Comments on: Want to be a billion dollar company? Get 28mil users http://amitklein.com/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/ Figurin' it out... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: danielgabrieli http://amitklein.com/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/#comment-157 danielgabrieli Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:14:11 +0000 http://amitklein.com/?p=741#comment-157 Hi Amit!<br><br>Not entirely sure what the 'user base game' is but what do you think about Craig's List and Wikipedia? Two super pragmatic sites which presumably have a ton of users. To a degree, I think they fall into the 'social web media' domain as well- although not in exactly the same way as FB and Twitter.<br><br>Often, but not always, my number one Google result is Wikipedia- which in a way is kinda of ironic being that one company makes boatloads of money and the other is a non-profit. I oft use c-list to get market data on goods and services I am potentially interested in buying (google shopper as well). <br><br>Cheers! Hi Amit!

Not entirely sure what the 'user base game' is but what do you think about Craig's List and Wikipedia? Two super pragmatic sites which presumably have a ton of users. To a degree, I think they fall into the 'social web media' domain as well- although not in exactly the same way as FB and Twitter.

Often, but not always, my number one Google result is Wikipedia- which in a way is kinda of ironic being that one company makes boatloads of money and the other is a non-profit. I oft use c-list to get market data on goods and services I am potentially interested in buying (google shopper as well).

Cheers!

]]> By: Anonymous http://amitklein.com/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/#comment-292 Anonymous Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0000 http://amitklein.com/?p=741#comment-292 Hi Amit! Not entirely sure what the 'user base game' is but what do you think about Craig's List and Wikipedia? Two super pragmatic sites which presumably have a ton of users. To a degree, I think they fall into the 'social web media' domain as well- although not in exactly the same way as FB and Twitter. Often, but not always, my number one Google result is Wikipedia- which in a way is kinda of ironic being that one company makes boatloads of money and the other is a non-profit. I oft use c-list to get market data on goods and services I am potentially interested in buying (google shopper as well). Cheers! Hi Amit!

Not entirely sure what the ‘user base game’ is but what do you think about Craig’s List and Wikipedia? Two super pragmatic sites which presumably have a ton of users. To a degree, I think they fall into the ‘social web media’ domain as well- although not in exactly the same way as FB and Twitter.

Often, but not always, my number one Google result is Wikipedia- which in a way is kinda of ironic being that one company makes boatloads of money and the other is a non-profit. I oft use c-list to get market data on goods and services I am potentially interested in buying (google shopper as well).

Cheers!

]]> By: danielgabrieli http://amitklein.com/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/#comment-156 danielgabrieli Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:14:11 +0000 http://amitklein.com/?p=741#comment-156 Hi Amit!<br><br>Not entirely sure what the 'user base game' is but what do you think about Craig's List and Wikipedia? Two super pragmatic sites which presumably have a ton of users. To a degree, I think they fall into the 'social web media' domain as well- although not in exactly the same way as FB and Twitter.<br><br>Often, but not always, my number one Google result is Wikipedia- which in a way is kinda of ironic being that one company makes boatloads of money and the other is a non-profit. I oft use c-list to get market data on goods and services I am potentially interested in buying (google shopper as well). <br><br>Cheers! Hi Amit!

Not entirely sure what the 'user base game' is but what do you think about Craig's List and Wikipedia? Two super pragmatic sites which presumably have a ton of users. To a degree, I think they fall into the 'social web media' domain as well- although not in exactly the same way as FB and Twitter.

Often, but not always, my number one Google result is Wikipedia- which in a way is kinda of ironic being that one company makes boatloads of money and the other is a non-profit. I oft use c-list to get market data on goods and services I am potentially interested in buying (google shopper as well).

Cheers!

]]> By: Elroy Serrao http://amitklein.com/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/#comment-155 Elroy Serrao Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:38 +0000 http://amitklein.com/?p=741#comment-155 Nice article. Throws up some interesting figures and ideas. I'd be very interested on how different the figures are if we considered only active users. My rationale being that inactive users don't generally earn you revenue. Go by just users and there is the very real chance of falling in the valuation trap of the dotcom era - valuation by eyeballs.<br>On the subject of profitable startups, saw this great talk by David Heinemeier Hanson from 37 Signals on how startups should work towards making money. He raises some great points in my opinion. Here is the link: <a href="http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-heinemeier-hansson-at-startup-school-08" rel="nofollow">http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-he...</a> Nice article. Throws up some interesting figures and ideas. I'd be very interested on how different the figures are if we considered only active users. My rationale being that inactive users don't generally earn you revenue. Go by just users and there is the very real chance of falling in the valuation trap of the dotcom era – valuation by eyeballs.
On the subject of profitable startups, saw this great talk by David Heinemeier Hanson from 37 Signals on how startups should work towards making money. He raises some great points in my opinion. Here is the link: http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-he…

]]> By: Elroy Serrao http://amitklein.com/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/#comment-291 Elroy Serrao Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:00 +0000 http://amitklein.com/?p=741#comment-291 Nice article. Throws up some interesting figures and ideas. I'd be very interested on how different the figures are if we considered only active users. My rationale being that inactive users don't generally earn you revenue. Go by just users and there is the very real chance of falling in the valuation trap of the dotcom era - valuation by eyeballs. On the subject of profitable startups, saw this great talk by David Heinemeier Hanson from 37 Signals on how startups should work towards making money. He raises some great points in my opinion. Here is the link: http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-heinemeier-hansson-at-startup-school-08 Nice article. Throws up some interesting figures and ideas. I’d be very interested on how different the figures are if we considered only active users. My rationale being that inactive users don’t generally earn you revenue. Go by just users and there is the very real chance of falling in the valuation trap of the dotcom era – valuation by eyeballs.
On the subject of profitable startups, saw this great talk by David Heinemeier Hanson from 37 Signals on how startups should work towards making money. He raises some great points in my opinion. Here is the link: http://www.omnisio.com/startupschool08/david-heinemeier-hansson-at-startup-school-08

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