This article is a continuation of my series of articles on software startups in India (a topic I know very little about, but am hopeful that I can spark interesting conversation in the comments).
Before we go too much further, let me explain a bit further what I mean when I say "competing with customers".
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".
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.
Business people often need encouragement in their startup business phase. Getting that fledgling company ready to fly on its journey to success is a challenging and often lonely journey.
After a weekend to reflect, I've come up with the Top 10 Things I Learned at the Web 2.0 Summit that was put on by O'Reilly and hosted by John Battelle.
Are the names and faces of your nocturnal exploits beginning to fade into a maybe-I-should-get-tested blur, there stud? Liar, they are not. But if your fantasy world is rich enough, and if you're worried your mom's going to find your little black book (she's not here, is she?), then maybe you should move that top-secret information online.
Ebay-owned Skype acquired San Francisco-based Sonorit Holding AS and its US subsidiary Camino Networks, Inc. for about $27 million, or 700,000 shares of eBay stock.
In the last week I've had the chance to play with a few new services that have begun to appear: