Comments on: Can Little Companies Still Get Ahead?

By: seo service provider

seo service provider — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:48:00 +0000

Branding and money are nice tools to have no doubt

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:18:00 +0000

What if Apple brought Boxee or Roku to make Apple tv better?

By: Earl

Earl — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:35:00 +0000

Branding and money are nice tools to have no doubt. However, let’s not forget that it’s the little guys that are making all the innovations. Google did not invent android. They bought a small company that owned android. Apple did not invent the MP3 player or the smartphone. Large companies are generally too slow and have too many layers of decision makers to allow for much innovation.

As long as, small companies have sources of funding to back their projects and people with ideas and others who know how to execute I think small companies and start-ups will continue to be the sources of great products.

By: solomon_rex

solomon_rex — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:04:00 +0000

Little companies are more and more disadvantaged in the US. Only large companies can afford lobbyists, and the more monopolies and oligopolies are allowed, the higher the barriers to entry. VZW and AT&T have been the largest for almost a decade, internet access is stalled, now consider the costs of patent litigation. It’s almost certain that new companies will get stomped, unless they grow very quick in very fertile soil, like Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Google. Look at hybrid and electric cars. It’s always been more difficult if you’re small, but now the winners and losers are farther and farther apart, just like with incomes.

By: Jeremy Toeman

Jeremy Toeman — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:00 +0000

instagram. rovio (crazy birds). dropbox. evernote. etc.

at the end of the day it’s the product/service that makes the difference…

By: Joe Blo

Joe Blo — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:14:00 +0000

Maybe it is all about marketing.

Does anyone remember when Mountain Dew was just another soft drink, like Squirt or Shasta?
I remember. Then they became “The extreme drink” associated with crazy kids doing crazy extreme stunts.
What about Samsung. They used to be the budget line of electronics, kinda like “Panasonic”, or “Emerson”. Now look at them leading the way, and producing very fine, cutting edge TV’s, Phones etc.
Both companies turned around their image. Mountain Dew did it with advertising, Samsung made the decision to produce high quality products…and advertise. So, I guess it’s a combination. Produce something that people want, and advertise the hell out of it.

By: Joe Blo

Joe Blo — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:14:00 +0000

Maybe it is all about marketing.

By: Pcgeek86

Pcgeek86 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:23:00 +0000

samsung galaxy tab 10.1 totally kills the amazon kindle fire. don’t get me wrong I love amazon but I agree with author’s sentiments

By: Pcgeek86

Pcgeek86 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:23:00 +0000

samsung galaxy tab 10.1 totally kills the amazon kindle fire. don’t get me wrong I love amazon but I agree with author’s sentiments

By: Pcgeek86

Pcgeek86 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:23:00 +0000

samsung galaxy tab 10.1 totally kills the amazon kindle fire. don’t get me wrong I love amazon but I agree with author’s sentiments

By: Dragonherderx

Dragonherderx — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:18:00 +0000

I think honestly its getting harder and harder… People want established known products a good deal of the time so when someone comes along and no one knows who they are its hard for them to get ahead unless they can somehow prove it….. Also down to the cult like followings on tech sites…. Many of us are in the know of these technologies and can share to a degree…..

Honestly though most consumers are well idiots and rather lazy when it comes to technology… They want the latest fad the latest BIG thing etc, they do no research to see what is out there, they just buy what is a known brand and be done with it…

Joe Blo’s post shows somewhat what i mean people arent willing to take the chance unless its free or an incredible value if its not established… The problem is without people taking some chances its impossible to get established realistically especially when you are against the big boys who have huge amounts of money they can dedicate to marketing and most of your money goes to R&D and paying your employees…..

Small companies would need to secure more capital specifically toward advertising and getting out in the public eye with tv commercials, web ads on the big sites people go onto, billboards, magazine ads etc…. People need to know about them.

By: Joe Blo

Joe Blo — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:43:00 +0000

Little companies have to do everything top notch, with complete customer satisfaction, and they have to prove themselves over time, maybe years.
It costs money to keep plugging along. These days there are so many fly-by-night LLC’s that it’s hard to know if you’re wasting your money on something that will be discontinued with no support.

Most people, including me, do not want to take a chance on something that hasn’t been
established…unless it’s free, or an incredible value.
I like the idea of supporting small companies…as long as they offer a better value than the big company.