Good bizdev cannibalizes itself

[dwynings]

http://cdixon.org/2010/08/28/good-bizdev-cannabilizies-itself/

[pkaler]

Hmm, interesting. Click through to Hunch's VP Biz Dev blog. http://shaival.posterous.com/cannabilize-business-developmen...

For example, Hunch.com is built entirely on our own API. A team of clever and ambitious people could access the Hunch API and attempt to re-create Hunch.com from scratch. The functionality and the value is all there.

Are there other examples of web services built completely on their own API?

[frankdenbow → pkaler]

Twitter is close: http://t.co/XPZB6Ka

[mattmanser]

Huh?

(p.s. Yahoo had nothing to do with Google taking over the search world, talk about reinventing history. It was all to do with the simple homepage and great results)

[skmurphy → mattmanser]

Google made a deal with Yahoo in June of 2000 that gave them a lot of money and a lot of credibility. Google powered Yahoo's Search results from June of 2000 until February of 2004. See http://www.google.com/googlefriends/alert2_2000.html and http://news.cnet.com/2100-1024_3-5160710.html