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13 years ago @ La Jolla Light - Biochemist Richard Ule... · 0 replies · +1 points

Way to go Dad! You are awesome!

14 years ago @ ben's blog - Hiring Executives: If ... · 0 replies · +3 points

That works for up to 30-50 people. Then you really do want to bring in some folks who hit the ground running and can lead and grow each team to 50+ people each.

14 years ago @ TechCrunch - Echo Launches Eye Catc... · 1 reply · +2 points

My calculations are not incorrect. You might have revenue sources that aren't obvious (like you mentioned), but that doesn't make my calculations wrong.

But back to my original question about the value of the pageviews metric... Having pageviews on small sites isn't valuable, as you just also pointed out. So I'm still skeptical that pageviews are the metric to care about.

Anyways, good luck on the partnerships with large media publishers.

14 years ago @ TechCrunch - Echo Launches Eye Catc... · 3 replies · +2 points

Why do pageviews matter most? Is Echo monetizing these 650mm pageviews?

Their website lists two pricing tiers: Live and Pro. Live is $10/month for 100K pageviews. Pro is $100/month for 1mm pageviews. It doesn't look like the free version is monetized at all.

At 650mm pageviews, if everyone bought Pro, they would be making $780,000/year.
At 650mm pageviews, if everyone bought Live, they would be making $7,800,000/year.

Usually, you want people to buy the more expensive product, but in Echo's case, the company has to pray people don't buy the more expensive product. So it seems to me that the metrics that would be most important would be conversion rate, and praying that customers don't buy Pro.

Perhaps the business model needs to be reconfigured a bit. Or perhaps there's something I'm missing about the value of these embedded pageviews.

14 years ago @ Feld Thoughts - How The SEC Is Violati... · 2 replies · +1 points

There are plenty of easy ways to get money into non-federal-level politicians hands indirectly. You might have to give your money to a PAC or similarly structured organization, but you can still ensure it finds its way to who/where you want.

Lots of executives do this, so I'm confident you're aware of these legal, albeit circuitous, methods.

14 years ago @ TechCrunch - At The World Series Of... · 1 reply · +1 points

Well that I certainly agree with. :-)

I wouldn't trade OpenDNS stock for anything, except maybe $100/share. :-)

14 years ago @ TechCrunch - At The World Series Of... · 4 replies · +6 points

Perhaps, but what a person does with their own stock is largely their own business. Sacks made it clear this is about his own interests, not the company's equity grants.

14 years ago @ TechCrunch - Yahoo Goes All In With... · 1 reply · +14 points

I wonder how much customer focused development they did on this rather than product development.

Meaning, I see they got all the features there, but did anyone check to see if Yahoo! users actually want this?

14 years ago @ Feld Thoughts - Metaphor: VC as a Prod... · 2 replies · +1 points

Really well said, and of course, as I'm sure you would -- I'd apply it to my employees, my management team and my corporate partners, too!

My only point was about the analogy, and wasn't meant to comment on bad VCs -- though having been with some before, I feel fortunate to have strong and experienced board members at my company now. :-)

14 years ago @ Feld Thoughts - Metaphor: VC as a Prod... · 2 replies · +2 points

I don't see it. It's been too long since you were involved in a company that has had to terminate a VC as an investor I guess.

It's so much easier to fire your produce supplier and hold them to a higher standard than it is to fire your VC or hold them accountable.

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