Comments on: Beginning with an End http://blog.davidcassel.net/2009/08/beginning-with-an-end/ on Software Development and Entrepreneurism Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dcassel http://blog.davidcassel.net/2009/08/beginning-with-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4 dcassel Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:03:57 +0000 http://blog.davidcassel.net/?p=5#comment-4 Jason, I think I read that same post, and it's an excellent point. In the case of Trovz, the early revenue model was based on ads and referrals to Amazon, both of which were included from the beginning. Eventually, we were intending to add rentals and collect a piece of the rental fee in exchange for facilitating the transaction, and the lesson from that other post would be to collect that fee from the very first rental. As it turned out, we never got near that aspect of the site. Jason, I think I read that same post, and it’s an excellent point. In the case of Trovz, the early revenue model was based on ads and referrals to Amazon, both of which were included from the beginning. Eventually, we were intending to add rentals and collect a piece of the rental fee in exchange for facilitating the transaction, and the lesson from that other post would be to collect that fee from the very first rental. As it turned out, we never got near that aspect of the site.

]]> By: Jason C. http://blog.davidcassel.net/2009/08/beginning-with-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jason C. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:35:25 +0000 http://blog.davidcassel.net/?p=5#comment-3 Your comment "we wouldn't get a fair deal going to a VC while we were still in the idea/prototyping phase" reminds me of something I just read on another site regarding startups. Not *exactly* the same idea, but it definitely is a good point: "Too many startups feel like they need to have the “perfect” product before they can begin charging for it. That’s almost always a mistake. Charge early. Once you start charging money, all sorts of good things start to happen (for example, customer feedback starts to happen, because you actually have customers)." Your comment “we wouldn’t get a fair deal going to a VC while we were still in the idea/prototyping phase” reminds me of something I just read on another site regarding startups. Not *exactly* the same idea, but it definitely is a good point:

“Too many startups feel like they need to have the “perfect” product before they can begin charging for it. That’s almost always a mistake. Charge early. Once you start charging money, all sorts of good things start to happen (for example, customer feedback starts to happen, because you actually have customers).”

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