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First question that any investor should ask: What is your business model? Second question: What is your exit strategy? Unless both have practical answers that are easy to understand...hey, I've got this great thing you should get in on!
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A lot of the exact same mentality as in 1999. People who don't know jack about either the web or basic consumer behavior predicting wild successes from business models that don't really exist, the companies being espoused getting caught up in all that praise themselves, but neither consumers nor revenue ever really developing. And in hindsight, it's always obvious. "Who the hell would even think you could make money off a Facebook widget??"
It still amazes me that so many people look at companies like this, see that they are trying to do something that's popular in real life somewhere on the internet and therefore think they've got it made. Hey, lots of people eat too, so maybe I'll be the Facebook Farmer. I'll have a farm and put it on Facebook. I should be a billionaire, right? It's automatic!
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I guess the answer was nothing, back to my twitter follow me if you'd like @blakeley LOLZ!
08/18/09
There is only one platform you should trust your business on: the interwebs. Building a business on Facebook or the iPhone is a recipe for disaster.
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Day by day, this is proven. Facebook users perceive themselves as a "Clean" and "Elitist" site. Well, now we all know why the world isn't run by juvenile college shits in glorified chatrooms.
I haven't used facebook in 2 years. If this is what matters to you, you live a dismal life. Yes, you have a voice, but no one cares.
03/19/09
Also it's your bad personality and poor music taste.
03/19/09
Wow. Bitter much?
Not to mention out of touch. "Well, now we all know why the world isn't run by juvenile college shits in glorified chatrooms" Except for the whole social networking (and specifically some of the people behind facebook) being a HUGE factor in Obama getting elected, the majority of media people being on facebook and/or twitter, major companies getting behind facebook as a means of connecting with consumers, etc. etc.
You being too old/bitter/pretentious to effectively use facebook doesn't mean that it's not a revolutionary social tool that is becoming an ever more integral part of life.
03/19/09
No. You are a revolutionary social tool.
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And the HUGE font.Ick.