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Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by ceejayoz »

nailer wrote: post #12
[deleted] wrote: post #3

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A search for 'Neil Patel' ended up on http://www.quicksprout.com/pro/ "Hey, I'm Neil Patel. I’m determined to make a business in successful. My only question is, will it be yours?" It then analyses your site, finds a whole bunch of 'errors', and won't tell you what they are until you tell them your marketing budget (which you should, because there's 'only 1 place left'). It might be a fantastic tool, but its marketin…

Same copy for every website, including quicksprout.com itself. Heh.

"Ouch, your website needs work! It looks like I can help make some fixes to increase your traffic and revenue. Enter your information below and I’ll contact you shortly."

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

jfoster wrote: post #30
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the same experience, and I have to say that I'm torn in that I can see both sides. MixPanel doesn't want to screw around with $10 or $20/month plans, but I have no interest in paying $150/month. They want bigger customers than me, which is fine, but that also means that if and when I turn into a bigger customer, I might already be locked into a different solution.

For the reason you suggest (lock-in during growth), it seems to me that they are being foolish by not having a startup tier. Tens of thousands of $10/mo or $20/mo customers adds up to quite significant revenue.

It can also add a significant customer support burden, which is likely why they haven't done it.

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by openforce »

apapli wrote: post #26

That's a worrying sign - sales are generally the last people to go - if you're under financial stress you generally need revenue and customers. Unless they somehow believe they can pull off another Atlassian (who actually spend a ton of money on marketing, despite being seen as a "no salesperson" business) I'd say the $65m funding they received is going down the gurgler.

'sales are generally the last people to go' - generally where? In startups , especially engineering driven ones, shredding parts of sales team first is not un-heard of. Also, according to the CEO, they over-hired. Looks like they tried to expand more than they could handle. Doesn't seem like a worrying sign to me.

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

azinman2 wrote: post #40
aaronbrethorst wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the same experience, and I have to say that I'm torn in that I can see both sides. MixPanel doesn't want to screw around with $10 or $20/month plans, but I have no interest in paying $150/month. They want bigger customers than me, which is fine, but that also means that if and when I turn into a bigger customer, I might already be locked into a different solution.

Either you really aren't getting value, or you don't have many users of your own. $150/mo is much cheaper than building and maintaining something equivalent. $150/mo is nothing compared to even payroll taxes, let alone payroll itself.

    or you don't have many users of your own.
right. yet, hopefully.

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by robryan »

lubos wrote: post #31
sreeramvenkat wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got 11 'errors' when I tried to analyze www.quicksprout.com

Because it's just Javascript generating random numbers. It's not analyzing anything at all.

Does this kind of thing convert? Feels like the sites trying to sign you up to "how to become successful" webinars.

Wants with information without any value proposition and a fake analysis of my website.

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by spitfire »

nailer wrote: post #12
[deleted] wrote: post #3

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A search for 'Neil Patel' ended up on http://www.quicksprout.com/pro/ "Hey, I'm Neil Patel. I’m determined to make a business in successful. My only question is, will it be yours?" It then analyses your site, finds a whole bunch of 'errors', and won't tell you what they are until you tell them your marketing budget (which you should, because there's 'only 1 place left'). It might be a fantastic tool, but its marketin…

7 errors when I "analyze" google.com. Sleazy.

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by ola »

nailer wrote: post #12
[deleted] wrote: post #3

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A search for 'Neil Patel' ended up on http://www.quicksprout.com/pro/ "Hey, I'm Neil Patel. I’m determined to make a business in successful. My only question is, will it be yours?" It then analyses your site, finds a whole bunch of 'errors', and won't tell you what they are until you tell them your marketing budget (which you should, because there's 'only 1 place left'). It might be a fantastic tool, but its marketin…

The analyzer is just for show, this is the code that runs it:

http://pastebin.com/w00xTRrU

If you look at max_errors there looks to be always at least 7 errors.

I think a better way of doing it would be to make the error generation deterministic on the url input.

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by s986s »

suhail wrote: post #19

Hey everyone, I am one of the founders at Mixpanel. Layoffs were tough on us, we did over hire a bit, and wanted to make the company more lean. We are deeply sorry for those that are no longer part of Mixpanel - they were our friends and co-workers that we continue to miss. I am happy to answer any questions that I can.

Did you fire after they finished development or during? At what point did you realize that you did not have enough income to support that many? How much were you expecting to make by this time?

You seem freindly but these questions are often left unanswered. Im usually led to believe companies are looking for contract workers but hire sallery because what is available isnt what they were looking for. Nothing personel, just a pattern

Re: Mixpanel Lays Off 18 Employees

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Post by seanp2k2 »

boomzilla wrote: post #24
suhail wrote: post #19

Hey everyone, I am one of the founders at Mixpanel. Layoffs were tough on us, we did over hire a bit, and wanted to make the company more lean. We are deeply sorry for those that are no longer part of Mixpanel - they were our friends and co-workers that we continue to miss. I am happy to answer any questions that I can.

what package are you giving to the laid off?

Likely under NDA. Curious why you're curious :)
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