“So my advice to startups in this particular category is if you’re going to put your product in beta - put your business model in beta with it. Far too often we are too product focused and not business-model focused. That’s one thing I definitely would have done differently with JotSpot.” IfsDoneOne ThingAdviceParticularProductsModelsFocusedCategoriesBusiness ModelsBeta Author:Joe Kraus
“Fair use is important to innovators as well as consumers. It's fair use that allowed the VCR to innovate on top of the television.” WellsImportantUseTelevisionFairsConsumersInnovatorsVcr Author:Joe Kraus
“Any time you build a company designed to be sold, you ultimately get less value if it's sold.” IfsValuesCompany Author:Joe Kraus
“Don't forget to balance optimism with fact and belief with reality.” FactsRealityBeliefForgetBalanceOptimism Author:Joe Kraus
“The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good.” GreaterMissingCostHiringMissing Out Author:Joe Kraus
“Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation.” WantGivingUseCompanyMediaFairsHollywoodInnovationAskingCongressGuisePiracy Author:Joe Kraus
“We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us, and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLongFormCultureBrainEventsCreatingDistractionAnxiousDisconnected Author:Joe Kraus
