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As I understand things, a technical inability to keep up with growth in the userbase is what caused Friendster to fall behind while Myspace took over its market
by Zak 17y ago
As I understand things, a technical inability to keep up with growth in the userbase is what caused Friendster to fall behind while Myspace took over its market.
Being sales-oriented works poorly[0] unless you actually have a product people want. To win, you have to make something people want, and make sure they know they want it.
[0]I suspect this may not hold up for big corporate and government sales.
- Alex3917 17y ago"Being sales-oriented works poorly unless you actually have a product people want." That's completely correct, however you're still missing the hidden disjunction. The point is that you should have a product people want AND be sales oriented. Are there times when it's rational to start a business that's not sales oriented? Absolutely. But you better have a damn good reason. For example, let's say your product is a search engine that returns results structured in the way people learn. And what's more, it's so obvious that your search engine is better that a huge percentage of people who use it instantly switch their default homepage. Now this is a good example of when you might want to start a business without a sales plan. But starting a business like this is like planning a breech birth, so you better have a good reason.