Balsamiq hits $100,000 in revenue

Post by boucher » Mon, Nov 17, 2008, 6:29 AM UTC

teej wrote: post #67

boucher wrote: post #51

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I'm not sure what you're trying to say. You seem to be saying that investors won't fund companies that both make something people (want), and who work hard, and implying that YC also has that problem. But, YC is almost always investing in companies that have yet to make anything . Their entire business plan is about trying to predict which founders will have these two qualities.

Not a full rebuttal, but just a point to make: How many "founders" does Balsamiq have? 1. How many single founder startups does YCombinator fund?

Post by 13ren » Mon, Nov 17, 2008, 7:18 PM UTC

gaius wrote: post #72

13ren wrote: post #66

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Sorry about the inflammatory "hydrogen bomb" example - I couldn't think of a better way to express the thought (though maybe that's no excuse), but now I can: when looking for examples of companies that were harmed by opening sourcing their product, it's not the number of examples (find just "one"), but the proportion harmed, of those who open sourced their product. The thing is, not many companies have done it. Nets…

I found it very frustrating and disrespectful when people said they would buy a commercial license (I dual licensed), and then took three months to buy it. I clearly wasn't a priority - they didn't need to do anything; I was dependent on their goodwill. That is probably just the length of time to crank the paperwork through at their end. At some companies, taking only 3 months to buy something is considered quick! I…