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> Launching a service now without thinking about scaling is an amateur move. I don't think they were shooting for the stars with Magic. It seemed a hack from d
by chm 12y ago
> Launching a service now without thinking about scaling is an amateur move.
I don't think they were shooting for the stars with Magic. It seemed a hack from day one. My impression is they didn't intend it to grow as it did.
- wpietri 12y agoSure, but so what? Not saying, "What will happen if this works?" is an amateur move. In an industry where the whole goal is wild success, it's not a good sign if you are totally unprepared for wild success. But for the sake of argument let me grant that some people in YC somehow a) thought something was so important as to take time away from their startup, and b) never even considered that it might work. Once it started working, there were a number of things they could do other than the "make a complete hash of things" strategy that Wired's experience apparently suggests they are pursuing now.