Pick one and own it

Made me think of Google. They used to make a big deal out of having the largest index. They don't do that anymore. Maybe it's a good idea to transition from pushing One Thing at some point, lest you leave the opportunity for someone to outshine you on that One Thing.

well that answers a lot of questions for me as a budding entrepreneur. But the one question that I've never found answers to is how you get customers? How do you go out and find people who want to buy what you build?

&#62; There's a myth that "more features are always more complex," but that's just bad user interface design.<p>It's true that you can have a bad user experience with less features, but it's <i>much</i> more difficult to create a good user experience with a complex piece of software. I like what he says about hiding features that aren't in use, but in reality, every feature that you add to the product increases its complexity and cost, and makes it that much harder to create a satisfying user experience.

Its a good drill to go thru - even if you have more than one advantage, practice pitching each one in isolation.

This is a kickass article. I see things more clearly now.

&#62; Open-source is free like puppies are free. You don't write a check to get it, but you have to support it for life. Your employee's time is not free. Working around bugs is not free. Having nothing but the Web of Lies Internet to rely on for tech support is not free.<p>Nice piece of FUD.