Feb 3rd, 2009 |
This is a time for movement. This is not a time to sit still and wait for your business model to fail. This is a time for using what you have.
You may not be able to monetize your free users in the same way. You may have to start charging for some features. Lofty dreams of ad revenue may come to fruition. You will need to charge. You will not be able to do everything. You will need to sell. You will need to be able to tell your story.
Now is still the time to start something. The venture coffers are not completely shut. However, you will need to be wise. You will need to find ways to do more with less.
You will need to go to where the users are. Whether they be enterprise or consumers. Whether the platform is Android or the iPhone. Whether you acquire them via search or social media.
If you’re a developer you still need to learn from each other and share your stories. More than ever you’ll need to learn how to communicate with marketing. You’ll want to learn how to write faster code, be secure and, of course, be greener. You’ll want to find out how to get value from data, how to process that data on less servers than before, and how to respect your users by giving them control of their data. (If you or someone you know is a developer, Web 2.0 Expo has a special offer for you).
We have an invitation; let us know what you think of this direction and the program by adding your comments here. We look forward to hearing from you.
[...] Brady Forrest, einer der Initiatoren der Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco und New York, hat am 3. Februar 2009 einen motivierenden Blogpost geschrieben mit dem Titel: “It’s Time to Start Something” (auf zukünftige Startups in der Web 2.0 Welt bezogen) und nach fast 3,5 Jahren bei der zanox und einer Zwischenstation in der Entwicklung unserer kleinen Familie (glücklich verheiratet und zwei kleine Kids mit 1,5 und 3 Jahren) könnte der Titel für diesen ersten Blogpost nicht passender sein. [...]