Sure, that seems like a reasonable way to read a newspaper: Brian takes a look at a $3,000, 32-inch e-ink display that brings newspaper front pages to your wall.
You spin me right round, baby, right round: Brian wonders, If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan? Well that sounds uncomfortable: I took a closer look at Proclaim, the startup that raised $15 million so you can pressure-wash your mouth. When my own company, Triggertrap, went out of business, we decided to open source the apps, but that, too, is a subpar solution: As much as we all love open source, the learning curve to download, compile, and load an app onto your phone is well beyond the reasonable skill level of the average consumer - including the typical VanMoof owner.Īpropos bikes, our transportation team took a look at the best electric bikes in 2023 for every type of rider, as well as… what’s causing the battery fires in e-bikes. The VanMoof challenge drives forward the conversation around what happens with software-enabled hardware when something happens to the companies that develop them. Stay tuned for a lot more over the next few months! Hard times in hardware land
#BUY SURE CUTS A LOT 4 SERIES#
I kicked off a brand-new TC+ series about IP (intellectual property), starting with strategy. The other thing I’ve been thinking about a lot this week is intellectual property. If you’re ready to walk away and call it a day, perhaps it’s okay - but if you have hopes to continue to build and develop what you started, figure out whether the acquirer has a budget and is willing to continue to invest in your company. If not, you’re in for a world of frustration. You do occasionally see startups that end up getting acquired in ways that seem a little peculiar, and I’m not sure if Amazon was ever a great place for DPReview to land.Īmazon jettisoning the brand out makes me wonder what’ll happen with IMDb and Goodreads - two other much-loved brands that seem to be a strange fit with where Amazon is these days.įor startups, the lesson here, in my opinion, is that you’ve got to find an acquirer that is mission-aligned and able to invest in the long-term future of your business.
Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday.Īs a photographer, the saga of Amazon buying Digital Photo Review (DPReview among friends) before slowly grinding it into the ground and then suddenly announcing they were closing the site, and then going “j/k, we’re selling it after all” has given me a lot of pause for thought.
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