[DFJ was reluctant to endorse Four11's move into Hotmail's territory, but Four11's evolution was inevitable.] Four11 was our directory when we launched our first product, ... but it became apparent to them that we would be very successful. We were sending more subscribers to Four11's directory in three or four months than they had amassed in two years. Even though I was told that DFJ had discouraged them from getting into the e-mail business because we were there already, they started developing it internally when they saw how successful it was for us. |
A good entrepreneur never gives up. |
Communication and games make for a sticky application. |
I hope not! I hope I will be able to find someone who is willing to live with my crazy lifestyle and crazy ideas. |
I think the soul of an entrepreneur is to keep trying until you find the successful idea. |
I was always inquisitive as a child, ... I always knocked on doors to find out what could be possible. |
It solved a real world problem: The killer idea was to make email available on the web, |
Microsoft isn't going away any time soon, but the role they will play in the future of software will not be the same as it has been in the past two decades, |
That was brand new in 1995 when we had the idea. In July 1996 we launched the service and then just hit a fantastic curve. When I started it was hard. Every dollar that was spent had to be accounted for. We were willing to go the next five or six years to make that successful. We were very fortunate that within a span of two years we saw personal reward from that experience. |
The entrepreneurial heroes of the Valley are accessible to many people. |
We thank Hotmail for creating such a good space and enabling us to follow. |
You will be able to make a call from anywhere in the world to a cell or fixed line in India for as low as low as Re 1 per minute. |