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Podcast #3: Aim Lower

  • 2 months ago
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  • jangro
excerpt Today, Patriots’ day, I listened to David Heinemeier Hansson (creator of Ruby on Rails framework) talk about the secret to making money online in a presentation at “Startup School ‘08″, and most of my podcast today is on that subject, my ta ...

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    jimkukral 2 months ago with 1 point

    Love that intro. Good show.

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    phone card affiliate 2 months ago with 1 point

    yeah, intro and ending song were great. And of course the words in the middle were fine as well. keep it up.

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    joemagennis 2 months ago with 1 point

    Scott .. great points! We decided to move in the smaller direction as you mention and are much better off because of it. We went away from the daily feeding of the employee/overhead beast and are focusing on just two of us reaching the "million dollar" business instead. Thanks for re-enforcing the decision.

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    Mike 2 months ago with 1 point

    Aim low? I really disagree with that. Myspace just wanted to be a place for musicians when they started. Remember when FOX was that cute little network competing with the three big ones? Start small, get a manageable goal in mind and then aim higher. There can only be one valedictorian, but you better believe I’d tell every kid in class to aim for it.

    Now there is a difference between growth and value. There’s a great book call Small Giants that showcases a few companies that chose to be great instead of big. They all have strangleholds in their markets, smaller than they could be by choice, but add a tremendous amount of value to the customer and the employees. If that’s what you’re getting at, then yes aim lower for your market share and growth rate, but never value.

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    jangro 2 months ago with 1 point

    I think we agree Mike. "lower" is not necessarily "low".

    Your myspace point is exactly what I'm saying. They didn't set out to be a billion dollar company. They were trying for something within reach and it took off.

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    Jeff the Abunza Guy 1 month ago with 1 point

    "John Adams is kinda a weenie" haha keep em coming.

    -Jeff

    P.S. Great intro!

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