Today’s Startups Go Bedouin
Today, nearly everything a startup software business needs can be bought as a service. No longer do software companies need to accumulate expensive office space, furniture, IT infrastructure and similar accouterments.
It takes less capital to start such businesses. And — unencumbered by distracting plant and equipment that always seems to sap the team’s time and attention — the business can be more agile.
Greg Olsen, Founder of Coghead calls it “Going Bedouin“:
“By focusing almost exclusively on service-based infrastructure options, a business could operate as a sort of neo-Bedouin clan — with workers as a roaming nomadic tribe carrying laptops & cell phones and able to set up shop wherever there is an Internet connection, chairs, tables, and sources of caffeine. “
I just saw the article when it was reprinted recently at Web Worker Daily, a new blog by Om Malik. Web Worker Daily has the makings of a fine niche publication that explores the trends toward working virtually and being highly mobile, among today’s entrepreneurs, small businesses and corporate workers. Read my initial review of Web Worker Daily over at my Selling to Small Business column at BNET.
September 7th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Going Bedouin
It's funny to see Anita point out this concept dubbed Going Bedouin, as it is the exact concept I came up with for my new business still in the rough planning stages. It's also funny I should see this right after posting on the related topic …
September 11th, 2006 at 9:17 am
Jay (Accidental Verbosity), I am sure this concept has been around much longer than we realize. Going bedouin seems to be a sign of the times and a simple fact.
October 14th, 2006 at 1:28 am
[...] Via Anita Campbel van Small Business Trends kwam ik op Web Worker Daily, een nieuw blog van Om Malik. Web Worker Daily en gaat over de trend naar virtueel werken en mobiel werken, zoals zoveel entrepreneurs, en kleine bedrijven en medewerkers van bedrijven van vandaag de dag. [...]