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This story has so many missing pieces it's not even worth reading. What I want to know is who's the engineer he suckered into getting his first codebase up and

This story has so many missing pieces it's not even worth reading. What I want to know is who's the engineer he suckered into getting his first codebase up and running?

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
It basically summarized his book up in 2 minutes. It leaves out all the details and good information. It's articles like these that do entrepreneurs a dis-service: a) You don't get the nitty gritty important details on how he really did it. You should definitely read his book to find that out btw. b) The focus is on the zeros and commas, making everyone think they can make million on teh internetz easily.
- gojomo 17y ago
  Are the rest of the details in his book? If so, it's acceptable that a ~650-word newspaper account just provide a taste/tease; it's all the medium can do.
  - mhb 17y ago
    If it's an ad for the book it's acceptable. But it's unclear exactly what it is - it doesn't even mention that there's a book. It sure isn't much of an article.
- MicahWedemeyer 17y ago
  The NY Times consistently prints these 'millions in minutes on the Internet' pieces. They did the same think with Markus Frind, Mr. Plenty of Fish, and I've seen others as well. I know it's fun to rewrite the same story over and over about how you fall out of bed into a pile of money, but it gets a little old for those of us who know you really fall into a pile of hard work and meager reward.
moe 17y ago
What do you mean, missing pieces? It's all right in there! I didn’t know how to program, but realized that advertisers would need a way to track visits online. I thought I could buy software to help me, and found a guy in London who had technology that he offered me for $30,000. See? It's as easy as ABC. Identify problem, find a programmer who has the shrinkwrapped solution sitting on his harddrive, convince him to give it to you for the promise of paying $big_sum later (as we know most programmers are slightly retarded anyways, he'll do it), launch, cash out, write book, buy rolex, make douchebag stock photo, done. If that's not a guide on how to launch a successful startup then I don't know what is.

This story has so many missing pieces it's not even worth reading. What I want to know is who's the engineer he suckered into getting his first codebase up and running?

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago

It basically summarized his book up in 2 minutes. It leaves out all the details and good information. It's articles like these that do entrepreneurs a dis-service: a) You don't get the nitty gritty important details on how he really did it. You should definitely read his book to find that out btw. b) The focus is on the zeros and commas, making everyone think they can make million on teh internetz easily.

gojomo 17y ago
Are the rest of the details in his book? If so, it's acceptable that a ~650-word newspaper account just provide a taste/tease; it's all the medium can do.
- mhb 17y ago
  If it's an ad for the book it's acceptable. But it's unclear exactly what it is - it doesn't even mention that there's a book. It sure isn't much of an article.
MicahWedemeyer 17y ago
The NY Times consistently prints these 'millions in minutes on the Internet' pieces. They did the same think with Markus Frind, Mr. Plenty of Fish, and I've seen others as well. I know it's fun to rewrite the same story over and over about how you fall out of bed into a pile of money, but it gets a little old for those of us who know you really fall into a pile of hard work and meager reward.

moe 17y ago

What do you mean, missing pieces? It's all right in there! I didn’t know how to program, but realized that advertisers would need a way to track visits online. I thought I could buy software to help me, and found a guy in London who had technology that he offered me for $30,000. See? It's as easy as ABC. Identify problem, find a programmer who has the shrinkwrapped solution sitting on his harddrive, convince him to give it to you for the promise of paying $big_sum later (as we know most programmers are slightly retarded anyways, he'll do it), launch, cash out, write book, buy rolex, make douchebag stock photo, done. If that's not a guide on how to launch a successful startup then I don't know what is.