Remove 2002 Remove Sales Remove Sales Cycle Remove Startup
article thumbnail

Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

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”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

Widget 76
article thumbnail

Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

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”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”.

Widget 60
article thumbnail

10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups

ReadWriteStart

In simple terms the customer's risk of doing nothing has to be higher than the risk of buying software from an unknown startup. The sailboat startups don't invent a product out of pure imagination. Change in enterprise behavior takes way, way longer than most startups expect but when it comes it is swift, surprising and fundamental.

Software 127