Comments on: Biography Of OpenX, Which Serves Over 1/4 Trillion Ads Per Month – with Scott Switzer http://mixergy.com/openx-scott-switzer/ Entrepreneurs you respect teach how they did it. Fri, 18 May 2012 17:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: scottswitzer http://mixergy.com/openx-scott-switzer/comment-page-1/#comment-12360 scottswitzer Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:41:10 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4835#comment-12360 Andrew - thanks for the interview. I thought that i turned off all of my IM clients, but I guess not! One note about the transcription - while I would love to say that I 'fronted' Magento and Roy (they are a great company with a great future ahead), I said that I am 'friends with' the folks at Magento.<br><br>Thanks again,<br>Scott Andrew – thanks for the interview. I thought that i turned off all of my IM clients, but I guess not! One note about the transcription – while I would love to say that I 'fronted' Magento and Roy (they are a great company with a great future ahead), I said that I am 'friends with' the folks at Magento.

Thanks again,
Scott

]]> By: Giang Biscan http://mixergy.com/openx-scott-switzer/comment-page-1/#comment-12361 Giang Biscan Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:07:20 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4835#comment-12361 Great interview, Andrew and Scott. Here is my take of the summary:<br><br>- Before they figured out the right model for Article 27, they tried several other models that did not work. It is quite normal that what we thought when we start out is going to change a lot once we get going. <br>- There is hope in startup even for those who started out in a corporate environment. Scott started with a day job to gain confidence and experience before launching on his own.<br>- Scott recognized what is important and focuses on that. In Open Source, it's the community. The value of the community is in providing feedbacks and debugging, not so much in the coding/development side as many people may imagine.<br>- The most important thing startups have is faith. They start out that way long before everything else (system, staff, site, community, credibility...). Good insight, Andrew.<br>- Make sure you're on the same page with your investors.<br>- It's OK to fail, more doors will open. Failure can give you credibility. (Jason Calacanis once wrote a great article on how to fail here: <a href="http://calacanis.com/2009/02/27/what-to-do-if-your-startup-is-about-fail-or-dont-stop-believing/" rel="nofollow">http://calacanis.com/2009/02/27/what-to-do-if-y...</a>)<br>- OpenX provides great ad analytics, doesnt matter how small the site.<br>- Choose your board and advisers well. They could provide invaluable insights like Jonathan Miller does for Scott.<br><br>Andrew, you did an amazing job at researching before hand for the interview. Great interview, Andrew and Scott. Here is my take of the summary:

- Before they figured out the right model for Article 27, they tried several other models that did not work. It is quite normal that what we thought when we start out is going to change a lot once we get going.
- There is hope in startup even for those who started out in a corporate environment. Scott started with a day job to gain confidence and experience before launching on his own.
- Scott recognized what is important and focuses on that. In Open Source, it's the community. The value of the community is in providing feedbacks and debugging, not so much in the coding/development side as many people may imagine.
- The most important thing startups have is faith. They start out that way long before everything else (system, staff, site, community, credibility…). Good insight, Andrew.
- Make sure you're on the same page with your investors.
- It's OK to fail, more doors will open. Failure can give you credibility. (Jason Calacanis once wrote a great article on how to fail here: http://calacanis.com/2009/02/27/what-to-do-if-y…)
- OpenX provides great ad analytics, doesnt matter how small the site.
- Choose your board and advisers well. They could provide invaluable insights like Jonathan Miller does for Scott.

Andrew, you did an amazing job at researching before hand for the interview.

]]> By: deancollins http://mixergy.com/openx-scott-switzer/comment-page-1/#comment-12362 deancollins Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:56:58 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4835#comment-12362 We use OpenX to serve ads for <a href="http://www.livechatconcepts.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.livechatconcepts.com/</a> and love it, OpenX market...not so much love, it's a dog and i dont think we've ever served an ad from the openx market We use OpenX to serve ads for http://www.livechatconcepts.com/ and love it, OpenX market…not so much love, it's a dog and i dont think we've ever served an ad from the openx market

]]> By: scottswitzer http://mixergy.com/openx-scott-switzer/comment-page-1/#comment-8165 scottswitzer Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:41:10 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4835#comment-8165 Andrew - thanks for the interview. I thought that i turned off all of my IM clients, but I guess not! One note about the transcription - while I would love to say that I 'fronted' Magento and Roy (they are a great company with a great future ahead), I said that I am 'friends with' the folks at Magento.<br><br>Thanks again,<br>Scott Andrew – thanks for the interview. I thought that i turned off all of my IM clients, but I guess not! One note about the transcription – while I would love to say that I 'fronted' Magento and Roy (they are a great company with a great future ahead), I said that I am 'friends with' the folks at Magento.

Thanks again,
Scott

]]> By: Giang Biscan http://mixergy.com/openx-scott-switzer/comment-page-1/#comment-8160 Giang Biscan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4835#comment-8160 Great interview, Andrew and Scott. Here is my take of the summary:<br><br>- Before they figured out the right model for Article 27, they tried several other models that did not work. It is quite normal that what we thought when we start out is going to change a lot once we get going. <br>- There is hope in startup even for those who started out in a corporate environment. Scott started with a day job to gain confidence and experience before launching on his own.<br>- Scott recognized what is important and focuses on that. In Open Source, it's the community. The value of the community is in providing feedbacks and debugging, not so much in the coding/development side as many people may imagine.<br>- The most important thing startups have is faith. They start out that way long before everything else (system, staff, site, community, credibility...). Good insight, Andrew.<br>- Make sure you're on the same page with your investors.<br>- It's OK to fail, more doors will open. Failure can give you credibility. (Jason Calacanis once wrote a great article on how to fail here: <a href="http://calacanis.com/2009/02/27/what-to-do-if-your-startup-is-about-fail-or-dont-stop-believing/" rel="nofollow">http://calacanis.com/2009/02/27/what-to-do-if-y...</a>)<br>- OpenX provides great ad analytics, doesnt matter how small the site.<br>- Choose your board and advisers well. They could provide invaluable insights like Jonathan Miller does for Scott.<br><br>Andrew, you did an amazing job at researching before hand for the interview. Great interview, Andrew and Scott. Here is my take of the summary:

- Before they figured out the right model for Article 27, they tried several other models that did not work. It is quite normal that what we thought when we start out is going to change a lot once we get going.
- There is hope in startup even for those who started out in a corporate environment. Scott started with a day job to gain confidence and experience before launching on his own.
- Scott recognized what is important and focuses on that. In Open Source, it's the community. The value of the community is in providing feedbacks and debugging, not so much in the coding/development side as many people may imagine.
- The most important thing startups have is faith. They start out that way long before everything else (system, staff, site, community, credibility…). Good insight, Andrew.
- Make sure you're on the same page with your investors.
- It's OK to fail, more doors will open. Failure can give you credibility. (Jason Calacanis once wrote a great article on how to fail here: http://calacanis.com/2009/02/27/what-to-do-if-y…)
- OpenX provides great ad analytics, doesnt matter how small the site.
- Choose your board and advisers well. They could provide invaluable insights like Jonathan Miller does for Scott.

Andrew, you did an amazing job at researching before hand for the interview.

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