Richard MacManus hat im Read/Write-Web Blog ein Interview mit Judy Gibbons von Accel geführt, die zuletzt Spreadshirt und Autoquake finanziert haben.
Es geht unter anderem um Next Generation E-Commerce und unterschätzte Web 2.0 Konzepte.
Kurzer Auszug:
"For a Next Generation Web startup, which is more important - building the technology with defensible IP [= Intellectual Property], or just putting your beta product out there and growing your customer base?
They’re related; it’s about building something that is compelling to end users, that keeps them coming back and gets them recommending it to friends; that creates feedback and new ideas, that results in new features and functionality that spawns compelling business models.
The IP is often in the customer and market knowledge - as much as in the software. It’s about the knowhow; pure IP on its own is often not enough. Equally companies with good ideas who attract early users, but fail to build on this through innovation, usually fade away."
Auch Accel gehört dem Interview zufolge noch zur Generation von Geldgebern, die am liebsten auf Knien bebettelt werden wollen. Man beachte deshalb den Kommentar #4 von Scott Brooks.
Die Geldgeber 2.0 agieren hingegen eher wie Paul Graham von Y Combinator (s. Interviewauszüge bei live.hackr)
(via Berrebi)
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