> By which point everybody was calling him a genius visionary? I don't recall anybody complaining at that point that this company is doomed to fail or anything like that. It appeared to be on an upwards trajectory.
I recall quite a bit of skepticism at the value add of a middleman leasing and then subletting commercial office space, something with zero network benefits and no barrier to entry. Especially on HN, I would even go so far as to say it was widely expected to fail.
I recall quite a bit of skepticism at the value add of a middleman leasing and then subletting commercial office space, something with zero network benefits and no barrier to entry. Especially on HN, I would even go so far as to say it was widely expected to fail.