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This interview defines me. Paul Graham exemplifies software entrepreneurship: "Make something people want." Cory Johnson, herald of the old guard: "Make users w
by natural219 15y ago
This interview defines me. Paul Graham exemplifies software entrepreneurship: "Make something people want." Cory Johnson, herald of the old guard: "Make users wade through bullshit; make ad revenue." You are dead, bullshit business man. Welcome to my century.
- Goladus 15y agoI am pretty sure Cory was not advocating click-throughs to generate ad revenue, in fact he seemed to be specifically trying to frame that particular approach as being vulnerable to competition. The key question of course being, how can hipmunk actually make money doing this?
- natural219 15y agoI did not get the same impression other HN'ers did, I noticed. To me Cory sounded smug and know-better, but maybe that's what I expected out of him. I'll watch it again.
- Goladus 15y agoOh he definitely he sounded smug and know-better, he's a professional TV personality and his audience is not typically hackers. But I think that's more a reflection of him not actually caring deeply about topic more than true conviction. That comment was just a set-up for the truly interesting question.