Startups: the Crazy Ones, the Misfits, the Rebels ... the Dumb

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 25, 2014 @02:27AM from the pets-dot-com dept.

An anonymous reader writes Many companies emerged in 2014 offering new ways to help people connect, get stuff done, or find that special someone. Slack, for example, offers a chatty alternative to work email. Or Yonomi might actually make an Internet connected home feasible. But other new startups, looking for that new and original thing, peddled products that were gimmicky, legally unsound, or just not super useful. On the other hand, sometimes things that seem gimmicky get revised down the road; Kozmo.com is my favorite example — the business model might not have been perfect, but the underlying idea wasn't so bad. Sometimes there's a large not-being-the-first-mover advantage.

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Slashvertisement by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-25 02:37 · Score: 3, Informative

Thank you anonymous kozmo PR person for your submission!
How much did Kosmo.com pay for this link? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-25 02:44 · Score: 2, Informative

What happened to Slashdot, this is bullshit. Stop with these advertisements disguised as stories.