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Sahar
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How to make sense of all my failures over the years? I always contributed it to one word: Faith. Against the odds, when you are alone, when nobody cares, and nobody believes, if you have faith on your side, the rest is just extra.
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So the news is out, Jarred Cohen (Bido COO) and I will be moving soon to the Bay area (that is, San Francisco area). Why make the move from the beautiful and warm South Florida to San Francisco you may ask? It all goes back to the RMG/Bido split a few months ago. See, for the last ten years I founded companies, invested in companies, even had to shut down few (failure happens to be my very best friend!), but I have never actually ran one on my own. I always had someone else who was responsible for the direction of a company, someone who was vested enough to do the right thing. When Bido spun out of RMG, for the first time I chose to finally step up and take responsibility as the CEO of one of my ventures.
Being a CEO of a company the size of Bido isn’t an easy task. There are approximately 30+ developers (that includes html coders, testers, not to mention we’re still hiring), two team members in customer service dept, another technician dedicated to hardware/networking, attorneys and other professionals to help in their respective fields when needed, Jeff Bhavnanie (co founder) to supervise all technology operations, and Jarred Cohen who is there making sure everything ticks like a clock, every minute of the day.
Bido is a high stakes venture. It is self funded and costs a fortune to run and operate, and staying the course, believing we can make it one day and be completely self sufficient, is all about faith, followed by extreme dedication and hard work by all involved.
Being a CEO, my job is to give the company the best odds to succeed. Just as with domain names, location really matters. Being in the right place increases your odds dramatically. There’s no better place on this planet for a tech company to be than in the Bay area. I really like South Florida, the water, and the laid-back lifestyle. And while I’m definitely not excited about the weather in the Bay area, moving opens a whole new world to us, from talent perspective to funding (if we ever decide to go that route), to an extremely efficient network of lawyers, accountants, advisors, etc. who are there to help entrepreneurs succeed. It is on one hand a sacrifice to make the move, on the other it’s likely to be a blessing.
We’re really excited, and looking forward to a new beginning.
Have a great weekend!
Flowchart.com is our other project. While I’m not involved in the day to day operations of the project, it certainly is coming along just fine.
Via the Flowchart.com blog:
January 14th, 2010
Today we’ve released version 2.2(beta) of Flowchart.com. What you’ll see in this new release:
Speed! - The editor is 300% faster, 50% reduction in loading time of Flowchart.com, Preview is Real time!
Undo/Redo - Supports complex operations (grouping, multiple object copy/paste and more…)
Chart URL - Chart URL now uniquely points to your chart so it’s easy to share and it’s bookmarkable!
SVG Support - Now you can export your flowchart to SVG format along with improved PNG and PDF support.
Better Page Grid - The Page Grid is better segmented and mimics actual paper.
Improved Toolbox UI - The toolbox window UI has been improved to better segment different properties.
Intelligent orthogonal lines - Built in intelligence to avoid objects and take a different path.
And many more fixes…
If you have not logged in, come and try the new features and give us feedback.
Flowchart.com team.
Certainly good news for the many thousands of users of the Flowchart.com site.
Congratulations Jeff & team!
Sahar
If you have been following the movies lately, you may have heard of one called Avatar. Over 75M of its revenues came from Imax 3D:
And if you have been following CES these days (the show is going on right now in Las Vegas), you’d probably notice, it is all about 3D.
A little while ago in November, was listed on Bido the domain BUY3D.COM. It ended up selling for just $540.00. Yesterday an inquiry came in via Bido to send to the buyer, one that makes the ROI within that time a sweet deal. That offer was rejected.
Following 3D in latest months, it seems like it is going to explode. With TV’s becoming 3D ready, Avatar proving mainstream prefers 3D, and that’s without considering the many business applications out there for 3D. The thing with 3D, it mostly requires equipment. either special screens, projectors, or glasses. The term “Buy 3D” is an action term, and is an extreme powerful and short for business. I was following that auction when it was listed and was really surprised it went at the price it did. Congratulations to the buyer.
What does that have to do with you though? Bido sometimes happen to have great deals listed, and sometimes, as the case above, they are overlooked even by the most professionals in the business. While we understand it requires time to sort through we’re committed to make your search even better and easier in the very near future with innovative methods to help you quickly find the better domains. In the meanwhile, the inventory is relatively manageable to scan per day, and if this case above is any indication, it surely is worth the few minutes a day to look through. You never know..
Best,
Sahar
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Above comment is in regard to this, from their homepage:
In addition, Flippa allows private listings, literally taking credit for sales of items they cannot disclose. Who’s to say these ever happened? Hows that for complete lack of transparency?
Here @ Bido, we have no plans whatsoever to allow private listings at any point of time. While some may not like it, transparency creates trust, and trust is essential for long term relationships.
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