Startups for Who?
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
It seems more and more that the tech community is starting to rumble about the possibilities of web 2.0 applicatoins being developed and used in an enterprise setting and for what reason? They have the money. As exits in the market become increasingly scarce, the need for diversification into new markets with great web technologies is necessary.
I personally am a major proponent of building applications for enterprise models despite the often times overbearing requirements and lack of “fun” that might be involved. It seems that right now, applications are being developed for a percent of a percent of the population that is using the internet for “productive ” purposes. Although I think it is great that this development occurs and it must continue to promote innovation, I often wonder why enterprise and large scale commercial applications are left relatively untouched. Don’t get me wrong, I like cool tech applications as much as the next person but it just seems that there is an enormous market gap and the major players in that market (SAP, Cisco, etc.) have yet to really undertake the new opportunities that exist.
Although Startup Weekend is a totally open process and groups are free to choose what they develop and why, it would be interesting to see some groups start tackling enterprise issues. Enterprise applications will more likely than not require more complexity and development to integrate with their current infrastructure, but that just seems like more of a motivator on the quest to win the enterprise interwebs. I suppose this post is more of a personal view on how applications are trending right now but I certainly think that Startup Weekend, and activities like it, are great places to begin tackling these challenges.
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