Comments on: Less is the New More http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2006/07/18/less-is-the-new-more/ Media, Economics, Finance, Business, Technology, etc. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jake Parrillo http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2006/07/18/less-is-the-new-more/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Jake Parrillo Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.ventureweek.com/blog/2006/07/18/less-is-the-new-more/#comment-354 I hope you all got the chicken sausage. That's some tasty stuff. I hope you all got the chicken sausage. That’s some tasty stuff.

]]> By: Eric http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2006/07/18/less-is-the-new-more/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Eric Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:21:46 +0000 http://www.ventureweek.com/blog/2006/07/18/less-is-the-new-more/#comment-350 Good point! Usually doing less is an attempt to make things easier but in this case things are technically harder. I do remember the bike example and I agree that it's nichey and that there have got to be other business ideas that could use the HMPC model. Good point! Usually doing less is an attempt to make things easier but in this case things are technically harder.

I do remember the bike example and I agree that it’s nichey and that there have got to be other business ideas that could use the HMPC model.

]]> By: John Zeratsky http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2006/07/18/less-is-the-new-more/comment-page-1/#comment-347 John Zeratsky Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:11:17 +0000 http://www.ventureweek.com/blog/2006/07/18/less-is-the-new-more/#comment-347 Nice post! Well, obviously the simplicity thing is huge right now, but it's usually couched as "this is easier to use." (Thinking tech here, mainly...) Homemade Pizza Co is totally different! There is nothing easy about their version of less. It's actually harder -- you have to deal with a raw, uncooked pizza, operate your oven properly, cut the pizza, etc. Like you said Eric, the genius is in passing on costs to the consumer. The one similar idea we had in the car was for bicycles -- sell kits and let people put them together themselves. But that's a little nichey... there have got to be some better business ideas in here. Nice post!

Well, obviously the simplicity thing is huge right now, but it’s usually couched as “this is easier to use.” (Thinking tech here, mainly…)

Homemade Pizza Co is totally different! There is nothing easy about their version of less. It’s actually harder — you have to deal with a raw, uncooked pizza, operate your oven properly, cut the pizza, etc.

Like you said Eric, the genius is in passing on costs to the consumer. The one similar idea we had in the car was for bicycles — sell kits and let people put them together themselves. But that’s a little nichey… there have got to be some better business ideas in here.

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