Like Auctions, Fraud is also "natural", in the sense that when a system runs mainly on "faith", it s unavoidable. What is impressive about eBay is, that fraud happens on only a fraction of millions of items that are listed at any given time. But we only hear about that fraction, we don't hear about the millions and millions of transactions which have happened flawlesly.
I'm willing to bet that the percent of fraudulant transactions on eBay is comparable to that of brick and mortar businesses.
Sony's games are great. But a consumer buys on price, however much s/he talks about quality. Add this to the fact that a large mass of game players is kids, teenagers and students, who typically dont have that much dough to spend.
I love reading. I understand that money is not the most important thing in life. But not sure how far I can sustain myself economically, by doing what I love - reading.
I love traveling. I understand that money is not the most important thing in life. But now sure how far I can sustain myself economically, by dong what I love - traveling.
Loving something is one thing - being good at it is other. It certainly gets easier to get good at something you love, but being good at it takes more than that - the environment, the opportunities, the inspiration...
Laughing and having fun is a great thing to do and keeps interest alive. But it is like that only when done impromptu - when not planned for. When you make it a routine and part of the daily exercise, it loses the charm.
While I agree with the point of the article, I don't believe hiring great people is possible everytime, however badly you may want to do it.
At any given time in the economy, there are only a handful of companies that have seemingly large monetary resources as well as time, to shuffle through a million recommendations and resumes, and funnel them down with hard questions.
When you are starting out (startup) rarely do you have enough time to wait for great people to come by and take advantage of.
On top of that, it is not always possible to get rid of mediocre people easily without taking a big hit in your plans.
While I respect all opinions, what is needed far more is not the advice on hiring great people, but on how to salvage sub-standard projects, lead mediocre people, manage a chaotic environment with limited resources and still come out succesful.
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Box.Net (they have 2 million users) has everything that you listed above, except desktop clients, which they claim are under development.
Like Auctions, Fraud is also "natural", in the sense that when a system runs mainly on "faith", it s unavoidable. What is impressive about eBay is, that fraud happens on only a fraction of millions of items that are listed at any given time. But we only hear about that fraction, we don't hear about the millions and millions of transactions which have happened flawlesly. I'm willing to bet that the percent of fraudulant transactions on eBay is comparable to that of brick and mortar businesses.
Sony's games are great. But a consumer buys on price, however much s/he talks about quality. Add this to the fact that a large mass of game players is kids, teenagers and students, who typically dont have that much dough to spend.
I love reading. I understand that money is not the most important thing in life. But not sure how far I can sustain myself economically, by doing what I love - reading.
I love traveling. I understand that money is not the most important thing in life. But now sure how far I can sustain myself economically, by dong what I love - traveling.
Loving something is one thing - being good at it is other. It certainly gets easier to get good at something you love, but being good at it takes more than that - the environment, the opportunities, the inspiration...
Laughing and having fun is a great thing to do and keeps interest alive. But it is like that only when done impromptu - when not planned for. When you make it a routine and part of the daily exercise, it loses the charm.
While I agree with the point of the article, I don't believe hiring great people is possible everytime, however badly you may want to do it.
At any given time in the economy, there are only a handful of companies that have seemingly large monetary resources as well as time, to shuffle through a million recommendations and resumes, and funnel them down with hard questions.
When you are starting out (startup) rarely do you have enough time to wait for great people to come by and take advantage of.
On top of that, it is not always possible to get rid of mediocre people easily without taking a big hit in your plans.
While I respect all opinions, what is needed far more is not the advice on hiring great people, but on how to salvage sub-standard projects, lead mediocre people, manage a chaotic environment with limited resources and still come out succesful.
Anyone?