Dan McGrady has been on a roll with some great posts lately, and “7 Reasons Why My Social Music Site Never Took Off” really grabbed my attention yesterday.
Dan started Contrastream last summer. I liked the site a lot, as I think music discovery is a huge problem that is being approached in the wrong way by the major music sites/stores. The site was well put together and full of potential, but it just didn’t take off.
This is where, I believe, Dan is making the shift from being someone who cobbled together a website to being an entrepreneur. Instead of hiding the fact that Contrastream didn’t really take off, Dan is making a clean break, reflecting on what he learned and what he did wrong, and he is hitting the ground running with his next startup: IntegrateSales
Dan’s reasons his site never took off? Read his blog for his full analysis
- Design Perfection
- Underestimated the ?Cold Start? problem
- Market Size vs Business Model
- Bad launch
- Competition
- Motivation
- Co-founder
- Derivative Idea
in the same vein, i thought this was also a great post http://phlskl.com/?p=4 (mycarpoolstation.com)
in the same vein, i thought this was also a great post http://phlskl.com/?p=4 (mycarpoolstation.com)