Comments on: The trouble with “Stacking” your business http://www.harrisfellman.com/the-trouble-with-stacking-your-business/ Live Life To Its Fullest Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:22:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David King http://www.harrisfellman.com/the-trouble-with-stacking-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-33064 David King Thu, 27 May 2010 00:15:57 +0000 http://www.harrisfellman.com/?p=340#comment-33064 Interesting post harris, I have never read that book but am adding it to my list... I appreciate it. I have never intentionally created a site that piggy-backs off another sites growth and success... then again I guess an info-product "could be" that. it's definitely important to be versatile in today's world, especially online. Just thinking about how many changes twitter, facebook and youtube have made over the past year is crazy... quite a few for sure. I agree with you, it's definitely important to be open minded... really to expect change and roll with the punches if you have a piggy-back site or concept. Interesting post and thoughts to ponder... thanks for sharing! David Interesting post harris, I have never read that book but am adding it to my list… I appreciate it.

I have never intentionally created a site that piggy-backs off another sites growth and success… then again I guess an info-product “could be” that.

it’s definitely important to be versatile in today’s world, especially online.

Just thinking about how many changes twitter, facebook and youtube have made over the past year is crazy… quite a few for sure.

I agree with you, it’s definitely important to be open minded… really to expect change and roll with the punches if you have a piggy-back site or concept.

Interesting post and thoughts to ponder… thanks for sharing!

David

]]> By: Hollis Carter http://www.harrisfellman.com/the-trouble-with-stacking-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-33063 Hollis Carter Tue, 25 May 2010 22:34:03 +0000 http://www.harrisfellman.com/?p=340#comment-33063 Great post. If you are going to stack and ride the coat tails of an existing companies success you need to make sure that you have the ability to change/adapt quickly and easily. I do think this method is one of the best ways to look at models and industries to see were they are going and how you may or may not penetrate them. Cheers, Hollis Carter Great post.

If you are going to stack and ride the coat tails of an existing companies success you need to make sure that you have the ability to change/adapt quickly and easily.

I do think this method is one of the best ways to look at models and industries to see were they are going and how you may or may not penetrate them.

Cheers,

Hollis Carter

]]> By: Jim Zaccaria http://www.harrisfellman.com/the-trouble-with-stacking-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-33062 Jim Zaccaria Tue, 25 May 2010 20:51:38 +0000 http://www.harrisfellman.com/?p=340#comment-33062 Anytime we Rely on Another, we Open ourselves up to Being Left in the 'SplatZone' ... Holds True for employees too! Best be 'Adaptable' and have a Backup Plan & Exit Strategy. Prepare for the What-If Worst-Case Scenario while Working Towards the Best Case 'Ideal'. Just a short while ago Several Offices and Businesses had to Move Out of their 'Digs' with Last Minute Notice while the Locksmith was working on the Locks. Meetings planned to be held at the Office for That Night were Cancelled Without Notice to Speakers OR participants who showed up to Closed Doors! Anytime we Rely on Another, we Open ourselves up to Being Left in the ‘SplatZone’ … Holds True for employees too! Best be ‘Adaptable’ and have a Backup Plan & Exit Strategy. Prepare for the What-If Worst-Case Scenario while Working Towards the Best Case ‘Ideal’. Just a short while ago Several Offices and Businesses had to Move Out of their ‘Digs’ with Last Minute Notice while the Locksmith was working on the Locks. Meetings planned to be held at the Office for That Night were Cancelled Without Notice to Speakers OR participants who showed up to Closed Doors!

]]> By: Andy Michaels http://www.harrisfellman.com/the-trouble-with-stacking-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-33061 Andy Michaels Tue, 25 May 2010 20:10:32 +0000 http://www.harrisfellman.com/?p=340#comment-33061 Hey Harris, This isn't a term that I was particularly aware of but once you explain it then it becomes clear. I certainly haven't suffered from anything like this as I am not at that stage in my business. But seems to me that it is just that age old saying of "change or die". Its all very well setting up a service that can ride on the back of an already successful site but you have got to be able to adapt your own business model if their model changes. Not really a lot of difference between the online and the offline world when it comes to something like this. Many businesses are dependant upon other, bigger entitys like the farmers who produce for McDonalds then all of a sudden McD's decides to focus on salads, or the timber merchants who depend on the housebuilders etc. But online we can adapt quicker so if you have an opportunity to piggyback on a successful site then do it but be prepared for that inevitable change. Andy Hey Harris,

This isn’t a term that I was particularly aware of but once you explain it then it becomes clear.

I certainly haven’t suffered from anything like this as I am not at that stage in my business. But seems to me that it is just that age old saying of “change or die”. Its all very well setting up a service that can ride on the back of an already successful site but you have got to be able to adapt your own business model if their model changes.

Not really a lot of difference between the online and the offline world when it comes to something like this. Many businesses are dependant upon other, bigger entitys like the farmers who produce for McDonalds then all of a sudden McD’s decides to focus on salads, or the timber merchants who depend on the housebuilders etc.

But online we can adapt quicker so if you have an opportunity to piggyback on a successful site then do it but be prepared for that inevitable change.

Andy

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