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   by betterlabs 17y ago

   It is a good idea but there is a fundamental problem, I believe. The developers who have a great environment may not have any incentive to share it, and a lot of other who share may lead to spam/not-so-useful screencasts which may be labori
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   by betterlabs 17y ago

   I couldn't agree more. I have been a Cofounder (with 4 others) once and a single founder twice (all 3 companies are profitable and alive). Based on my experience, I feel convinced that "unless" you start together as cofounders, its just ver
3. 63.▲
   by betterlabs 17y ago

   I couldn't agree more. B2B can also be a lot more profitable in the long run and there are clear differentiators that can be built with a focus on vertical/niches.
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   by betterlabs 17y ago

   I agree. Its highly unlikely that this was done on purpose with complete transparency to higher management. But I still wonder how the manager or the manager's manager of the project didn't see this happening. I am pretty sure the team and
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   by betterlabs 18y ago

   Thanks for sharing - I might go. Sounds interesting.
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   by betterlabs 18y ago

   Thank you!
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   by betterlabs 18y ago

   Its "Gandhi" and not "Ghandi".
8. 68.▲
   by betterlabs 18y ago

   Peldi, I think your product rocks which is what counts. I am not sure how partly taking a homepage design from another site is a big deal and not relevant to this conversation.
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   by betterlabs 18y ago

   Exactly. There are a lot of circumstantial aspects that leads to success which cannot be captured in advice at all. Those cannot be recreated, of course. 37Signals' advice is solid, but many times when they imply that its the best way to do
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    by betterlabs 18y ago

    Great article! All the points are right on the mark - but open to interpretation as I can see from the comments so far. We meet a lot of founders and I see them pointing out to Outliers all the time. Getting Real book and stuff like that. I
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    by betterlabs 18y ago

    Good point, I guess there's stuff you can learn from the past and the rest is really dependent on your particular scenario where iterative development is the best way to find a version that "works".
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    by betterlabs 18y ago

    Thanks. You are right that its not new per se, but I am not sure if founders are leveraging all the knowledge one can gain from archives of successful sites to learn from them. For example, I was looking at Etsy's homepage when they launche
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    Wayback Machine & What You Can Learn From It For Your Site / Startup (blog.betterlabs.net)

    3 points by betterlabs 18y ago|4 comments