Instapaper Goes From Hobby To Startup
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Instapaper Goes From Hobby To Startup
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Re: Instapaper Goes From Hobby To Startup
#2A bit of a sensationalist headline: I wouldn't consider this a startup, as no actual changes have been made yet, besides availability of time.
Though I am extremely excited to see what Marco has to offer the world now that he can devote more than 10 hours a week.
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#3A bit of a sensationalist headline: I wouldn't consider this a startup, as no actual changes have been made yet, besides availability of time. Though I am extremely excited to see what Marco has to offer the world now that he can devote more than 10 hours a week.
I kinda had a hunch he would be doing this. As it stands right now, Instapaper has a greater chance of making more money than Tumblr, simply because they are selling iOS apps already and the datamining potential is greater (with Tumblr, how do you analyze different blog posts and so on?), such as finding out which blogs are most popular.
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#4It's nice to see Marco Arment pursuing another fine example of the Patio11-esque approach of building a minimum viable product in his spare time, gradually improving and expanding it while keeping the day job, growing his userbase, and then smoothly transitioning into making it a full-time gig, all without talk of crazy hours, scrambling for investors, or even subsistence on ramen.
Obviously this doesn't work for every kind of startup, but it's great to see it working where it can.
Re: Instapaper Goes From Hobby To Startup
#5A bit of a sensationalist headline: I wouldn't consider this a startup, as no actual changes have been made yet, besides availability of time. Though I am extremely excited to see what Marco has to offer the world now that he can devote more than 10 hours a week.
The product has been out for nearly 3 years[1] and he's been making money for at least half of that.
I'm curious why you don't consider that a startup. What's your criterion?
[1] http://techcrunch.com/2008/01/30/simple-bookmarking-now-avai...
Re: Instapaper Goes From Hobby To Startup
#6A bit of a sensationalist headline: I wouldn't consider this a startup, as no actual changes have been made yet, besides availability of time. Though I am extremely excited to see what Marco has to offer the world now that he can devote more than 10 hours a week.
The product has been out for nearly 3 years[1] and he's been making money for at least half of that. I'm curious why you don't consider that a startup. What's your criterion? [1] http://techcrunch.com/2008/01/30/simple-bookmarking-now-avai...
I meant, the title says from a hobby to a startup but I believe it's always been both (it didn't just become a startup, it always has been in a sense). Sorry, maybe my wording was off.
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#7I've been using and loving instapaper for a few months now. It's really helped me not get distracted spending 20 minutes reading an article when I find something interesting.
Also: the ability to grab an up to date mobi file remotely from my kindle is fantastic. For anyone with an ereader, instapaper is the easiest way I've found to get articles on the web well formatted for reading.
Really looking forward to seeing where this goes!
Re: Instapaper Goes From Hobby To Startup
#8It's nice to see Marco Arment pursuing another fine example of the Patio11-esque approach of building a minimum viable product in his spare time, gradually improving and expanding it while keeping the day job, growing his userbase, and then smoothly transitioning into making it a full-time gig, all without talk of crazy hours, scrambling for investors, or even subsistence on ramen. Obviously this doesn't work for eve…
Don't compare him to Patrick or he'll be next on lionhearted's chopping block!
Re: Instapaper Goes From Hobby To Startup
#9I should probably submit this to him (and I shall now), but my chief complaint with Instapaper is that on split-page articles it doesn't automatically combine them into one. Some sites (namely WashPo comes to mind off the top of my head) won't let you single page articles, so it makes it a pain to use Instapaper on those.
Hopefully with more time on his hands he'll be able to add more features like this.
EDIT: Looks like he already has this requested since it's listed on the FAQ page, so I look forward to seeing this functionality soon!
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#10How does this stack up against Read It Later? Anybody tried both of them? They sound identical