That's an interesting point, but one could just as well argue that making something go viral doesn't necessarily prove you have what it takes to keep it going for longer than its 15 minutes of fame. Isn't that what building a solid product's all about?
I feel like that was pretty much the point of Dan's post: that celebrating ideas for their ability to generate short bursts of media frenzy may be skewing our perception of actual value — for users, not investors.
That's an interesting point, but one could just as well argue that making something go viral doesn't necessarily prove you have what it takes to keep it going for longer than its 15 minutes of fame. Isn't that what building a solid product's all about?
I feel like that was pretty much the point of Dan's post: that celebrating ideas for their ability to generate short bursts of media frenzy may be skewing our perception of actual value — for users, not investors.