- is a platitude (1 through 5, plus the "Bottom Line" section)
- is complete bullshit (5, given how many 3rd party apps Twitter has screwed over).
And a couple of asides:
- having a "Corporate Social Innovation" department, sounds like something straight out of Orwell.
- "if you can't read, you can't tweet" also seems Orwellian, because of course the only purpose of reading is to increase the uptake of the social network flavor of the day.
I think what he's saying makes sense to an extent. I'd argue that nearly all of the large (based on valuation anyway) startups recently have made "something for everyone".
Just to name a few: Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, Skype
"'If you build something that people value, something that is unique, and ahead of the others, then you will make money.' – Ev"
Mmh.
I agree with Ev.
But I live in Italy, and if I build something that people value, unique and ahead of the others, but I don't know how to make money from beginning, nobody going to listen my idea.
Wow, seems to be a lot of animosity here. I have a lot of respect for what these guys achieved with Twitter. Although the advice is pretty general, IMO it's not bad advice.
- focuses too much on twitter specifically (3, 4)
- focuses on large startups specifically (1,4)
- is a platitude (1 through 5, plus the "Bottom Line" section)
- is complete bullshit (5, given how many 3rd party apps Twitter has screwed over).
And a couple of asides:
- having a "Corporate Social Innovation" department, sounds like something straight out of Orwell.
- "if you can't read, you can't tweet" also seems Orwellian, because of course the only purpose of reading is to increase the uptake of the social network flavor of the day.