A Perspective on Location Services, Mobile Entrepreneurship & Startup Life

“And you have to conclude, if you look at the focus of a lot of what you call ‘Web 2.0,’ the relentless focus on advertising-based consumer models, lightweight applications, we may be living in somewhat of a bubble, and I’m not talking about an investment bubble. (It’s) a reality bubble.”

[Source: CNet - O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep, do something worthy]

A insightful talk ‘Web Meets World’ by Tim O’Reilly, definitely worth watching, especially the second part where he stresses the point that every entrepreneur and innovator should focus on the important things in life. It’s time to rethink the whole situation…

Why do I blog this?

A reality check from time to time is important because we are always surrounded by hypes and trends that can be very transient. Especially the Internet (startup) world is coined by fast-paced ideas and products to be competitive edge. Still it’s hard to be too visionary / revolutionary, you have to deliver something quick and simple to have the first revenues or successes that keep your business running.