tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11070369.post2461728380334970235..comments2023-07-21T02:52:18.613-07:00Comments on Entrepreneuria: Ambition: An Entrepreneur's DilemmaTourajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13273031824434449278noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11070369.post-2987420688111137582010-01-24T22:30:11.844-08:002010-01-24T22:30:11.844-08:001) For a company of your user base it shouldn'...1) For a company of your user base it shouldn't take long to figure out which one is the clear winner.<br /><br />2) Seems obvious. Data is why Google search leads, and everyone else lags. The more data you have, the better analysis you can perform to make more refined search results, and the more refined results you have, the more data you'll have (since more people will use it). Ditto with advertising/behavioral data (DoubleClick), social data (Facebook), 1:many relationship data (Twitter), photo relevancy (Flickr), so on so forth.<br /><br />3) Sure, startups should hire great generalists first and fill the gaps with specialists later on. However, analytics can be excruciatingly time consuming and sometimes boring, taking away the superstar's talent to do something that could otherwise be spent to do other more challenging tasks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102207203432835637noreply@blogger.com