well how about we forget that corporations are people and realise that people are the ones that start new things. those same people can evangelise for themselves until big enough
for Hypergrid Business, do you have $750k for marketing?
that statement was so silly and for someone like Nike after they are established, yes $750K would be nothing but Blue Ribbon did not need to have $750k to create what we now know as Nike
Dr. Bose did not start with $750K - just his first product (a really dumpy 22 4-inch speaker quarter cube) and passion
if you can't launch your product without $750K then you won't have many new things coming to market
PS - replace myself? then there wouldn't be SoaS - look at Tateru offering the same thing at the same time - her's has never been updated. in other words, i am irreplaceable! =D
regardless of marketing hype, you still can't beat word of mouth for connecting people and services