Startups

September 1, 2006

Startups !!!!

During the dotcom boom there were burgeoning number of startup companies.

Most of companies could not even survive and are rated as top 10-100 dotcom flops.

Does the startup companies have an anticlimax ? Do only the big players like Yahoo , Microsoft , Google survive ?

The answer to this is definately a BIG NO !!!

Startup companies have greater chances of success,survival,high return on investment & profit margin.

Over years of my close watch on startup software companies & big players in the market.

I arrived at the following conclusions :

There are basically 3 types of software startup companies :

Type # 1

  • These companies play / perform aggresively when they are young .
  • When they are young, their only motto is to playaround with various technologies & gain as much in-house proficiency as they can.
  • During this period they almost forget about the Quality,Process Management and Branding
  • They frame their vision out of expertise they acquire over period of time
  • They realize their defects and will try to patch those gray areas at later point in their life-time.

Type # 2

  • These companies play / perform very aggresively in entire lifetime
  • They only their motto is to master only particular domain & always thinks of lion-share in market.
  • They have very strong mission but lack vision .
  • During this period they take care of the Quality. They dont think of branding at all.
  • These companies are a kind of warehouses for big players & eventually merge with them loosing their own identity.

Type # 3

  • These companies also play aggresively when they are young.
  • They have very clearly defined vision & mission for their company .
  • They always crave for long term relationships & strategic partnerships.
  • They dont comprimise on Quality,Process Management.
  • This type of companies best of breed in startups and have a eye on branding as well

Map to one of these types where your startup company fits in !!!!!

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2 Responses to “Startups”

  1. Very interesting analysis here. I agree that companies other than the “big players” have a chance for success. I think your three profiles up there can be applied to startups in nearly any industry, not just software — so keeping these points in mind will be helpful to many people.

  2. lakshmi said

    Really interesting.I could easily map it to the exisiting scenario very well.And ya , its very true startups can make really big whatever the industry and this analysis is going to be really helpful.Keep going…

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