Tanto o artigo original do Evan Williams — fundador e criador do Blogger, hoje pertença da Google — como a versão do Carlo Domingo, estão tão bem escritas que decidi colocar aqui uma delas; a do Carlo. Porquê? Porque até concordo mais com a versão do Carlo. Simples.
E também porque acho que este artigo tem todo o interesse para a actualidade portuguesa já que temos um Plano Tecnológico — seja lá isso o que fôr — e que toda a gente brada acerca da necessidade de termos mais empresas em nichos de inovação —mesmo que não saibam o que raio estão a bradar.
Aqui fica então— em puro inglês para não deturpar o sentido — o artigo para leitura mais cuidada.
I have been reading with interest the recent post from Evan Williams about the “The ten rules for Web Startups”, too much has been already written about this so I am not going to comment further but reading the post got me thinking about how some of those rules apply to nearly every software company, whether is a startup or a mature one or whether is Web or not so here is how I will rewrite them so that any high tech or software company can use them:#1: Be Narrow: that certainly does not necessarily apply to every company, for a large or mature company, focusing on a small niche might not generate enough revenue to be a worthwhile effort. I think that the best way to rewrite this rule to give it a more general meaning would be “be focused” (whether on a particular technology, or business model, or market, etc.). read more / continua…
The new Odeo site is up. It’s not about podcasting (“be different”), its about getting casual. Casual creation, casual sharing.
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"Just as a cow with a young calf keeps an eye on it
even when it is eating the grass, so it's proper for a
person to keep an eye on all that can be done for others
who are following the path."
Majjhima Nikaya
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for the Federal Government but doesn’t have to take
the civil service exam"
Ronald Reagan
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them, I have others."
Groucho Marx
"The hardest thing to understand in the
world is the income tax"
Albert Einstein
