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Over 10 years ago: Panelist: "Would your vision eventually, this disruption, take over internal teams working on these problems." CEO: "Our vision is we're go

Over 10 years ago: Panelist: "Would your vision eventually, this disruption, take over internal teams working on these problems." CEO: "Our vision is we're going to power the Internet. [Dead serious face and stare]." Video in the article. Amazing vision and execution.

eastdakota 5y ago
I think I was pretty cocky. :-p But it really was how we thought about what we were doing from day one. Our litmus test was always: “If we ran the Internet, would this be the right decision?” Asked that for every technical, business, and policy/legal question we faced. Seemed absurd when it was 8 of us over a nail salon in Palo Alto, but led to a lot of good decisions and long-term thinking.
- moralestapia 5y ago
  I've been using Cloudflare for many many years now, I like it a lot. I like that I mostly set it up once and forgot about it. I just found about Durable Objects and can't wait to try them on a new project for a client that has a use case like: few days per year has a huge traffic spike (tens of thousands concurrent users) while the rest of the year is pretty much dead. I think DOs could be a perfect fit for this. Cheers and let's hope for another 10 great years, :D.
- graiz 5y ago
  Matt - You built an amazing company. So few entrepreneurs really have a long-term vision. Kudos and excited to see the next 10 years brings.
nojito 5y ago
Also a tremendously obvious case of hindsight bias in action. Shows the immaturity in the analysis of stratechery in my opinion.
- WORMS_EAT_WORMS 5y ago
  Ha, hard to please! I guess building and executing a billion dollar company on those exact words isn’t enough for you. I agree the journey probably wasn’t as 0 or 1 as my comment makes it seem. But in all seriousness, it’s okay to relax a little, not to be negative, and concede some things to be inspired.
  - nojito 5y ago
    My statements have nothing to do with cloudflare and its well-deserved success. It has everything to do with the shoddy "analysis" being posted.

eastdakota 5y ago

I think I was pretty cocky. :-p But it really was how we thought about what we were doing from day one. Our litmus test was always: “If we ran the Internet, would this be the right decision?” Asked that for every technical, business, and policy/legal question we faced. Seemed absurd when it was 8 of us over a nail salon in Palo Alto, but led to a lot of good decisions and long-term thinking.

moralestapia 5y ago
I've been using Cloudflare for many many years now, I like it a lot. I like that I mostly set it up once and forgot about it. I just found about Durable Objects and can't wait to try them on a new project for a client that has a use case like: few days per year has a huge traffic spike (tens of thousands concurrent users) while the rest of the year is pretty much dead. I think DOs could be a perfect fit for this. Cheers and let's hope for another 10 great years, :D.
graiz 5y ago
Matt - You built an amazing company. So few entrepreneurs really have a long-term vision. Kudos and excited to see the next 10 years brings.

nojito 5y ago

Also a tremendously obvious case of hindsight bias in action. Shows the immaturity in the analysis of stratechery in my opinion.

WORMS_EAT_WORMS 5y ago
Ha, hard to please! I guess building and executing a billion dollar company on those exact words isn’t enough for you. I agree the journey probably wasn’t as 0 or 1 as my comment makes it seem. But in all seriousness, it’s okay to relax a little, not to be negative, and concede some things to be inspired.
- nojito 5y ago
  My statements have nothing to do with cloudflare and its well-deserved success. It has everything to do with the shoddy "analysis" being posted.