Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
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Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#2The beta users for Exec were YC alumni living in SF, and they have great things to say about it.
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#3I have a lot of respect for Justin Kan, so this might come off a little weird, but: How the hell does he split his time between two time-intense companies and start a new startup at the same time? Am I missing something here?
Edit: three companies, but I guess he isn't in Socialcam's core team (or is he?)
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#4Exec is awesome. We (ZeroCater) give all our employees Exec accounts and a weekly budget they can use to outsource random tasks outside of our core competencies.
Congrats Justin and Co!
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#5Strangely enough my biggest concern is how well this will scale.
EDIT: I'm not sure why I'm getting down boated. I'm pretty serious. I have no idea the average task duration but assume its an hour then every "exec" can only do about 7-8 a day (assume some non billable time). If they get 10,000 customers and say each need one task every 2 weeks. Thats 5000 tasks and would require a staff of 125 execs. With 125 execs now you need managers and quality control and customer support. I'm assume execs are only getting paid about $15 an hour. That means A. Quality of Execs would be an issue. B. You only have about $10 of every hour left towards margin. Margin in straight services is nasty and this one is thin and in this case unless you have an extremely efficient staff your margin tends to go down as you grow - not up.
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#6When will we see this in NYC (or other markets)?
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#7I have a lot of respect for Justin Kan, so this might come off a little weird, but: How the hell does he split his time between two time-intense companies and start a new startup at the same time? Am I missing something here? Edit: three companies, but I guess he isn't in Socialcam's core team (or is he?)
Plus he's a part-time partner at YC http://ycombinator.posterous.com/welcome-sam-garry-emmett-an....
I'd love to have this question answered.
Edit: Apparently, he just changed his role at Justin.TV to an advisor. So I think most of his time is spent on Exec, while on the side advising YC companies, Justin.TV/Twitch.TV, and Socialcam. But still definitely a lot for one person to manage.
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#8I have a lot of respect for Justin Kan, so this might come off a little weird, but: How the hell does he split his time between two time-intense companies and start a new startup at the same time? Am I missing something here? Edit: three companies, but I guess he isn't in Socialcam's core team (or is he?)
Is Justin.TV or SocialCam profitable too?
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#9I have a lot of respect for Justin Kan, so this might come off a little weird, but: How the hell does he split his time between two time-intense companies and start a new startup at the same time? Am I missing something here? Edit: three companies, but I guess he isn't in Socialcam's core team (or is he?)
Plus he's a part-time partner at YC http://ycombinator.posterous.com/welcome-sam-garry-emmett-an... . I'd love to have this question answered. Edit: Apparently, he just changed his role at Justin.TV to an advisor. So I think most of his time is spent on Exec, while on the side advising YC companies, Justin.TV/Twitch.TV, and Socialcam. But still definitely a lot for one person to manage.
My understanding is he only spends about one day a week at Justin.TV. I don't think he is at Socialcam.
Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs
#10I'm blown by how basic the site looks right now. This attitude of launching something which probably doesn't even do much yet is really hard for me to digest. Also, Justin's comment on keeping features to a minimum is interesting. Everyone always talks about it, but few manage to pull it off because you need the right features.
Justin, can you comment on how you chose your feature set?