tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post801165313534799349..comments2023-05-21T13:20:47.722+02:00Comments on The Angel VC: Unscalable hacksChristoph Janzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07905463949262014311noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post-84453635061686750972013-01-14T15:50:08.872+01:002013-01-14T15:50:08.872+01:00Manoj – agree, pure semantics. :)Manoj – agree, pure semantics. :)Christoph Janzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905463949262014311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post-12497356638643221142013-01-13T15:42:02.326+01:002013-01-13T15:42:02.326+01:00Loving it! Thanks Thibaud.Loving it! Thanks Thibaud.Christoph Janzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905463949262014311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post-37320100675643009752013-01-13T11:44:27.496+01:002013-01-13T11:44:27.496+01:00In the early days of Fotolia we had the idea to pa...In the early days of Fotolia we had the idea to pay our photographers upfront to upload pictures on the website. It only lasted few weeks but it helped us a lot reaching the critical mass in 2006. Thibaudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post-38303658946591080972013-01-13T01:10:57.522+01:002013-01-13T01:10:57.522+01:00Aren't these business strategies, rather than ...Aren't these business strategies, rather than hacks? In one respect, you could argue that most business decisions are hacks of some kind. Manoj Ranaweerahttp://www.edocr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post-67251661403610517752013-01-13T01:09:57.170+01:002013-01-13T01:09:57.170+01:00Aren't these business strategies, rather than ...Aren't these business strategies, rather than hacks? In one respect, you could argue that most business decisions are hacks of some kind. Manoj Ranaweerahttp://www.edocr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post-41263170493617986722013-01-12T21:49:13.539+01:002013-01-12T21:49:13.539+01:00Thank you for your comment, Felix!
It may indeed ...Thank you for your comment, Felix!<br /><br />It may indeed be scalable, but I think you'll need a price cartel for oil, and in case of the inkjet printers you need to make sure that 3rd party ink doesn't work with your printers. That might be hard to sustain long-term, which might make it a temporary hack with the goal of driving competition out of business. So, maybe a somewhat close relative to the other unscalable hacks mentioned above. :)<br />Christoph Janzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905463949262014311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18867375.post-5688540196591912013-01-12T16:52:36.052+01:002013-01-12T16:52:36.052+01:00What is unscalable about giving away oil lamps and...What is unscalable about giving away oil lamps and then selling the oil? Same goes for printers (almost free) and printer toner supply. Pretty scalable I'd say :)Felix Haasnoreply@blogger.com