Comments on: CALLING ALL WEB DESIGNERS! http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/ Join me in real-time as I attempt to step outside the cube and build a web business. Should be good! Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:47:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Lakira http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4685 Lakira Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:33:46 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4685 I must say that I have yet to see any truly original ideas over the last century that hasn't stemmed from concepts that were already thought of before. It seems that every time someone thinks they are being original, it turns out they had the exact "original" thought that a million others thought of too. lol Favorite bumper sticker says it best. -Yup, I'm special...just like everyone else- So keep trying for something original of course, but don't discard an idea just because its been done similarly! Keep up the good work LaKira I must say that I have yet to see any truly original ideas over the last century that hasn’t stemmed from concepts that were already thought of before. It seems that every time someone thinks they are being original, it turns out they had the exact “original” thought that a million others thought of too. lol
Favorite bumper sticker says it best.
-Yup, I’m special…just like everyone else-

So keep trying for something original of course, but don’t discard an idea just because its been done similarly!
Keep up the good work
LaKira

]]> By: Just http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4684 Just Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:09:09 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4684 IMHO, the only overcrowded market is people who give up on their dreams or never try in the first place. IMHO, the only overcrowded market is people who give up on their dreams or never try in the first place.

]]> By: Joseph http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4675 Joseph Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:40:43 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4675 Well, yes i always overreact a bit but it really pissed me off that from one day to the other there wasn't a blog update anymore for a long time. Additionally i hoped that Grapeshow wouldn't have to do anything with video, that market is so overcrowded, i'm still waiting for the "boom" web-app, something really new and cool and not just a mashup or a modification of an existing concept, that disappointed me a bit :( Well, yes i always overreact a bit but it really pissed me off that from one day to the other there wasn’t a blog update anymore for a long time.

Additionally i hoped that Grapeshow wouldn’t have to do anything with video, that market is so overcrowded, i’m still waiting for the “boom” web-app, something really new and
cool and not just a mashup or a modification of an existing concept, that disappointed me a bit :(

]]> By: Joseph http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4674 Joseph Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:35:17 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4674 Well nice to see it worked, at least people now start commenting ;) Well nice to see it worked, at least people now start commenting ;)

]]> By: JJ http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4670 JJ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:07:10 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4670 Also, quoting the masterful critic: "make a little pause and start over again in a market where the big players haven’t already bought everything" This is a joke, right? Just checkin'. Also, quoting the masterful critic:

“make a little pause and start over again in a market where the big players haven’t already bought everything”

This is a joke, right? Just checkin’.

]]> By: JJ http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4669 JJ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:04:25 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4669 The key here is that it was "something ventured", not "lets get rich quick." It was a realistic attempt at harnessing the unknown with the whole crowd watching. Given the fact that it was your first attempt, and that you've learned a great deal from it and shared your lessons with many others....you've succeeded. Joseph apparently has little insight into what one must go through to be truly successful in life. The key here is that it was “something ventured”, not “lets get rich quick.” It was a realistic attempt at harnessing the unknown with the whole crowd watching. Given the fact that it was your first attempt, and that you’ve learned a great deal from it and shared your lessons with many others….you’ve succeeded. Joseph apparently has little insight into what one must go through to be truly successful in life.

]]> By: Lakira http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4665 Lakira Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:40:18 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4665 Let me say that Mr. Negative here didn't take a course in constructive critisism aparently, so I would take his comment with a grain of salt. It's sad when people have to take time out of their life to pick apart others, but hey it's a reflection on him, not you. I think what you are doing here is great and I am pretty sure most of your readers have lives of their own so I doubt those people were devistated when you didn't post. This blog has helped people keep real and I know that what ever the outcome, you take something away from it all. This is about what helps you get through the hoops, not what others want to see. Keep up the good work and put above negative comments where they belong- in the trash. LaKira Let me say that Mr. Negative here didn’t take a course in constructive critisism aparently, so I would take his comment with a grain of salt. It’s sad when people have to take time out of their life to pick apart others, but hey it’s a reflection on him, not you. I think what you are doing here is great and I am pretty sure most of your readers have lives of their own so I doubt those people were devistated when you didn’t post. This blog has helped people keep real and I know that what ever the outcome, you take something away from it all. This is about what helps you get through the hoops, not what others want to see. Keep up the good work and put above negative comments where they belong- in the trash.
LaKira

]]> By: Just http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4664 Just Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:15:14 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4664 Good to hear that you haven't given up Zack. I'm still very interested in how far you can take this thing. I'm sure the super successful didn't go from zero to hero in 30 days. We know these things take some serious time. Keep us posted. Just Good to hear that you haven’t given up Zack. I’m still very interested in how far you can take this thing. I’m sure the super successful didn’t go from zero to hero in 30 days. We know these things take some serious time. Keep us posted.

Just

]]> By: Zack http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4663 Zack Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:03:17 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4663 Hello Joseph, thanks for the comment. I do have a follow-up question though...how have I failed exactly? By giving a project my all and trying to start something? Or is it because I learned so much along the way and am applying that knowledge to my current venture? Or possibly because the contest has generated a fair amount of interest across the globe? One things for sure, I haven't failed at grabbing YOUR attention. You're absolutely right though, I've done a poor job at keeping it updated regularly and I'm sorry for leaving my readers hanging. Other areas of my life demanded my attention and required a priority shift. It was never my intention to keep readers in the dark. In fact, when I was offline for long periods of time, it wasn't due to lazy posting, it was because the business was on hold. Therefore, in a sense, it has made this blog that much more REAL. Something Ventured was built to take readers on a business journey in real time, successful or not. Its success is in no way tied to the success of my business ideas. So, why on earth, would I want to hide from it, or "try to get it out of the internet archives", as you suggest? It is the true story of a business venture and, hopefully, educational and entertaining for others in the same boat. The story does not end here... Hello Joseph, thanks for the comment.

I do have a follow-up question though…how have I failed exactly? By giving a project my all and trying to start something? Or is it because I learned so much along the way and am applying that knowledge to my current venture? Or possibly because the contest has generated a fair amount of interest across the globe?

One things for sure, I haven’t failed at grabbing YOUR attention. You’re absolutely right though, I’ve done a poor job at keeping it updated regularly and I’m sorry for leaving my readers hanging. Other areas of my life demanded my attention and required a priority shift. It was never my intention to keep readers in the dark. In fact, when I was offline for long periods of time, it wasn’t due to lazy posting, it was because the business was on hold. Therefore, in a sense, it has made this blog that much more REAL.

Something Ventured was built to take readers on a business journey in real time, successful or not. Its success is in no way tied to the success of my business ideas. So, why on earth, would I want to hide from it, or “try to get it out of the internet archives”, as you suggest? It is the true story of a business venture and, hopefully, educational and entertaining for others in the same boat.

The story does not end here…

]]> By: Joseph http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4655 Joseph Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:33:53 +0000 http://someventure.com/2007/10/26/calling-all-web-designers/#comment-4655 Lol, sorry guy that i'm the first one to tell you but... You failed At first i liked you idea with the blog etc. shortly after i was sure that you aren't the right guy to do this and shortly afterwards it was over with the blog updates. Grapeshow, the basic idea is not really bad but it also fails because of many other factors, well i think you've lost enough respect from your audience for letting us sit here in the rain for months, for me as an investor, this has now become an absolute no-go. In your place i would close the blog, try to get it out of the internet archives, make a little pause and start over again in a market where the big players haven't already bought everything. Lol, sorry guy that i’m the first one to tell you but…

You failed

At first i liked you idea with the blog etc. shortly after i was sure that you aren’t the right guy to do this and shortly afterwards it was over with the blog updates.

Grapeshow, the basic idea is not really bad but it also fails because of many other factors, well i think you’ve lost enough respect from your audience for letting us sit here in the rain for months, for me as an investor, this has now become an absolute no-go.

In your place i would close the blog, try to get it out of the internet archives, make a little pause and start over again in a market where the big players haven’t already bought everything.

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