Also... Considering that merchants pay %2 even if the transaction is fraud and then up to $25 for the charge back in addtion to the loss of their products... the credit card companies stand to make a LOT of money by losing 40 million card numbers... your feature idea would be just fine with the card companies... just so long as they don't have to pay back the money.
It depend on 3 things mostly...
* How much funding you have... if resources are low then sales are everything.
* How totally awesome and stealable the idea is.
* Who your competition is... and of course everybody says their ideas will or have been stolen from microsoft, but honestly most ideas aren't even that good.
for the most part very few startups should prioritize anything above sales.
Its a common misconception that lightsabers are made of light... they are merely telescopic rods that glow brightly because of a quantom effect. Don't get your science from Forbes.
It isn't pure data...it's been tainted by googles indexing... google could however do this against its internal dataset to get the least margin of error with the data that is known to exist.
I agree! My folks bought the Beatles entire collection on Vinyl then on cassette and then on cd... now they are expected to buy them again as DRM apple format??? I would happily rip the CDs for my folks, but thank god, they already did it themselves and I appaud them.
Buy used cds of older stuff and rip them. This lets you get songs at 10 cents on the dollar compared to iTunes. Limit the injustice to new albums which are mostly unsellable do to overproduce crappy song writing!
Obviously there are some staggeringly intelligent VCs out there.
No there aren't. You must be a VC or you must have just signed up with one. Either way you will learn in time.
a lot of indefensible generalizations.
According to your rebutle I was only off on VCs. But your view of them is a little too glowing.
And, by the way, the fact that 90% (is that all?) of startups fail does not mean you are "certain" to fail the first 9 times. You may hit a home run with your first company.
I didn't say anything like that. Why would someone think that?
Strangely... I feel there are tons of great easy affordable sales and maketing paths and not enough compelling products and services. (I'm also an engineer by trade)... There are so many software packages out there that I couldn't even imagine a person that would fork over money for them. I think its really hard to come up with a compelling product and to construct it well. Most "get rich" schemes exploit this. They give marketing and sales advice, but they leave the product up to you.
I have made a successful start up and let me tell you this article is one scenerio out of a possible million.
1. Work with honest people. Honest people won't be lazy slackers.
2. Single founder is great if you can do it. If you are going to have multiple founders or board members the rule is "odd numbers" no tie votes. But honestly...if you can do it yourself you will be better off.
3. Investors are a bad idea. They will be in your business in a bad way. If things don't work out and 9 out of 10 start ups fail... the guilt will eat you alive especially if you go the friends and families route that VC push hard on beginners.
4. VCs are morons. Look at their portfolios and they will expect to tell you how to run your business. They will have lots of highly educated people who have never built a successful business. VC dollars are the most expensive dollars you will ever find. You are better off not taking them... VCs set the objectives so high you'll pass up good ideas and plans for bad ones of bigger scope. VCs need to pay for their portfolios... honestly...look at those portfolios closely.
5. 9 out of 10 Start ups fail... that means you are certain to have 9 times where you probably should close your doors... If you manage to stay open through them your business will likely have adapted to the market and demand and will be the one in 10 that lives...
6. There are no rules...Its fear and greed and desire and comfort and popularity.... these are social forces no one can control or predict. Be diligent on open to adaptation. Thats the best you can do.
Yes, but the slow release of capability is the result of corporate choices and not the speed of technology and innovation. The API is crippled because of lack of access. If access was available I am sure the missing features would have been the first ones developed.
HME is fairly bogus attempt at API...
HME applications run on home PCís or remote servers hosted by TiVo. At this time, HME applications cannot control any of the TiVo DVRís scheduling, recording, or video playback capabilities.
HME applications run on home PCís or remote servers hosted by TiVo. At this time, HME applications cannot control any of the TiVo DVRís scheduling, recording, or video playback capabilities.
I honestly believe that if Tivo wants to win they should allow shell access to the box and release development APIs so people can write their own Tivo applications. This will allow third party companies to create and support Tivo solutions and would bring popularity back to the device. If you hack a cable box you get a visit from the FBI. Microsoft will never be open. This is where Tivo can win. Hopefully they wake up and sieze the opportunity.
Only certain things are copyrightable. Don't copy those. If files are broken into pieces that are too small to copyright then copied to different places the only infringement will be on the client system when they are reassembled. Then individual behavior is liable and not network or technology.
Bryan,
Here is how Tivo wins... open source APIs and Shell access to the Tivo. Lets the hackers write their p2p software for their networked Tivo. Let the Tivo play video stored on the network. Put big scary disclaimers to protect the company, but make it easy for hackers to innovate... Cable companies don't let you hack inside their boxes and on the wire without involving the FBI or police. Tivo can do this... its just a matter of being smart about it and doing it in a hurry. If you want to win then simply do what every computer geek wants... honestly... you're selling hardware and a little bit of software. Shell Access... Open APIs... Let sports illustrated integrate SI.com w/ Tivo... Let joe schmoe make his play a random home video clip... Let suse download a google gmail utility for Tivo.
You see... you can elect the whole town but that wont help fund education... yes it was better under clinton and the problem is the "Feds" leave it a "LOCAL" problem. My point stands.
You're right! There is nothing wrong with the job posting. It's the agenda behind the job posting that is suspect. In this particular case the problem is their past track record with respect to respect other companies' IP.
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Also... Considering that merchants pay %2 even if the transaction is fraud and then up to $25 for the charge back in addtion to the loss of their products... the credit card companies stand to make a LOT of money by losing 40 million card numbers... your feature idea would be just fine with the card companies... just so long as they don't have to pay back the money.
It depend on 3 things mostly... * How much funding you have... if resources are low then sales are everything. * How totally awesome and stealable the idea is. * Who your competition is... and of course everybody says their ideas will or have been stolen from microsoft, but honestly most ideas aren't even that good. for the most part very few startups should prioritize anything above sales.
Then Google can index brains and insert context based ads!
Ok. What resolution should I set my monitor so that I can actually feel the guts splatter on my face in these first person shooters?
Its a common misconception that lightsabers are made of light... they are merely telescopic rods that glow brightly because of a quantom effect. Don't get your science from Forbes.
It isn't pure data...it's been tainted by googles indexing... google could however do this against its internal dataset to get the least margin of error with the data that is known to exist.
I agree! My folks bought the Beatles entire collection on Vinyl then on cassette and then on cd... now they are expected to buy them again as DRM apple format??? I would happily rip the CDs for my folks, but thank god, they already did it themselves and I appaud them. Buy used cds of older stuff and rip them. This lets you get songs at 10 cents on the dollar compared to iTunes. Limit the injustice to new albums which are mostly unsellable do to overproduce crappy song writing!
It a play on google's model... If you get enough indexed content you can sell ads.
Sure... when you remove the context the meaning changes. But thats not what I said. It's how you argue.
No there aren't. You must be a VC or you must have just signed up with one. Either way you will learn in time.
a lot of indefensible generalizations.
According to your rebutle I was only off on VCs. But your view of them is a little too glowing.
And, by the way, the fact that 90% (is that all?) of startups fail does not mean you are "certain" to fail the first 9 times. You may hit a home run with your first company.
I didn't say anything like that. Why would someone think that?
Look at # 6.... there are no rules... I didn't hype it up into something it isnt. Thats how my post is different.
Strangely... I feel there are tons of great easy affordable sales and maketing paths and not enough compelling products and services. (I'm also an engineer by trade)... There are so many software packages out there that I couldn't even imagine a person that would fork over money for them. I think its really hard to come up with a compelling product and to construct it well. Most "get rich" schemes exploit this. They give marketing and sales advice, but they leave the product up to you.
1. Work with honest people. Honest people won't be lazy slackers.
2. Single founder is great if you can do it. If you are going to have multiple founders or board members the rule is "odd numbers" no tie votes. But honestly...if you can do it yourself you will be better off.
3. Investors are a bad idea. They will be in your business in a bad way. If things don't work out and 9 out of 10 start ups fail ... the guilt will eat you alive especially if you go the friends and families route that VC push hard on beginners.
4. VCs are morons. Look at their portfolios and they will expect to tell you how to run your business. They will have lots of highly educated people who have never built a successful business. VC dollars are the most expensive dollars you will ever find. You are better off not taking them... VCs set the objectives so high you'll pass up good ideas and plans for bad ones of bigger scope. VCs need to pay for their portfolios... honestly...look at those portfolios closely.
5. 9 out of 10 Start ups fail... that means you are certain to have 9 times where you probably should close your doors... If you manage to stay open through them your business will likely have adapted to the market and demand and will be the one in 10 that lives...
6. There are no rules...Its fear and greed and desire and comfort and popularity.... these are social forces no one can control or predict. Be diligent on open to adaptation. Thats the best you can do.
Ugh, Underpants. Profit...kill me.
Yes, but the slow release of capability is the result of corporate choices and not the speed of technology and innovation. The API is crippled because of lack of access. If access was available I am sure the missing features would have been the first ones developed.
HME is fairly bogus attempt at API... HME applications run on home PCís or remote servers hosted by TiVo. At this time, HME applications cannot control any of the TiVo DVRís scheduling, recording, or video playback capabilities.
%99.9999999 of web site visitors don't need shell access and web development APIs either... are those just for dorks who want to play star trek to?
HME applications run on home PCís or remote servers hosted by TiVo. At this time, HME applications cannot control any of the TiVo DVRís scheduling, recording, or video playback capabilities.
I honestly believe that if Tivo wants to win they should allow shell access to the box and release development APIs so people can write their own Tivo applications. This will allow third party companies to create and support Tivo solutions and would bring popularity back to the device. If you hack a cable box you get a visit from the FBI. Microsoft will never be open. This is where Tivo can win. Hopefully they wake up and sieze the opportunity.
Only certain things are copyrightable. Don't copy those. If files are broken into pieces that are too small to copyright then copied to different places the only infringement will be on the client system when they are reassembled. Then individual behavior is liable and not network or technology.
There you go world... I solved it for you.
Ahhhh....It's a dupe! I thought I stuck in a spatial distortion cause by a port lacelle malfunction that caused a rift in the space time continuum.
Bryan, Here is how Tivo wins... open source APIs and Shell access to the Tivo. Lets the hackers write their p2p software for their networked Tivo. Let the Tivo play video stored on the network. Put big scary disclaimers to protect the company, but make it easy for hackers to innovate... Cable companies don't let you hack inside their boxes and on the wire without involving the FBI or police. Tivo can do this... its just a matter of being smart about it and doing it in a hurry. If you want to win then simply do what every computer geek wants... honestly... you're selling hardware and a little bit of software. Shell Access... Open APIs... Let sports illustrated integrate SI.com w/ Tivo... Let joe schmoe make his play a random home video clip... Let suse download a google gmail utility for Tivo.
You see... you can elect the whole town but that wont help fund education... yes it was better under clinton and the problem is the "Feds" leave it a "LOCAL" problem. My point stands.
You're right! There is nothing wrong with the job posting. It's the agenda behind the job posting that is suspect. In this particular case the problem is their past track record with respect to respect other companies' IP.
looks like the classic "If you can't work with them then work around them" trick. 2nd only to "If it aint solved throw more money at it."