My friends @robwalling and @einarvollset just launched TinySeed, an accelerator for software companies where a successful outcome is a healthy, sustainable business rather than attempting to ride the rocketship trajectory. https://t.co/LSHqZNcVid
I have some thoughts:
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There are a *lot* of software shops in the world that would far rather have one more technical dependency than they'd like to pay for one of their 20 engineers to become the company's SPOF expert on the joys of e.g. HTTP file uploads, CSV parsing bugs, PDF generation, etc.
Every year at MicroConf I get surprised-not-surprised by the number of people I meet who are running "Does one thing reasonably well, ranks well for it, pulls down a full-time dev salary" out of a fun side project which obviates a frequent 1~5 engineer-day sprint horizontally.
"Who is the prototypical client here?"
A consulting shop delivering a $X00k engagement for an internal system, a SaaS company doing something custom for a large client or internally facing or deeply non-core to their business, etc.
(I feel like many of these businesses are good answers to the "how would you monetize OSS to make it sustainable?" fashion, since they often wrap a core OSS offering in the assorted infrastructure which makes it easily consumable.)
"But don't the customers get subscription fatigue?"
I think subscription fatigue is far more reported by people who are embarrassed to charge money for software than it is experienced by for-profit businesses, who don't seem to have gotten pay-biweekly-for-services fatigue.
On a serious note, it's interesting to observe that you can build a decent business charging $20 - $50 per month for something that any good developer can set up. This is one of those micro-saas sweet spots between "easy for me to build" and "tedious for others to build"
— Jon Yongfook (@yongfook) September 5, 2019
Every year at MicroConf I get surprised-not-surprised by the number of people I meet who are running "Does one thing reasonably well, ranks well for it, pulls down a full-time dev salary" out of a fun side project which obviates a frequent 1~5 engineer-day sprint horizontally.
"Who is the prototypical client here?"
A consulting shop delivering a $X00k engagement for an internal system, a SaaS company doing something custom for a large client or internally facing or deeply non-core to their business, etc.
(I feel like many of these businesses are good answers to the "how would you monetize OSS to make it sustainable?" fashion, since they often wrap a core OSS offering in the assorted infrastructure which makes it easily consumable.)
"But don't the customers get subscription fatigue?"
I think subscription fatigue is far more reported by people who are embarrassed to charge money for software than it is experienced by for-profit businesses, who don't seem to have gotten pay-biweekly-for-services fatigue.
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Entrepreneur\u2019s mind.
— James Clear (@JamesClear) August 22, 2020
Athlete\u2019s body.
Artist\u2019s soul.
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When you choose who to follow on Twitter, you are choosing your future thoughts.
— James Clear (@JamesClear) October 3, 2020
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Working on a problem reduces the fear of it.
— James Clear (@JamesClear) August 30, 2020
It\u2019s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it\u2014even if progress is imperfect and slow.
Action relieves anxiety.
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We often avoid taking action because we think "I need to learn more," but the best way to learn is often by taking action.
— James Clear (@JamesClear) September 23, 2020
@fapsid @EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 1. Reversion of molecularly engineered, partially attenuated, very virulent infectious bursal disease virus during infection of commercial chickens
https://t.co/wOg1Ekl3Xp
2. Reversion to Virulence of Attenuated Canine Distemper Virus In Vivo and In
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 3. pathogenic reversion of simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239Deltanef increases viral
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 4. Genetic suppression in
reovirus: Ramig et al. 1977
papovavirus: Shortle et al. 1979
picornavirus: King et al. 1980
vaccinia virus: McFadden et al. 1980
influenza virus: Tolpin et al. 1981
herpesvirus: Hall and Almey 1982
adenovirus: Kruijer et al.
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 5. reversion to virulence of live attenuated vaccines
1. Evolutionary reversion of live viral vaccines: Can genetic engineering subdue it?
https://t.co/9lY6ji88Gr
2. Mechanisms Causing Reversion to Virulence in an Attenuated
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 6. reversion to virulence of live attenuated vaccines
3. The double-edged sword: How evolution can make or break a live-attenuated virus vaccine
https://t.co/jRJNTAR6tn
4. Selection Versus Mutation: Reducing the Risk of Vaccine
https://t.co/wOg1Ekl3Xp
2. Reversion to Virulence of Attenuated Canine Distemper Virus In Vivo and In
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 3. pathogenic reversion of simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239Deltanef increases viral
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 4. Genetic suppression in
reovirus: Ramig et al. 1977
papovavirus: Shortle et al. 1979
picornavirus: King et al. 1980
vaccinia virus: McFadden et al. 1980
influenza virus: Tolpin et al. 1981
herpesvirus: Hall and Almey 1982
adenovirus: Kruijer et al.
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 5. reversion to virulence of live attenuated vaccines
1. Evolutionary reversion of live viral vaccines: Can genetic engineering subdue it?
https://t.co/9lY6ji88Gr
2. Mechanisms Causing Reversion to Virulence in an Attenuated
@EricTopol @NBA @StephenKissler @yhgrad 6. reversion to virulence of live attenuated vaccines
3. The double-edged sword: How evolution can make or break a live-attenuated virus vaccine
https://t.co/jRJNTAR6tn
4. Selection Versus Mutation: Reducing the Risk of Vaccine