readwriteweb.com — Too many niche startups fall into the trap of trying to satisfy everyone's needs. Companies have a natural tendency to expand their line of goods as they grow. The article argues that what startups need to do, instead, is stop trying to be everybody products and deliberately narrow their reach regardless of their growth or traffic.
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webdevilFeb 7, 2007
Fair enough. But why should I listen to you either. I'm not sure what you've done but if you run ChinaSpy.org ( listed in his profile ) then I wouldn't exactly classify you as a social network guru either.Your point about Digg is also false. Digg started as a tech only site and has only recently begun to expand into other areas. Without that beginning niche I really don't think Digg would be what it is today. A large majority of the traffic on this site are probably from users who have been around since back then.......isn't that loyalty
v1beFeb 7, 2007
I don't need to be anonymous. You can see my properties by searching my name, which an internet neophyte can find with ease, and cancel out results having to do with china and tibet, which an internet neophyte could also do. My biggest site was called GamerCentric, which had a Digg like system for deciding popular games, and way ahead of Digg's time. I'm also starting another at this time, and I'm at MIT right now for a Web 2 conference. I'm not sure what the big deal is with anonymity. As long as you don't have your phone number listed, not a huge problem. Spam comes anyway.
barney7Feb 7, 2007
I was trying to give you a compliment ding dong
v1beFeb 7, 2007
Weeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllll, yeah. He does a good job of marketing his site, through clever "research" blog posts at various places. He even scored an interview with ZDnet. I don't think the site is particularly successful though; I could be wrong. I wish him success, it's a nice idea. "Geeks" are a tough market to make money from. We're all too savvy to click ads, let alone even see them in many cases.
erictheninjaFeb 7, 2007
Except for a few unintelligent insights ("no market is smalle enough"), this article is what they teach you the first day of business school. Differentiate or die...duh. Someone must've been bored at home and sat in on a community college class.Buried for being lame.
djames82Feb 7, 2007
i see many people writing books about business, claiming they know. The truth of the matter is...why do most authors (Publising books about starting businesses) have.. started their own business(es) - which went down the toilet.
sensibledriverFeb 7, 2007
Yay! More sage wisdom from a nobody blogger!!!!!111!!