Tag: Business

A List Apart Web Survey, 2008

I took it. You take it.

Take the survey

You can copy my answers if you want.

DIY Design Studio Pros and Cons


DIY Design Studio Pros and Cons from Harry Love on Vimeo.

Startup Humility

Almost one year ago I attended the Amazon Web Services Startup Project event in Seattle. There were 150+ companies represented at the event. What follows is the attendee list as written in the event program. Companies without links either have moved (and I can’t find them) or have gone dormant or have gone out of business.

  1. www.2degreesfrost.com
  2. www.acceleratedpictures.com
  3. www.altusnet.com
  4. andiso.com
  5. www.apatar.com
  6. www.asterdata.com
  7. www.attensa.com
  8. www.beetlabs.com
  9. www.berecruited.com
  10. www.biego.com
  11. www.biz-waves.com (expired)
  12. www.blingee.com
  13. www.blist.com
  14. www.blockbeta.com
  15. www.boctordesign.com (appears to be dormant)
  16. www.brevisys.com
  17. www.busmonster.com (appears to be dormant)
  18. castingwords.com
  19. catchthebest.com
  20. www.clayvalet.com
  21. www.cleverset.com (acquired by ATG)
  22. www.collabomatic.com
  23. combustionlabs.com
  24. www.counterpunchsoftware.com
  25. www.craic.com
  26. www.dashwire.com
  27. www.deramark.com
  28. www.dewblaze.com (appears to be dormant)
  29. www.digini.com
  30. www.digitalmarketingcorp.com
  31. down2night.com
  32. www.edoceo.com
  33. www.eventspace.com
  34. www.extemposoftware.com
  35. www.extrahop.com
  36. www.eyejot.com
  37. www.farecast.com
  38. www.forterrainc.com
  39. www.fortyseeds.com (appears to be dormant)
  40. www.fremontforward.com (appears to be dormant)
  41. www.geospiza.com
  42. giganticlabs.com (now inevitable.cc)
  43. www.gogomo.com
  44. www.graniteedge.net (appears to be dormant)
  45. www.gridnetworks.com
  46. www.groundspeak.com
  47. www.healia.com
  48. www.hp.com
  49. www.hjksolutions.com
  50. www.iconclude.com (acquired by opsware.com, acquired by hp.com)
  51. ilike.com
  52. www.illumita.com (now skytap.com)
  53. indiemarketer.com
  54. infoether.com
  55. www.insilicos.com
  56. instacalc.com
  57. iqition.com (unavailable)
  58. www.isilon.com
  59. www.jamglue.com
  60. www.jdlds.com
  61. jetrecord.com
  62. www.jobster.com
  63. www.judysbook.com
  64. kinnection.com
  65. www.knacta.com (now kantrak.com)
  66. leancode.com
  67. www.level3.com
  68. www.lexblog.com
  69. www.limbermedia.com (appears to be dormant)
  70. www.litepost.com
  71. local-box.org (appears to be dormant)
  72. www.localmarketers.com
  73. www.luxuryrealestate.com
  74. www.megapump.com (appears to be dormant)
  75. www.mercent.com
  76. www.minecode.com
  77. www.mixpo.com
  78. www.mpire.com
  79. m-six.com
  80. www.domaintools.com
  81. www.netgridcomputing.com
  82. www.o24biz.com
  83. www.ontela.com
  84. www.oprizo.com
  85. radar.oreilly.com
  86. igniteseattle.com
  87. www.othersonline.com
  88. www.peeridol.net (appears to be dormant)
  89. peerwisdom.com (now trusera.com)
  90. www.pepperspollywogs.com
  91. www.photoworks.com
  92. www.phrasetrain.com (appears to be dormant)
  93. www.physware.com
  94. hotfromsiliconvalley.com
  95. popshops.com
  96. www.positivemotion.com
  97. www.posta.com (now tumbleweed.com)
  98. www.producingfuture.com (appears to be dormant)
  99. rain48.com
  100. www.razorcom.com
  101. www.realtechllc.com
  102. redllamainc.com
  103. www.rescuetime.com
  104. www.revealtechnology.com
  105. www.ripl.com
  106. www.robotcoop.com
  107. www.sampa.com
  108. schoolsoft.com (now dreambox.com)
  109. www.seattleluxury.com
  110. www.seattlevideopages.com (expired)
  111. www.secondspace.com
  112. sixfire.com (expired)
  113. www.smartsheet.com
  114. spamarrest.com
  115. www.sportsmatrixinc.com (appears to be dormant)
  116. www.stashspace.com
  117. www.styledujour.com
  118. www.tableausoftware.com
  119. www.teamdirection.com
  120. www.techforward.com
  121. www.tgn.com
  122. www.theisaacgroup.com (appears to be dormant)
  123. blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/brierdudley/
  124. www.theplatform.com
  125. www.threecast.com (appears to be dormant)
  126. www.thriftbooks.com
  127. transmutable.com
  128. www.trendi.com
  129. www.triphub.com
  130. www.ubertor.com
  131. www.univaud.com
  132. www.ventureallstars.com
  133. www.verari.com
  134. www.versionate.com
  135. www.vlabsource.com
  136. www.voxpixel.com
  137. www.watermarktech.com
  138. www.weogeo.com
  139. wishpot.com
  140. xcache.com (appears to be dormant)
  141. www.yort.com (appears to be dormant)
  142. www.yottamusic.com (gone)
  143. www.zeeza.net (appears to be dormant)
  144. www.zoommediaplus.com (appears to be dormant)
  145. www.3i.com
  146. www.archventure.com
  147. www.atlasaccelerator.com
  148. www.bofasecurities.com
  149. www.clearstone.com
  150. divergent.com
  151. www.eldorado.com
  152. www.firstround.com
  153. www.foundationcapital.com
  154. www.fraziertechnology.com
  155. www.ggvc.com
  156. www.humwin.com
  157. www.lehman.com
  158. www.ovp.com
  159. www.paladinpartners.com
  160. www.partechvc.com
  161. www.polarisventures.com
  162. www.seapointventures.com
  163. www.sierraventures.com
  164. www.voyagercapital.com
  165. capital.vulcan.com
  166. www.madrona.com
  167. aws.amazon.com

Look at the list again. 23 out of 167 companies are gone a year later. That’s 14%. Before you poke fun, how do you know your company won’t be next? How do I know my company won’t be next?

Certainly courage and determination are necessary ingredients of any startup. But so is humility.

Your thoughts?