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2009 May Smile on Disruptive Startups

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11 pointsbabyshake4 comments

This quote from Richard Moross, CEO of Moo, on how to assess business ideas in 2009 was interesting:

   Is this really a business? Is it really different? If the elevator pitch includes the words ‘Twitter’, 
   ‘social network’ or ‘it’s web app X meets geek meme Y’ you probably need to rethink things - those 
   days are gone. Today your idea needs to be super-relevant: do people actually need this, or are you 
   just a solution looking for a problem?

Full interview here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/dec/25/digitalmedia...

Hasn't this ALWAYS been the case? It's just that every now and then, heads slowly sink up asses and caution is thrown to the wind.

It's never a bad time if you really DO have a good idea.

Summary: Create value.

What a novel idea...

It's good to hear people talking about creating value. Hopefully the days of useless social networking, sheep throwing, farting phone vc fueled exit strategy bullshit will be over for a while (until the next bubble).

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