Comments on: The 5 Stages of a Consumer Web Startup http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What I have Done So Far. . . | The Road to Independence http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201025 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:18:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201025 [...] [...]

]]> By: Carter http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201024 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:11:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201024 1. Wide eyed optimism
2. Confrontation with reality
3. Panic
4. Prosecution of the innocent
5. promotion of the guilty
6. Celebration by those who had nothing to do with anything

]]> By: What I have Done So Far | Eric Duany http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201023 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:49:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201023 [...] [...]

]]> By: The 5 Stages of a Consumer Web Startup http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201022 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:27:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201022 [...] An interesting and funny article from GigaOM that dates from April, but I just re-read it: The 5 Stages of a Consumer Web Startup. [...]

]]> By: Trevor http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201021 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:01:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201021 I want to develop web intelligent systems for a shopping portal. I am struggling finding people to help. Any ideas?

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201020 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:27:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201020 @Aruni, believe me, I know how crazy you entrepreneurs are since I’m married to one. And if y’all didn’t step up to bat, who would I write about?

]]> By: Aruni http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201019 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:13:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201019 Hi Stacey – Great seeing you last night at the DEMO party after so many years. Pretty good post and usually spot on. Us entrepreneurs are a little bit crazy but as Marc Andreesseen has said before, the more times up to bat the better your chances for success.

Aruni

]]> By: Janet Wendy Spiegel http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201018 Wed, 14 May 2008 02:05:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201018 This is just hysterical. Between the content building, the pursuit of free traffic, paid traffic, and elusive monetization, what I find fascinating is how quickly startups forget the reason why they started up! Love the 5 steps.

In my view, the best of the internet is and always has been the ability to find free information and to share ideas with friends and strangers around the planet. Traffic is the currency of the day (unless a pure e-commerce site) and from what I’ve witnessed, it is based on long term integrity rather than flash-in-the-pan sizzle (or Alexa spikes). I’ve been blogging since 2005, have experienced, along with many of you, the development of Web 2.0 and still believe that the reason my 2,000 plus subscribers stick around is because they like what I have to say and how I say it. Because I blog to boomers and 50 plussers, I may never get to 10,000 subscribers or massive streams of daily traffic. I may not make my millions, but I know I’m helping a heck of a lot of people every day. That is a currency I can live with.

]]> By: Hip-Hop http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201017 Tue, 13 May 2008 22:18:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201017 LOL, this is great!!!!

]]> By: Tyler http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201016 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:08:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201016 Alex,

Hey nice list. Very funny.

]]> By: Consumer Web Startup Employee http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201015 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:53:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201015 The question is:
Is it correct that 90% of Consumer Web Startups closed down in first 2 years or more then 95%?

]]> By: logistyka http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201014 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201014 nice ;)

]]> By: Decidedly: Entrepreneurial risks http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201013 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:49:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201013 [...] of whether to give it a try. On GigaOM, Stacey Higginbotham considers similar questions in The 5 Stages of a Consumer Web Startup. Higginbotham writes about Web 2.0 startups: many started as an interesting experiment. Many [...]

]]> By: EverydayUX: Everyday User Experience by alex rainert » Blog Archive » Links for May 9th through May 12th http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201012 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:05:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201012 [...] The 5 Stages of a Consumer Web Startup – GigaOMFunny. [...]

]]> By: links for 2008-05-12 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201011 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:32:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201011 [...] The 5 Stages of a Consumer Web Startup – GigaOM I’ve been able to witness what amounts to be a near-familiar life cycle for these companies. Not every company hits every step, but most of these will be familiar to those of you in the Silicon Valley Social Media/Web 2.0-Something trenches. (tags: startup) [...]

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/05/09/the-5-stages-of-a-consumer-web-startup/#comment-201010 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:49:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12245#comment-201010 Paul, I love the purple widget idea! Lemme know if that raises your eCPM.

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