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Well, I worked at Alexa in the past. For the jokes you like, there was a team of about 10-12 developers plus 3-4 product managers, and BI infrastructure. They h
by danrocks 4y ago
Well, I worked at Alexa in the past. For the jokes you like, there was a team of about 10-12 developers plus 3-4 product managers, and BI infrastructure. They had their own speechlet. This group cost what, $3m/year to Amazon, more or less. From here you can start seeing why Alexa would never be a profitable enterprise.
My fondest memory of Alexa was when its VP, Tom Taylor, came to my site, pulled up a blackboard and started jotting down the math of how much it should make to be profitable. Then, to our astonishment, he solicited the crowd for ideas on how to monetize the platform.