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One of the funny side-effects of trying to do very cutting-edge things is that often several groups of people are working in the same direction at the same time. Sometimes you get there first, and sometimes you just get beat.
Other times, you get there first, and someone else gets all the attention.
I’m going to have to learn to live with the fact that the new Netscape Beta (it’s Digg, but they hired editors to write about the top dugg stories) is going to go down as the de-facto leader in combining user-generated “socal” content with editorial content.
Sure, we launched before they did, but they’ve got a PR team, and Calacanis pimping it out on his blog, and big bloggers cutting them some love.
I need to learn how to sell Flicker Gaming to journalists, because I’m tired of reading about how cool the idea behind Netscape Beta is (and it is cool) without any mention of other people who are doing the same thing (Flicker Gaming).
/rant
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Jason 06.26.06 at 5:09 pm
… just build a track record. You notice all my press comes with the note that a) I did Silicon Alley Reporter and b) I did Weblogs, Inc.
The reason press people even take a meeting with me is because I have a track record. When I started SAR no one knew who I was and I didn’t get any attention from the press for at least six months.
The fact is the press isn’t that important… product is most important. Make great product and people will use it. The press just gives you a little head start. If your product sucks people won’t use it… the press just gets you the first wave.
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