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Simultaneous Discovery and its impact on stealth mode

We’ve talked a lot about the anti-stealth movement here and on the nextNY list, and the topic has resurfaced again recently thanks to Brad Burnham’s post about the advantages of being open . I noticed that, at least anecdotally, there was a correlation between how open entrepreneurs were...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-08-2008
Innovation, Disruption and The Economics of Free

Hank Williams managed to stir up quite the controversy with his recent post lamenting the rise of free and blaming the VCs . His assertion is that the venture capitalists have made free, ad-supported businesses the norm and effectively "ruined it for everyone else" (my words). I believe it...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-08-2008
Twitter is, or will be, a Messaging Platform

Charlie discusses the future of Twitter and touches on what I think are two key points: corporate twitter and content subscription. The key as Charlie discusses is the opt-in and one-way nature of Twitter. That is, I only get updates from someone if I explicitly choose to receive them, and the party...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-18-2007
Getting the first penny

Josh Kopelman says the first penny is the hardest . The truth is, scaling from $5 to $50 million is not the toughest part of a new venture - it’s getting your users to pay you anything at all . The biggest gap in any venture is that between a service that is free and one that costs a penny. (emphasis...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-05-2007
Wisdom

There is an important distinction between factual information and understanding how to apply it in context ( via Matthew ). Data is "the sun rises at 5:12 AM" Information is "the sun rises from the East, at 5:12 AM" Knowledge is "If you're lost in the woods without a compass, follow the direction of...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-25-2007
A look at Apple and Microsoft strategies

I've been thinking about some of the interesting strategic decisions that Microsoft has made lately. I already discussed their curious IP licensing strategy , and their choices with Zune and Windows Media Player have me similarly baffled. In many ways, these moves have been something I expect more from...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-01-2007
notch.es is hiring

Notch.es is seeking ninjas . If you're a rock star, give Corey a call. I'm reposting the two job descriptions here. Don’t want to spend the next six months working under florescent lights on a corporate PC with no Internet access fixing someone else’s five year old code? Would you rather help build the...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 09-29-2006
Is Apple following Palm's footsteps?

The recent BootCamp announcement is an interesting shift in strategy for Apple, and I think there are two ways to look at this move. On one hand, they have removed a barrier for people buying Apple hardware. People who like the new MacBook Pro but are either afraid or unwilling to give up Windows. If...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-14-2006

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