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Your remark fails to consider that most successful entrepreneurs experience failure in their lifetime. It's part of the game.

• axod 17y ago
  Agreed, however, I think everyone could see instantly that seesmic was a dud. As most can see that the Crunchpad is a dud. IMHO the idea of the Crunchpad is something that has already been tried many many times before, with the net result that there simply isn't a large market for such devices.
  • crescendo 17y ago
    I think the point is that for every wildly successful company out there, there was surely an early group of naysayers who could see instantly that it was a dud. Arrington might fail here, but you have to give the guy a lot of credit for how he has moved forward on this thing.
    • axod 17y ago
      Yup. Credit for moving forward with a bad idea that is sure to fail. Wake up. It's half a laptop. - no keyboard, no protection for the screen - no way to stand the screen up so you can view it - etc etc etc It's about the same price as a netbook :/
  • olefoo 17y ago
    I don't think this is that clearly a dud. If it comes in at a decent price point and has a convenient charging stand I could easily see one in my living room. I think it's more likely that the market wasn't ready for such a thing. Like netbooks, which were not possible at a price point that made them attractive to consumers until a year and a half ago, when they suddenly emerged as a market category. But hey, the great thing about being an entrepreneur is that you are responsible for estimating the market conditions and executing credibly.
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