Feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to have a conversation about how to support your case on Heroku or if you have any questions/concerns; raj@heroku.com
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I hate feature creep too, but important:
1. Company pages for company e-mails
2. Merging contacts
3. how to smartly import facebook and linkedin like gist does i.e. keep the people with companies, chuck the rest.
4. Updating/removing accounts etc needs some QA
I think that a lot of the dialogue about trusting cofounders and having them have been BFFs for life is grand, but not everybody gets that lucky. As far as go forth and hack is concerned, aren't we talking about the same thing, except in one case we're having discussion prior to working together, and the other you eliminate that step and get started.
It's not ideal-sure. But this is the toughest thing 99% of people have ever done. Why not use all available methods for success?
Eric Reis takes Blank's CD model and extends it into actual product development...where the discussion is much less "Why?" and more "How?" www.startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com
You can also get Steve's book on Cafe Press and Amazon. (can't get it at B&N or Borders) http://www.cafepress.com/kandsranch http://bit.ly/1m4R1S
"...Providing a stand-alone use is the strategy that VCR producers used to achieve a successful launch and avoid fighting the difficult chicken and egg startup problem. Unlike the VDP, the VCR offered the ability to time-shift television programming. In fact, when the VCR was launched this was the only application available because the market for pre-recorded videocassettes had not yet developed. The standalone value for the VCR “time-shifting television programming” was sufficiently strong to get over a million people to purchase the product in the first 3-4 years after its launch. "