My entire entrepreneurship story in 10 minutes

fatbat wrote: post #4

dkroy wrote: post #3

I didn't know they sold Kiko on Ebay. That is crazy, I didn't realize people were in the market for that type of item on there.

Here is the Tucows winner. http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&... I guess eBay was the few option available back then (fees must hurt!).

I believe pg mentioned somewhere that they didn't actually make anything out of the whole ordeal after paying back their investors; fees were probably the least of their concerns ;). Still, an interesting use case of eBay.

Re: My entire entrepreneurship story in 10 minutes

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Post by iag » Wed, Oct 31, 2012, 11:43 PM UTC

I have a lot of respect for this guy. Just talk to him for a bit and you sorta get this feeling that he'll succeed no matter what he chooses to do in the future. Keep it up buddy!

Re: My entire entrepreneurship story in 10 minutes

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Post by tjculbertson » Wed, Oct 31, 2012, 11:56 PM UTC

iag wrote: post #6

I have a lot of respect for this guy. Just talk to him for a bit and you sorta get this feeling that he'll succeed no matter what he chooses to do in the future. Keep it up buddy!

I agree. Also loved the fact that he is very humble for all of his incredible success.

Re: My entire entrepreneurship story in 10 minutes

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Post by 147 » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 12:00 AM UTC

iag wrote: post #6

I have a lot of respect for this guy. Just talk to him for a bit and you sorta get this feeling that he'll succeed no matter what he chooses to do in the future. Keep it up buddy!

What qualities does he have that make you think this? Could you please give some examples?

Re: My entire entrepreneurship story in 10 minutes

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Post by justin » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 12:46 AM UTC

littlegiantcap wrote: post #2

I loved this video. It seems like you guys have a really kick ass culture.

Thanks, we try! Generally my philosophy is that it is important to make a place that people love to work, and in exchange people who work there take responsibility for getting things done in their domain. Pretty simple.

Also you should check out Airbnb and ZeroCater for companies that have great cultures. When you walk in those places you can tell that people love being there.

Re: My entire entrepreneurship story in 10 minutes

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Post by justin » Thu, Nov 01, 2012, 12:49 AM UTC

Pwnguinz wrote: post #5

fatbat wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is the Tucows winner. http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&... I guess eBay was the few option available back then (fees must hurt!).

I believe pg mentioned somewhere that they didn't actually make anything out of the whole ordeal after paying back their investors; fees were probably the least of their concerns ;). Still, an interesting use case of eBay.

Actually we did make something like 40k a piece after taxes. So it wasn't bad (we were 22 at the time, seemed like a lot then!).