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Cofounder Adora Cheung is worth following. The story is a great example for founders. Check out her lecture at Sam Altman's startup class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP176MBG9Tk

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So we should watch a video about "how to go from zero users to many users" from someone who did it by selling services at a loss and then going out of business?

Failure is the path to success, no?

Yes, but that doesn't mean you should exactly seek out the advice of those who haven't conquered the failures and reached the end of the road of "success". Everyone has their own wisdom to offer, but I would agree with the parent, there's more notable persons to learn from and I personally feel most comfortable with someone who has BOTH failed & succeeded.

Sorry, you can learn from other's failures just like you can their successes... and maybe their big success comes in a few years.

Of course! That's why I explicitly said everyone has their wisdom to share. Nevertheless, we all must pan our knowledge in some form or another.

Looks like theres more to this story:

http://recode.net/2015/07/17/google-hires-homejoys-technical...

Perhaps that success is coming sooner than even I had anticipated.

I personally reject that definition of success. Acquihires happen all the time.

This was a good talk but I can't help to think that she should have spent more time working on the business than doing these types of speaking engagements (because she had done quite a lot of them, not just this one).

Though the time spent doing these engagements and preparing, maybe that was worth it for the advertising? Not sure but they don't sit right with me.

One of the primary responsibilities of a CEO is building (and maintaining) relationships with external parties, such as prospective clients, partners, or even potential employees. Speaking engagements are a great way to do that because it gets you in front of such audiences and helps you demonstrate authority, which builds trust.

So I'd say that she was simply doing her job.

She was involved in a lot more speaking engagements than any of her other on-demand counterparts though.

The story and message was almost same in all those lectures. So, i doubt she put lot of time just preparing for it and moreover it was her story that she was telling, so even less preparation is required.

For people working in christmas, its a good break to have. And i doubt those hours spent otherwise on the startup can could have changed the outcome.

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