[skunkworks] Re: Viability of Business Model

[John Hughes - VideoMetro, Inc.]

on 4/6/01 1:00 PM, Troy Davis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I think a better first question is, assuming all of those are in your
> favor, why would someone use your system instead of one of the others you
> mentioned?  They've spent mountains of cash on marketing and probably some
> on software development as well.

>What's your differentiator?  First figure out how you're going to beat the
folks already doing it, then  decide whether you want to.
 Simpler, less expensive. Research indicates that our pricing module is
approximately 25% of what these others are looking to get. They have to
recoup huge amounts of cash, We don¹t. Yet the tools do very much the same
thing.
> Some user-generated content aggregators - Eveo comes to mind - shut
> down their portal sites, finding that user acquisition costs were high
> and revenue was not; how will you handle or change that?
Different model. We are not a portal. Our software is designed to integrate
seamlessly into clients sites. With their branding.

John


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