South Park Sums Up Most Web Startups

[jasonlbaptiste]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe6kGJDGctU

[snprbob86]

As funny and cleverly satirical as South Park is, I don't think this belongs on HN.

[zepolen → snprbob86]

You must admit, this scene is a lot more on topic than a lot of other submissions.

[smithjchris → snprbob86]

Typical HN attitude. Head up arse.

[Rawsock]

That's the old Web 1.0 startup scheme. Web 2.0 changed phase 2 from "?" to "Banner ads/Get bought by Google".

[jrockway → Rawsock]

And Phase 3 has been removed. "Agile" teaches us to simplify, after all.

[joechung]

Does this predate the Slashdot meme?

[alaskamiller → joechung]

This is where the Slashdot meme came from.

[daeken → joechung]

Considerably so, yes.

[nopassrecover]

Oldie but a goodie. What's impressive is that '?' often works itself out.

[daeken → nopassrecover]

In visible cases, yes, it often does, but that's because they already have mindshare and often users who are invested in the service. However, this ignores the other 99% of startups with no business model, who silently fail.