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I don't know. It seems like another risk to build in. They had the chance to make a big app and potentially be acquired by Facebook or someone. They didn't win
by jonlucc 11y ago
I don't know. It seems like another risk to build in. They had the chance to make a big app and potentially be acquired by Facebook or someone. They didn't win enough people over to put the screws to Twitter, so they lost.
- pdkl95 11y agoYou can't accommodate a single point of failure when that failure is a guarantee that you business fails. The problem with making a business without a second source for your key dependencies is similar to the problem in the martingale[1] betting strategy; the failure mode means you're out of the game and you can't finish any strategy you may use to compensate for a failures. > be acquired Oh, that explains it. What you're describing isn't trying to be a successful business. Peasants creating an ornate trinket they hope will impress the local feudal lord is not a business plan. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_%28betting_system%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_%28betting_system%29
- gfodor 11y agoYou ridicule it, and perhaps rightfully, but it's a pretty good way to make a lot of FU money to be able to turn around and flip off the 'feudal lords' after the handcuffs come off.