Peter Merholz ‏@peterme Apr 15

@naval I remember 1999! :)

Rob Manson ‏@nambor Apr 15

Needs competition # too RT @naval 1999 $5M to launch product 30M computer users 2014. $5K to launch 3B phone users. Leverage/$ up 100,000x

Jeff Jirsa ‏@jjirsa Apr 15

@naval product competition is up by a few orders of magnitude, too.

Kiran Mudiam ‏@KiranMudiam Apr 15

@naval forgot to mention you could get bought for $19B!!

Josh Hannah ‏@jdh Apr 15

@naval way way more real, great companies this time around

John Ramirez ‏@johnramirez Apr 15

@naval is right on leverage; for 5K your potential market is 3B people. That reach is massive!

Ted Smith ‏@Tedsmithphd Apr 15

MT @naval: 1999 $5M to launch a product, 30M computer users. 2014 - $5K to launch, 3B phone users. Leverage /$ up 100,000x CC @BobbyFerreri

Matt Wensing ‏@mattwensing Apr 15

@naval networks are larger so distribution potential has exploded but attention and scalable business models remain hard

Matt Wensing ‏@mattwensing Apr 15

@naval in other words, AFAIK, you still can't purchase success

Juan Trouilh ‏@juantrouilh Apr 15

@naval yet, even more difficult :/

Laurie Voss ‏@seldo Apr 15

@naval @xdamman QUICK EVERYBODY BUILD MORE INSTANT MESSAGING APPS.

Mark Collier ‏@sparkycollier Apr 15

@seldo @naval @xdamman snarkchat aka seldochat

Laurie Voss ‏@seldo Apr 15

@sparkycollier @naval @xdamman I am genuinely in favour of building instant messaging apps as long as people use Node to do it.

Greg Gerber ‏@Gerbz Apr 15

@naval but signal / noise up 100,000x balances out leverage / $

Mark Collier ‏@sparkycollier Apr 15

@seldo @naval @xdamman my life is eventually consistent, surely... Given enough time.

Avishai Bitton ‏@Avishai_Bitton Apr 15

RT @naval "1999 - $5M to launch a product, 30M serious pc users. 2014 - $5K to launch, 3B serious phone users. Leverage / $ is up 100,000x"

∀x: ∃y ‏@asmartbear Apr 15

.@naval except those 30m computer users accustomed to paying $300 for software instead of $0.99 or free. Better but still...

Matt Wensing ‏@mattwensing Apr 15

@asmartbear @naval yes, and now you're competing with a few more developers

Matt Wensing ‏@mattwensing Apr 15

@asmartbear @naval not just 1-1 competition, but competing for finite real estate (top 10 app store lists, front page of angel.co ...)