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rhizome · 2016-07-29 05:22:19+00:00

The business model is so simple, I doubt the people who start those companies are interested in complication.

rodone | karma 7 | avg karma 0.54 · | 2021-02-04 04:23:14+00:00

Doing just easy things isn't much of a business model.

nbuggia | karma 22 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2014-08-17 00:32:36

This doesn't seem like a very well thought out or innovative business model.

Codhisattva | karma 634 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2014-05-08 01:57:25+00:00

I agree it's a business model. Unfortunately I don't think many of the startup participants are aware they are the product.

fixmycode | karma 96 | avg karma 3.1 · | 2021-03-25 02:09:04+00:00

i thought the business model was to sell professional support for companies, and it has worked very well so far. the problem is that you can't apply that business model in this case.

misnome | karma 5513 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2022-08-07 14:36:59

Right, it seems much more likely that if it isn’t your primary business model, it’s just not worth the hassle?

cheese4242 | karma 166 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2020-02-04 16:41:00

Sounds like these companies don't have viable business models then.

zepto | karma 7190 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2020-11-07 15:30:32

It’s not their business model that’s the problem.

It’s the fact that the rest of us haven’t solved the problems of creating an open but also trustable and usable alternative.

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sabat | karma 2842 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2013-02-24 20:30:51+00:00

I guess it's a lot easier to try things like this than to update your business model. That might require thinking and work.

arkitaip | karma 5703 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2013-05-19 20:43:38+00:00

Maybe having a viable business model should be a top priority from the start. The only way this approach to starting companies makes sense is if you're aiming to get acquired from the very start.

cimmanom | karma 2787 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2018-08-14 18:41:31

Are you asking about simple software? Or simple business models? Or something else?

hengheng | karma 1020 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2017-05-21 08:42:39+00:00

Is that because there is no business model behind it, or is it due to the high risk of scfewing up?

paulhauggis | karma 1714 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2013-12-23 10:58:41

This is the problem right here.

It's a business model that works..if you don't have to spend $100 million dollars creating it.

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Nursie | karma 17810 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2014-07-30 10:19:29+00:00

There isn't a business model. Not everything has to have a business model.

The only business model I would even remotely associate with this is, on an individual developer level, the reputation and future work opportunities you would get from having your name associated with this stuff.

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Tichy | karma 16300 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2008-12-16 15:04:09+00:00

I suppose because it is still risky to depend on another company for one's own business model.

khaledtaha | karma 155 | avg karma 4.43 · | 2019-10-15 20:18:02

You’re assuming there’s only one business model.

sergiotapia | karma 13626 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2020-03-21 18:53:00+00:00

- No business model

- Families (arguably the people who would use this) probably won't use this. It's too much time overhead for minimal gains.

Don't sweat it.

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Kalium | karma 11257 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2014-08-05 20:03:39+00:00

I don't see the problem with that. Not all niche business models should be assumed to be indefinitely viable.

skj | karma 2779 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2017-04-04 16:13:32

Business model that exists at the whim of a closed platform discovers the existential risk isn't theoretical. News at eleven.

missedthecue | karma 7595 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2023-12-13 12:40:40

I don't really see the business model though. That's like trying to sell Chinese fishing fleets subpar nets that cost more and catch fewer fish because you think overfishing the oceans is a bad thing. It's not going to be a very successful business.