Agile Business on the Web (long)

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So you're basing a business model simply on the development methodology and a random sample of +EV poker players (that might not know anything about software)?

Agile methods are best for small team groups and implies flexibility. "100 non-silent partners" doesn't seem to fit the bill unless most people are saying and doing nothing and a few are actually doing the real work. It's probably better to get a small team and go from there in a bootstrapped form.. but it looks like you are looking for a job via 2+2 and guaranteeing a profit from the initial investors. +EV however the coin lands. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Don't forget about innovation, competition (which can be fierce in a low barrier of entry market), marketing, making something that people actually want, etc.

It's funny how things in software seem to be the vogue in cycles. One day it's Java and automatic garbage collection, then it's eXtreme programming, then it's Ruby on Rails... Not to say that agile methods are bad, it's def. another good tool in the toolbucket. Even in the rational world of programmers, fashionesque things can take hold.