Funny thing about competition, if the market is big enough and the competitors are good enough, there's plenty of room.
At TC50 Clicker demonstrated a product that has about every bell and whistle you can imagine. SetJam is stripped down to the bare essentials. I’ll let our users tell us what they need instead of deciding for them.
How about that, he's already found a classic way to differentiate. Sounds like a great starting point. I have a feeling they'll do well.
are no big huge network externalities creating a winner-takes-all market.
Facebook did not kill off other social networking sites and it's got far more externalities than most websites. Once the market is large enough you only need own a tiny slice to make a small profitable company.
I can tell you that there are still a lot holes to be filled in, meaning there is a lot of potential for you to grasp market that they won't be able to. I don't think I can go into specifics, having been one of the original programmers on clicker.com, but going more towards the decision of allowing the users to decide, and not telling the users what they want, is a very good strategy. there is nothing wrong with changing directions based on what your users want.
At TC50 Clicker demonstrated a product that has about every bell and whistle you can imagine. SetJam is stripped down to the bare essentials. I’ll let our users tell us what they need instead of deciding for them.
How about that, he's already found a classic way to differentiate. Sounds like a great starting point. I have a feeling they'll do well.