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Comment by rdoherty | Hacker News Reader

I'm confused, didn't Kevin do this with Milk? This really feels like a double déjà vu. What's the angle? Why do basically the same thing you did before?

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> didn't Kevin do this with Milk?

Yes. He did the exact same thing before. Copy a popular category of apps that's probably on its way out already, and promise a 'fast pivot' if it doesn't work.

> What's the angle? Why do basically the same thing you did before?

If I had to guess, I'd say it's something like: 'I'm loaded, being a VC is soulless, and I think Snapchat is dumb because of [reason]'.

[reason]

"...have a valuation."

It's the same, just later. He probably feels he's learned from his previous mistakes and can do it better this time.

Plus, I think Milk was a way of getting into Google. Build anything, get picked up by G-Ventures.

This time, he's just doing it for himself because he likes building products. There really is no end game.

Not sure why the article would say it's peculiar when it's the same thing Rose did before:

> [North] has a peculiar strategy. Rather than languish on building one app, North is trying to use a small team of about 3 people to launch a new mobile app every three months.

Except last time they only ever released 1 app.

Throw away the first one and write it better the 2nd time around?

Not sure, I'm confused as well.

No they are rapidly prototyping start-ups. They are going to come to market with a dif product every quarter until one is sticky/ run several apps simultaneously (and integrate?).

Just like with Milk and Oink, right?

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