mmmm Bop. They're dead". But they're not. They're working musicians who play gigs all the time, and release albums, and have fans. They're just not in the charts all the time. Suzanne Vega (one of my favourite "one hit wonders" of all time) wrote an excellent article[1] on this which, I think, has a great perspective that applies just as well to those of us faced with the "charts" and "hits" of the startup community. [1] http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/surviving-the-hits/ http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/surviv...