Don Dodge wrote a couple of great articles recently titled "Why Startups Innovate While Big Companies Incrementally Improve" and "What do the PC, Mac and Xbox All Have In Common".
In 2006, we saw a lot of energy and interest in user generated content.
As I noted a couple of weeks ago, I was a panelist on one of the sessions in the 2006 MIT Venture Capital Conference in Cambridge, MA.
I want to start out by saying that this is one of the more troubling articles that I've written for this blog.
So, do cheapskates make the best early customers for a startup. In a word: No.