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Old 06-24-2022, 07:48 PM   #84
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Originally Posted by OldDan1943 View Post
I wonder the reason for Flow Scan went belly up.
I had one installed on my N46. Pretty neat.

Total speculation, but here goes....


First, very niche product, and probably not more than one guy in a garage. That usually doesn't outlast the individual's interest and attention. It can last if the product provides a living for the principal, but is less likely to last if it doesn't.


Second, failure to evolve. It's a single instrument (flow gauge), and over the past decade or two stand alone instruments have become pretty uninteresting. If they had evolved it to integrate with N2K or J1939 so it could work as part of a larger system, that would have at least bought them some more runway. But it would have taken time and money to develop, build, and market, so worth it? Who knows.


In early stage tech investing there is a saying that there are features, products, and companies. It takes a company to survive and thrive, and even that isn't a guarantee, as we all know. I think at one time Flow Scan was a product, but then got reduced to being a feature.
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