Justin's Bloginteresting blogafication Am I scared of Google Calendar?Google calendar just launched. Obviously that competes with Kiko calendar. Many people on Reddit and elsewhere on the web have hinted (or outright said) that Kiko (among others) will now be swept away in the flood that is Google. About an hour ago, a friend asked if I was scared of Google calendar. And for months before today, various people have been asking the same question. And I can honestly say that the answer is no. Does Google calendar make getting new users harder? Yes, obviously, Google has a much broader reach and can instantly push new products on its existing user base. Instead of just being a great online calendar, we'll now have to be the best online calendar, the calendar that is better than Google's. That doesn't scare me. Google is probably better than us at some things (search), but we're probably better than Google at some things (else why would they have to jack our entire UI from us :P). It's not like Google can steal our revenue stream ($0 / day last I checked), and I doubt they're working harder than us (12 hour days for the past six months?). Google could poach all our users, and five years from now, I'd still be working all day every day for no money on making Kiko the best calendar on the web, if for nothing else out of spite. We've already got more features than any other calendar out there, and we're pushing them out the door every week. Specifically we'll be rolling out a lot of features in the next few weeks that I think will lead us in a different direction from other calendars on the web, including a general invite solution, and a completely new kind of task list. And if those don't work, I guess we'll have to start selling to enterprise :). What do I have to fear from Google Calendar? last updated 2 years ago # Commentsuh, integration? 2 years ago # Integration... ease of use... Brand recognition... The fact that their is one less mega-company to buy your startup? 2 years ago # Yes you are. You just don't announce it publicly. 2 years ago # Remember the words of the great Alabama philosopher, Jimmy Buffet, "If you decide to run with the ball, just count on fumbling and getting knocked down a lot, but never forget just how much fun it is to run with the ball." 2 years ago # Problem: New features does not a better app make. <i>Instead of just being a great online calendar, we'll now have to be the best online calendar</i> Good luck! Oh, and BTW, it's debatable whether Google "jacked your UI." Conventional wisdom has said for a while (especially in the blogosphere) that the Google search UI was not that great. Google Calendar is going to pretty much put that thought to bed. It's vastly less cluttered and vastly more intuitive than Google, with easy event entry and no on/off instructions. 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # gydq0mea-103971488 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # <a href = " 2 years ago # than Kiko 2 years ago # I dunno man, if I were a gmail user there's no way I'd use Kiko even if it were way better. I don't know what fraction of your market consists of gmail users who aren't 100% picky about how their calendar works but I suspect it's large. Google makes good things, generally speaking. Competition with them should scare any rational businessman. zhyla 2 years ago # they have the advantege of gmail. because a calendar goes so closely with mails. and they aren't bad either. good luck!
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Okay tough guy...
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