# Why You Shouldnt Build A Business On An API Call - Host: [techcrunch.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/techcrunch.com/) - Saved: October 15, 2012 (2012-10-15T18:23:31Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a9cd7b9af95b/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a9cd7b9af95b.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) I am constantly amazed by the number of startups that build applications and take a huge business risk by building their company on an API call. Countless apps, particularly social apps, have popped up through the last 24 months that have taken data from other systems and re-displayed it in their systems. While there is widespread usage of APIs (and not for a moment am I suggesting that people not use them at all), I just think that start-up founders consistently underplay the business risk. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [An iPad Lovers Take On The Nexus 7](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3907e62f177e/) (techcrunch.com, July 17, 2012) - [Facebook Makes A Huge Data Grab By Aggressively Promoting Photo Sync](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/caa379bf6cce/) (techcrunch.com, December 3, 2012) - [TechForward Wins $27M In Lawsuit Against Best Buy Over Stolen Trade Secrets](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/37d6ef1df594/) (techcrunch.com, December 9, 2012) - [Facebook Announces Its Third Pillar Graph Search That Gives You Answers, Not Links Like Google - TechCrunch](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3e2533ddf1ad/) (techcrunch.com, January 15, 2013) - [Janrain Raises $33M From Salesforce, And Others For Social Log-In Management Platform - TechCrunch](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3532aa48b605/) (techcrunch.com, January 15, 2013) ## Saved the same week - [8thBridge releases Graphite v2](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c98825fee05f/) (tech.mn, October 15, 2012) - [Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/829212af73e7/) (theatlantic.com, October 15, 2012) - [A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/85e6ad85b48c/) (theatlantic.com, October 15, 2012) - [The Future Is Open - Think Quarterly by Google](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0b41277f273c/) (thinkwithgoogle.com, October 16, 2012) - [Beyond Scrum Roadmap](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/82ab59d160a1/) (blog.assembla.com, October 17, 2012) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/14/why-you-shouldnt-build-a-business-on-an-api-call/