Comments on: Growth Rates Don’t Matter http://techgeist.net/2009/04/growth-rates-dont-matter/ Tech of Today, Trends of Tomorrow Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:20:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Jaylin Imram http://techgeist.net/2009/04/growth-rates-dont-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-21596 Jaylin Imram Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:44:00 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=704#comment-21596 Hey I just wanted to let you know, I actually like the piece of writing on your web site. But I am using Firefox on a machine running version 9.10 of Ubuntu and the UI aren't quite satisfying. Not a serious deal, I can still fundamentally read the articles and look for for info, but just wanted to inform you about that. The navigation bar is kind of tough to use with the config I'm running. Keep up the great work! Hey I just wanted to let you know, I actually like the piece of writing on your web site. But I am using Firefox on a machine running version 9.10 of Ubuntu and the UI aren’t quite satisfying. Not a serious deal, I can still fundamentally read the articles and look for for info, but just wanted to inform you about that. The navigation bar is kind of tough to use with the config I’m running. Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Holden Page http://techgeist.net/2009/04/growth-rates-dont-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Holden Page Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:34:37 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=704#comment-45 Skype is actually fairly profitable, the service just doesn't relate to eBay at all. Skype is actually fairly profitable, the service just doesn’t relate to eBay at all.

]]> By: Paul http://techgeist.net/2009/04/growth-rates-dont-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Paul Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:37:05 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=704#comment-44 I agree with your central argument here but I think skype is a bad example. From what I have read, skype is profitable: http://skypenumerology.blogspot.com/2008/10/skype-certainly-is-profitable.html I think a better example would be a file sharing network. Just because 50 million people use your e-wire-limey-mule network doesn't mean you can monetize them. In fact I think there's a good chance that you can't monetize people who are looking for a freebie. Apple has one of the most easily monetizeable demographics: people who will pony up for quality. I would take a 10% growth curve on a mobile me style service over a 100% growth curve of file sharing users any day. I agree with your central argument here but I think skype is a bad example. From what I have read, skype is profitable:

http://skypenumerology.blogspot.com/2008/10/skype-certainly-is-profitable.html

I think a better example would be a file sharing network. Just because 50 million people use your e-wire-limey-mule network doesn’t mean you can monetize them. In fact I think there’s a good chance that you can’t monetize people who are looking for a freebie.

Apple has one of the most easily monetizeable demographics: people who will pony up for quality. I would take a 10% growth curve on a mobile me style service over a 100% growth curve of file sharing users any day.

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