Comments on: Hacker. Dropout. CEO.

By: Alec

Alec — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:06:08 +0000

Don’t fully agree here.

Google is a brand. You know what the big G is worth.

Ask (way better domain) is an also ran.

OTOH, maybe the good domain name is playing a big part of keeping Ask in the game.

By: Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:30:15 +0000

Facebook, Friendster, and Myspace all share one thing in common, they are brands. Brands are slaves to trends. Generic words (to some degree) are not. There are have been countless brand name jeans.. but 100 years later, “jeans” remain. If you want to scale up quickly across multiple markets, building 1,000+ brands is not a good way to go.

By: Omar

Omar — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:45:01 +0000

It’s really difficult knowing when to hold them and when to fold them. Silicon Valley is littered with lost fortunes. People actually left the founding teams of Oracle, Ebay and many other great businesses. I’ve also heard of the fortunes lost when people didn’t sell during the bubble.

This reminds me of something a wise friend once told me: “It takes luck to make money but smarts to keep it.” I’m not gonna forget that one anytime soon, lol.