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81. Surf someone else’s wave. Following this advice only gets you dependent on that someone (if I understood the point correctly). So if they go down (read: l
by tzaman 13y ago
81. Surf someone else’s wave.
Following this advice only gets you dependent on that someone (if I understood the point correctly). So if they go down (read: limit/lock their API, like Twitter did), you go too.
- iamwil 13y agoI believe this one came from McAdoo's talk at Startup school. The context was that you want to pick a market that's growing, instead of trying to create the market yourself. Then you have both the problem of building your company, and educating potential users. I think this is one of those pieces of advice that resonate more to those that managed to build something people want, but found that they were a big fish in a small pond.