Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

http://mixergy.com/jared-kim-wegame

by blaisco • 17 years ago

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brown9-22• 17 years ago

If you like this interview, could you vote for it on Hacker News? --Andrew

I really wish people wouldn't do crap like this.

wyday2• 17 years ago

Why? Because he wants to reach an audience? He didn't say "If you want 5 bucks, could you vote for it on Hacker News?". If don't like it, don't vote for it.

brown9-22• 17 years ago

Well, I didn't, but I didn't think begging for votes was really accepted behavior either.

The goal around here, AFAIK, isn't to get the most votes but to have a quality discussion. This guy is just begging you to get links to his site voted up, probably so he can get more eyeballs/ad revenue.

falsestprophet• 17 years ago

If you think this is awful, could you flag it on Hacker News?

rms• 17 years ago

That's no different than the digg/reddit vote buttons.

jlees2• 17 years ago

There's even a wordpress plugin that detects where you come from and tells/asks you to digg/upvote items if you come from an appropriate site. (Maybe Andrew's using it?). It makes my eyes bleed, but I bet it works...

colinplamondon• 17 years ago

Really great interview- this is actually my favorite on Mixergy so far.

As an aside, I don't know why there's always a bunch of hate on Andrew and Mixergy when these threads come up. Personally, I appreciate it when his interviews are linked on HN, as this is how I hear when there's a particularly good one live.

joeythibault• 17 years ago

Really isn't this the point of Hackernews? to promote and link other sites (even you own) and to enable intelligent discussion? If it wasn't added here I for one wouldn't have learned about it or wegame.com.

That being said, I liked the interview. Though, I don't agree that failing at a business makes an individual more qualified to create another startup. I've met a few entrepreneurs who probably should just pack it in...

Really I think the key is that this guy made good connections and left and impression. If he had made the same connections (somehow) without failing first in a business things might have played out similarly.

Though, the fact that he had the wherewithal to start/fail at 15...kudos to him.

On another note, one of his points is similar to another current topic "eating/buying you own dog food". I suppose it's easy when your a 15 year old male and your market is video games...

jlees2• 17 years ago

I think it's really the smug air that surrounds Mixergy and Andrew. (Disclaimer, haven't met the guy, but from his site, I'm afraid I don't really want to.)

You have an excellent point though that selective HN highlighting of half-decent content actually minimises exposure to the site.

AndrewWarner• 17 years ago

Jennie, could you be more specific? I know I have a lot of room to improve. That's why I ask for feedback at the end of most of my videos.

I know you work. You have a good sense of style. I'll take all the advice you're willing to give. mail at awarner dot com is my personal email address.

caseyallen• 17 years ago

Smug? Confident, perhaps, but I don't see smug. I see a guy who makes no coin from something he see as his gift to others just like him.

Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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