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April 7, 2011 07:24 pm GMT
One of the biggest startup cliches is that every other startup wants to become a platform for other startups to build on. But to Christopher Poole, the founder of Canvas and 4Chan, that is the wrong approach. "People get caught up in trends"game mechanics, building a platform," he tells Chris Dixon in the Founder Stories video above. Instead of trying to copy what works for others, founders should "focus on building what you love, focus on the product and building the community." He doesn't understand "this obsession with building platforms. Focus on building something worth scaling. You don't even have something worthy of an API yet. Focus on users and have them fall in love with your thing." Amen.
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(Founder Stories) Christopher Poole: Build A Product Before You Build A Platform
One of the biggest startup cliches is that every other startup wants to become a platform for other startups to build on. But to Christopher Poole, the founder of Canvas and 4Chan, that is the wrong approach. "People get caught up in trends"game mechanics, building a platform," he tells Chris Dixon in the Founder Stories video above. Instead of trying to copy what works for others, founders should "focus on building what you love, focus on the product and building the community." He doesn't understand "this obsession with building platforms. Focus on building something worth scaling. You don't even have something worthy of an API yet. Focus on users and have them fall in love with your thing." Amen.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9PImoG2tKnU/
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