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Last week, Wil Harris spoke eloquently and convincingly about how ChannelFlip launched. Off the shelf software, string, sticky tape, some CSS, plenty of tea and a spare afternoon* was all it took to create and get this top-notch video magazine off the ground.
That anybody can launch a successful web site or business is a common message. Just release early and often, and be embarrassed by version one, and you
I guess there is a general story here about the end of mass media and the advent of user generated content http://tinyurl.com/5oha4h.
In such a market shift, a rising tide lifts all boats. Let’s see if ChannelFlip is around once the tide recedes and the market consolidation has occurred. Similarly, at the tail end of such a consolidation, the established dominant design player who has played out their cards correctly to become the “de facto” winner can be lauded as a “natural” owner of the space (http://tinyurl.com/ncnzmq). Let’s not be hasty.
I remember reading with baited breath the great secrets of the world’s most successful companies (http://tinyurl.com/neuyrt) as a young and green programmer before I joined McKinsey. If anyone wants to hear about how it all went pear-shaped, read this amusing account (http://www.insearchofstupidity.com/).
Matt
Channel Flip doesn’t look like any off the shelf software that I know of!? Do you know what it uses? I’m guessing it’s one that’s specific to making a video site?