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by dgudkov 16y ago
A few statements related to subject: 1) 500mln have joined FB. Why others didn't? Isn't it because FB has nothing really valuable to offer them? 2) If FB continue trying to become all-internet-in-one-company then they will soon follow Yahoo
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by dgudkov 16y ago
Ukraine is not bad for outstaffing to - the're a lot of US and EU companies doing so. Outsourcing business is about $300MM/year ( http://www.bughuntress.com/files1/ITOUkraine2007.pdf ). Internet is everywhere in Kyiv, cheap food, low rental
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by dgudkov 16y ago
AFAIR economics, starting a company in a market segment with established competitors may reduce risk, but it may reduce profitability by the same degree. E.g. starting selling hot dogs in place where there are 5 other hot dog sellers has hi
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by dgudkov 16y ago
We have been using SoftSys for a few months - had no any major issues. Support replies very quickly.
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by dgudkov 16y ago
Both google and oracle have shown much more vision, as well as ability to generate revenue, than reddit. So it's not fair to replace with them. They're not equal.
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by dgudkov 16y ago
Have you made comparison of windows hosting vs linux hosting in terms of price?
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European VC funding has bounced back(eu.techcrunch.com)
3 points by dgudkov 16y ago|0 comments
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by dgudkov 16y ago
There is good rule that sounds like "If you don't know what you want you will do what others want". You may hear a lot of good advices like "do this" or "don't do that", However, first and only thing you should do - is to decide/identify wh
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by dgudkov 16y ago
You can't have salary nor be hired even by your own company Why to look for being directly paid by US company? Why not to establish local company and outstaff yourself to it? It's even possible to save on taxes in some cases. Getting B1 v
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by dgudkov 16y ago
It's already there.
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by dgudkov 16y ago
So, pros and cons for enterprise startup (arguably): <Pros> 1) Range of opportunities is much more diverse than for consumer market - easier to find opportunity and differentiate. 2) Enterprise budgets are rather large. <Cons&#6
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by dgudkov 16y ago
Fully agree about Vertica's website - it should be redesigned for sure. The only small excuse for them is that they don't sell through website (contrary to consumer startups). Direct sales force and customer references do main part of this
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by dgudkov 16y ago
When I see headlines about Oracle and SAP worrying about their profits, I'll be more convinced that something has changed. Megavendors may not worry much about their profits because they don't feel yet competition from startups. However t
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Enterprise Software Is Sexy Again(techcrunch.com)
58 points by dgudkov 16y ago|31 comments
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by dgudkov 16y ago
I agree that language influences way of thinking. In Russian language words (verbs, nouns, etc.) often can freely swap their position in sentence without changing meaning of the sentence (just slightly changing emphasis). Questions usually
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by dgudkov 16y ago
This topic confirms one more time that personal productivity strongly depends on capability to manage thoughts. While it's not possible to manage thoughts fully, at least there are some ways to influence the way of thinking. Successful high
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by dgudkov 16y ago
Technical solution itself rarely has big value until it resolves some actual business or social problems.
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by dgudkov 16y ago
Good article. Asking questions like "what would you do if someone will fully copy you" is a bit dirty trick. Abstract competitors are always better, so it's meaningless to talk about them. Real competitors, even very smart and mighty, can't
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by dgudkov 16y ago
This resonates a lot with the startup we're doing. Some sentences even look like taken from our pitch. Very encouraging to see one more proof of demand :) Thanks.
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by dgudkov 16y ago
I suggest the author's point is differentiation - not using the same model/approach for different businesses.