Comments on: Intuition http://blog.ejovi.net/2006/04/01/intuition/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Antoin O Lachtnain http://blog.ejovi.net/2006/04/01/intuition/#comment-2340 Antoin O Lachtnain Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:29:11 +0000 http://www.ejovi.net/2006/04/01/intuition/#comment-2340 The thing about start pages is that there is probably going to be one (or maybe up to three) big winner and an awful lot of small losers. The question is whether you think you have something special enough to be in with a decent chance of being the winner. It takes a lot of conviction to go straight in to a situation like that. Why are people paying big money for web 2.0 companies? A lot of the reason is to get access to development teams with skills that no one else really has in the marketplace. The thing about start pages is that there is probably going to be one (or maybe up to three) big winner and an awful lot of small losers. The question is whether you think you have something special enough to be in with a decent chance of being the winner. It takes a lot of conviction to go straight in to a situation like that.

Why are people paying big money for web 2.0 companies? A lot of the reason is to get access to development teams with skills that no one else really has in the marketplace.

]]> By: AG http://blog.ejovi.net/2006/04/01/intuition/#comment-2332 AG Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:56:19 +0000 http://www.ejovi.net/2006/04/01/intuition/#comment-2332 Monetization of web2.0 apps is really a tough equation.. I'm not sure if people have given it proper thought. Clearly Yahoo acquisition of Flickr and Del.icio.us was an example of this point. Lots of people use del.icio.us and flickr, but I'm not sure you can translate Metcalfe's Law (utility) into dollars. Monetization of web2.0 apps is really a tough equation.. I’m not sure if people have given it proper thought. Clearly Yahoo acquisition of Flickr and Del.icio.us was an example of this point. Lots of people use del.icio.us and flickr, but I’m not sure you can translate Metcalfe’s Law (utility) into dollars.

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