SYSANAL Groupwork

EXISTING SYSTEM vs. PROPOSED SYSTEM exercise

Instructions
1. Organize yourselves as per SYSANAL group
2. Using your case study materials from the book Founders at Work answer the following questions:
        a. What do you think was the existing system that the startup addressed?
        b. How does the startup/proposed system improve on the existing system? What problem does it solve?
        c. What did you learn from this company's/startup's story? What values does this company exhibit?

The Startups
1. Paypal
2. Hotmail
3. Apple Computer
4. Excite
5. Software Arts
6. Lotus
7. Iris Associates, Groove Networks
8. PyraLabs (Blogger.com)
9. Yahoo
10. Research in Motion
11. Marimba
12. GMail
13. WebTV
14. Tivo
15. ViaWeb
16. del.icio.us
17. ONEList, Bloglines
18. craigslist
19. Flickr
20. WAIS, Internet Archive, Alexa
21. Adobe Systems
22. Open Systems, Hummer Wimbland
23. 37Signals
24. ArsDigita
25. Fog Creek Software
26. TripAdvisor
27. HOT or NOT
28. Tickle
29. Firefox
30. Six Apart

3. Write 3 suggestions for the improvement of the SYSANAL class.