Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: The Dangers of not understanding your business

2014-04-27 Thread Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive
Surely this works better if someone on the list is asking for advice on starting a business that involves attacking a segment occupied by a dominant player? Hence the suggestion that putting it on a blog so people can find it if they are in that situation when they're in that situation involves a l

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: The Dangers of not understanding your business

2014-04-25 Thread drllau
Geoff you right. ... I wasn't being precise in what was the discussion I wanted to spark. The question is "when should a startup attack a segment occupied by a dominant player?" I point to http://borderless.net/content/how-strategy-really-works which notes the various business strategies the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: The Dangers of not understanding your business

2014-04-25 Thread Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive
This doesn't really read like a question or a discussion - perhaps this sort of stuff is better suited to a blog post rather than an email list which has thousands of members? On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 7:30 AM, drllau wrote: > Oh ... and a recent comment on google > +1

[SiliconBeach] Re: The Dangers of not understanding your business

2014-04-25 Thread drllau
Oh ... and a recent comment on google +1 asking whether it is a zombie (walking dead) ... see also VC slang for non-performing (ie ungrowth) portfolio companies Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau -- -- You received this messag