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Re: My thoughts on the Long Tail – part 1

Fred Destin — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:10:12 -0000

nick, you may want to read http://www.ventureblog.com/...
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Re: My thoughts on the Long Tail – part 1

sb — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:04:14 -0000

i agree that companies in production tools space can be a part of the long tail for software production, but if you look at the relevance of these tools for target users.....there is major impact. for instance accoridng to mckinsey only 24% of today's softwares support tacit interactions which is fastest growing job type across enterprises. This type of interactions require light weight apps that support ad hoc scenarios.

If u combine these production tools and deploy it in an aggregated environment with associated filtering in place, the results can be interesting with a potential to impact industries.

Re: My thoughts on the Long Tail – part 1

nic — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:54:43 -0000

true jamescoops and there are many small businesses building these sorts of programmes. I guess my view has been that these companies are part of the long tail of software production (which I will come to in a later post) and as such not great VC plays. what do you think?

Re: My thoughts on the Long Tail – part 1

jamescoops — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:20:10 -0000

"I have ignored Anderson’s third category of enabler - production tools - because that is a big company game and of less interest to enrepreneurs and VCs."

Dont forget in a digital environment "production tools" can be a piece of software or a web app. It no longer means a £150k avid editing suite.