Comments on: I Should Hope So… http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:27:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: VentureBeat » Roundup: Skype’s offer, Calacanis, Acoona, Zoho, Bluebet, Tafiti, WikiScanner, more http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/comment-page-1/#comment-159859 VentureBeat » Roundup: Skype’s offer, Calacanis, Acoona, Zoho, Bluebet, Tafiti, WikiScanner, more Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:41:04 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/#comment-159859 [...] has 196 million users and reported earlier this year that it was profitable for the first time. As Jeff Nolan points out, its users now number 3 percent of the world’s population, and only just now [...] [...] has 196 million users and reported earlier this year that it was profitable for the first time. As Jeff Nolan points out, its users now number 3 percent of the world’s population, and only just now [...]

]]> By: mathew johnson http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/comment-page-1/#comment-159324 mathew johnson Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:43:39 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/#comment-159324 i guess the 'half-full' way to look at it is that there has to be a huge amount of latent profit potential in the current userbase - as you say, just profitable with 196M users can hardly be called optimized. i guess the ‘half-full’ way to look at it is that there has to be a huge amount of latent profit potential in the current userbase – as you say, just profitable with 196M users can hardly be called optimized.

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/comment-page-1/#comment-158844 Jeff Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:03:08 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/#comment-158844 yeah, that was my thinking as well... but then I had to question whether or not there was ever a business here. What exactly was eBay buying? yeah, that was my thinking as well… but then I had to question whether or not there was ever a business here. What exactly was eBay buying?

]]> By: James Cox http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/comment-page-1/#comment-158788 James Cox Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:41:39 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/08/18/i-should-hope-so/#comment-158788 Jeff- their infrastructure costs must be pretty impressive. Given so much of their service is for free... Jeff-

their infrastructure costs must be pretty impressive. Given so much of their service is for free…

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