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by bwertz 14y ago
Interesting example - sounds really strange that they outsource their product design
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by bwertz 14y ago
Fully agree with you - need to have strong product people as part of your founder team
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Never outsource your core(versiononeventures.com)
21 points by bwertz 14y ago|18 comments
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How to deal with the Series A crunch(versiononeventures.com)
1 points by bwertz 14y ago|0 comments
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Startup Visa Canada is here(versiononeventures.com)
4 points by bwertz 14y ago|0 comments
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by bwertz 14y ago
Excited to be an investor in tindie - congrats, Emile!
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How SaaS companies should manage their inside sales teams(versiononeventures.com)
5 points by bwertz 14y ago|1 comments
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Indiegogo Expands to Canada(techvibes.com)
4 points by bwertz 14y ago|0 comments
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Support Makers on Cyber Monday - special discounts from Tindie sellers(tindie.com)
7 points by bwertz 14y ago|0 comments
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Don’t do it – The gimmicks developers use to make their apps stickier(gigaom.com)
5 points by bwertz 14y ago|1 comments
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There's An Enterprise Renaissance Going On(techcrunch.com)
1 points by bwertz 14y ago|0 comments
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Can enterprise SaaS products be viral?(versiononeventures.com)
9 points by bwertz 14y ago|0 comments
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by bwertz 14y ago
The internet is the largest interoperable web service and wasn't VC-funded.
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by bwertz 14y ago
Agreed - great differentiation between company and market dynamis. Looks like you have done some thinking on this topic.
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by bwertz 14y ago
Great book - thanks for mentioning. Agree with you that there are multiple ways of locking in customers but the point of the post was rather that the web has changed the relative importance of the different barriers to entry. Most have decr
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by bwertz 14y ago
I think continuous fast-paced innovation in an industry usually creates relatively low barriers to entry as perpetual innovation cycles “self-correct” potential monopolies.
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by bwertz 14y ago
Thanks @davidcrow - nice summary of the post :-)
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The only barrier to entry you should care about(versiononeventures.com)
17 points by bwertz 14y ago|14 comments
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by bwertz 14y ago
Would love to know if anybody has had some experience with patents and their value for start-ups
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Traction is the new IP(versiononeventures.com)
15 points by bwertz 14y ago|1 comments
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by bwertz 14y ago
Launching quick tests on Shopify is probably the best strategy to get immediate feed-back on products and their traction with a certain audience
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Ways to compete in Amazon’s shadow(versiononeventures.com)
15 points by bwertz 14y ago|2 comments
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by bwertz 14y ago
Love Everlane - you guys doing a great job creating a unique brand and unique products
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The Next Big E-Commerce Wave(techcrunch.com)
29 points by bwertz 14y ago|11 comments
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by bwertz 14y ago
a large addressable market is always a pre-requisite for building a big business
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by bwertz 14y ago
agreed - marketplaces are probably the most attractive business models once you get through the initial traction challenge
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by bwertz 14y ago
Dropbox is probably the best example for an app that scaled charging consumers
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by bwertz 14y ago
yeah, but we are talking tech / software on HN
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by bwertz 14y ago
yes, you find this quite a bit in e-commerce but agree on SaaS
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The only two ways to build a $100m business(versiononeventures.com)
124 points by bwertz 14y ago|70 comments

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