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For those you can't make it, I'll try to have a copy of the interview up on YC's blog by the end of the day!

by jl 17y ago

aditya 17y ago
Thanks! These are amazing. How will they tie into Founders at Work v2, the book?
jolan 17y ago
Please ask if they're profitable and what % of users pay for their service.
- arashf 17y ago
  we can't tell you that! :-)
  - jolan 17y ago
    Worth a shot :)
  - modoc 17y ago
    How come? Honest question. Would making that information available hurt your business somehow? Don't get me wrong, my typical impulse is to play numbers very close to the vest, but I'm realizing more and more that the real risk of transparency is usually pretty low.
    - patio11 17y ago
      I think I probably have enough transparency-is-groovy street cred to say this: they don't owe you a number, and they don't owe you an explanation, unless you are credibly trying to buy their company. (This is the generic "you", not the specific "you" here.)
      - modoc 17y ago
        I'm certainly not suggesting they owe me/anyone else anything! I was just curious what their rationale was for holding back. Maybe it's a really good reason I hadn't considered.
        imp 17y ago
        If they make a ton of money, then it might encourage competition. If they don't make any money, then it might be embarrassing.
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    - smanek 17y ago
      Yes. If they aren't profitable, I would hesitate to pay them for my backups, since I might doubt they would be around N years from now.
  - mjhnghfh 17y ago
    It's the only part of an interview with Dropbox that would be interesting. I have a business plan where I send out a dollar free to anyone who logs onto my site. With $5M of funding from YC I think I could also get 4million 'customers' As it stands I use dropbox for free. When they/or their vc decides to start charging me I will switch to the next free competitor, this is not a business model.
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rlpb 17y ago
Am I the only one who is getting the Weebly interview instead?

For those you can't make it, I'll try to have a copy of the interview up on YC's blog by the end of the day!

by jl 17y ago

For those you can't make it, I'll try to have a copy of the interview up on YC's blog by the end of the day!

aditya 17y ago

Thanks! These are amazing. How will they tie into Founders at Work v2, the book?

jolan 17y ago

Please ask if they're profitable and what % of users pay for their service.

arashf 17y ago
we can't tell you that! :-)
- jolan 17y ago
  Worth a shot :)
- modoc 17y ago
  How come? Honest question. Would making that information available hurt your business somehow? Don't get me wrong, my typical impulse is to play numbers very close to the vest, but I'm realizing more and more that the real risk of transparency is usually pretty low.
  - patio11 17y ago
    I think I probably have enough transparency-is-groovy street cred to say this: they don't owe you a number, and they don't owe you an explanation, unless you are credibly trying to buy their company. (This is the generic "you", not the specific "you" here.)
    - modoc 17y ago
      I'm certainly not suggesting they owe me/anyone else anything! I was just curious what their rationale was for holding back. Maybe it's a really good reason I hadn't considered.
      - imp 17y ago
        If they make a ton of money, then it might encourage competition. If they don't make any money, then it might be embarrassing.
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  - smanek 17y ago
    Yes. If they aren't profitable, I would hesitate to pay them for my backups, since I might doubt they would be around N years from now.
- mjhnghfh 17y ago
  It's the only part of an interview with Dropbox that would be interesting. I have a business plan where I send out a dollar free to anyone who logs onto my site. With $5M of funding from YC I think I could also get 4million 'customers' As it stands I use dropbox for free. When they/or their vc decides to start charging me I will switch to the next free competitor, this is not a business model.

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rlpb 17y ago

Am I the only one who is getting the Weebly interview instead?