Comments on: 3 Must-Haves for a Successfull Web Venture

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:05:44 +0000

You are right user bases can not be copied. I think that it is important to think of the user base not as just registered users, but as active users. I am a registered user at 100’s of sites without ever being active at them.

Another thing that helps in making a successfull web app is to be in the San Francisco area of the world and to know the right people there (or here, since that is where I am right now). It is sad but true, the influencers are almost all here. It is easier to be written up in the right blogs if you happen to meet the blogger at some event.

By: webpal

webpal — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:26:37 +0000

Quite a process to be able to comment here!
But I found your article interesting enough to do it anyway =)

You’re touching a number of interesting points. I’ve thought a lot about these kind of problems. What to do when your business is all about a cool webap, and the world is full of people that can make their own versions famous faster than you…

I think it’s all in the users. No one can copy your user base, that’s your competitive advantage. How to find users is something completely different =)