via Medium:
Listen to your users more than the press. Don’t get sucked into the gravity hole between you and your competition. Ruthlessly run your own path, not someone else’s.
Great article from Josh Williams, founder of Gowalla and currently at Facebook. I loved Gowalla. It was the best check-in service and beat everyone else in so many ways. I worked for one of the check-in players and while the product was good, it fell to 3rd behind Gowalla and FourSquare. I used all 3 of the top services but Gowalla was designed so beautifully and had gorgeous badges.I was very sad to see it go away and now I don’t use check-in services at all. I appreciated the quote from Josh. While their startup failed, they continued to be independent and not chase to closely to what the competition did.
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