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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

Consumer products and services are hit driven, it’s really hard to build a scalable consumer company”. 1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. Evernote, Dropbox).

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

Consumer products and services are hit driven, it’s really hard to build a scalable consumer company”. 1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. Evernote, Dropbox).

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10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups

ReadWriteStart

The sailboat startups don't invent a product out of pure imagination. But this discipline also means that the product fit to market tends to be very good - you don't end up with solutions looking for problems. By the time you get to the third customer, you are ready to sell a productized solution with only minor customization.

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