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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 12:51:23 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Perennial problem of #smallbiz: how to match up against investor-funded competitors. Once you've sold your house and quit your job, you're out of reserves. - Brandon Hall likes this.
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Paul Pritchard (expatpaul@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 12:45:48 UTC Paul Pritchard @chalkahlom I didn't read the whole article but they do seem to be a tad on the excessively ambitious side -
Paul Pritchard (expatpaul@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 13:03:57 UTC Paul Pritchard @chalkahlom Indeed -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 13:06:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @chalkahlom @expatpaul If they get enough press coverage, Facebook might buy them out instead of letting them fail. (My suspicion: They realize this. The article is the beginning of their attempt to sell their company.) Brandon Hall likes this. -
Paul Pritchard (expatpaul@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 13:14:09 UTC Paul Pritchard @lnxw48a1 @chalkahlom I'm far from convinced. It looks to me like they are way over their heads and haven't yet realised how deep -
vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 13:17:30 UTC vinzv @chalkahlom https://gnusocial.de/attachment/3862251 -
Brandon Hall (bthall@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 13:59:41 UTC Brandon Hall @lnxw48a1 @chalkahlom Peter Thiel suggests that a smaller, newer entrant to a market should work to not position themselves as a competitor to large, established players in that market but come to own a subsection of that market. The key thing here that speaks to me is how unsuccessful they were in using this article as a means of speaking to their target market and suggesting that "hey, we're building this for you. We know what you want better than anyone else."