Comments on: Dumping Startup Plan A is easy enough – but how to get to Plan B? http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/10/07/dumping-startup-plan-a-is-easy-enough-but-how-to-get-to-plan-b/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: ray ban sunglasses http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/10/07/dumping-startup-plan-a-is-easy-enough-but-how-to-get-to-plan-b/comment-page-1/#comment-564194 ray ban sunglasses Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:34:00 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=11451#comment-564194 I have learned a lot from your site. Thanks!! I think you have done an excellent job with your site. I will return in the near future. I have learned a lot from your site. Thanks!! I think you have done an excellent job with your site. I will return in the near future.

]]> By: cheap north face http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/10/07/dumping-startup-plan-a-is-easy-enough-but-how-to-get-to-plan-b/comment-page-1/#comment-564192 cheap north face Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:26:00 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=11451#comment-564192 It's good to see this information in your article. It’s good to see this information in your article.

]]> By: Recommended Links for October 8th | Alex Gamela - Digital Media & Journalism http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/10/07/dumping-startup-plan-a-is-easy-enough-but-how-to-get-to-plan-b/comment-page-1/#comment-269207 Recommended Links for October 8th | Alex Gamela - Digital Media & Journalism Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:22:19 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=11451#comment-269207 [...] Alexandre Gamela shared Dumping Startup Plan A is easy enough – but how to get to Plan B?. [...] [...] Alexandre Gamela shared Dumping Startup Plan A is easy enough – but how to get to Plan B?. [...]

]]> By: Benedikt http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/10/07/dumping-startup-plan-a-is-easy-enough-but-how-to-get-to-plan-b/comment-page-1/#comment-268985 Benedikt Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:44:30 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/?p=11451#comment-268985 Plan A is usually an idea that emerges from something you observe: a behavior, problem or bigger trend. If you decide to follow your idea and dig deeper into the industry, the necessary technology, the economics, analyze the behavior in more detail - simply 'live' with this idea and thoughts for a while - your picture of what is actually going on becomes clearer every day. Some initial ideas, the A Plans, might get confirmed and develop into successful businesses. Others will have to be abandoned (with or without actually starting a business). Either way, the result for our entrepreneur always is that she knows more (usually by several magnitudes) about the 'market'. This might be the reason that we see so many successful B Plans: they might still be bold, but they are also a lot more realistic. Does this mean that specialists, who know a market intimately are more likely to hit a home run the first time around? I don't think so, for several reasons... but that's probably a different discussion. Plan A is usually an idea that emerges from something you observe: a behavior, problem or bigger trend.

If you decide to follow your idea and dig deeper into the industry, the necessary technology, the economics, analyze the behavior in more detail – simply ‘live’ with this idea and thoughts for a while – your picture of what is actually going on becomes clearer every day.

Some initial ideas, the A Plans, might get confirmed and develop into successful businesses. Others will have to be abandoned (with or without actually starting a business).

Either way, the result for our entrepreneur always is that she knows more (usually by several magnitudes) about the ‘market’. This might be the reason that we see so many successful B Plans: they might still be bold, but they are also a lot more realistic.

Does this mean that specialists, who know a market intimately are more likely to hit a home run the first time around? I don’t think so, for several reasons… but that’s probably a different discussion.

]]>