Re: Enquire - WWW - Semantic Desktop/PersonalDataWiki? do you agree?

Leo,

I think the problem explaining in your idea to investors is THE PROBLEM.

I think no user cares whether his information is semantically 
represented, whether links are bi-directional, whether he can publish 
information.

Users care to solve problems they have. So what concrete problem a user 
has will Gnowsis solve? With concrete problem I mean something along the 
lines: "I can not search the Web" (Google), "I can not easily let all my 
friends know what I'm doing" (Twitter), "How do I know what's 
interesting around the corner" (Qype). After you identified the problem, 
you also have to explain: (1) that for solving the problem enough users 
are willing to pay (or there is some other source for revenue), (2) you 
have the expertise not only technically, but also marketing, sales, 
company development wise, (3) that there won't be to much competition 
soon, and many other things as well ...

> If yes, then my argumentation to investors and to myself is:
> "TimBl basically inventend blogging, wikipedia, and twitter with the
> idea of a read/write WWW, which it originally always included. You can

I would not claim that Tim invented blogging, wikipedia, and twitter 
etc., because he did not! He co-invented the WWW and maybe SW, and I 
think this is sufficient. Generally I would rather focus on you and your 
team.

Good luck,

Sören

Received on Thursday, 18 November 2010 08:56:24 UTC