Myspace

also referred to as: my space

6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Aug 5, 2015 by Mike Jones · said 48 times in 36 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Everything said about Myspace, oldest first

Aug 5, 2015
Assertion Not checkable as stated
MySpace rebuild team accomplished with 200 engineers what previously took 2,000
“Being able to do with a 200 person tech team what previously they had done with a 2000 person tech team”
Mike Jones Aug 5, 2015 ▶ 16:31 20 VC 060: 12 Acquisitions, $1bn In Exits, Mike Jones, Former MySpace CEO on Life At Science Inc.
Apr 6, 2018 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Facebook Had Under Two Million Users When MySpace Had 80 Million
“MySpace was eighty million users. We were just shy of two, maybe actually less than two million at the time.”
Darian Shirazi Apr 6, 2018 ▶ 5:27 20VC: Why Facebook Will Be The Company To Succeed in Crypto, Why Founders Should Be Actively Angel Investing & Commonalities of Great Leadership From Mark Zuckerberg to Mark Pincus with Darian Shirazi, Founder & CEO @ Radius
May 18, 2020 neutral
Insight
Helmer: First-mover status is not synonymous with true strategic invention
“The fact that MySpace came before Facebook doesn't in the slightest in the way I think about creation diminish the creative act of all the things that Zuckerberg and others at Facebook have done to make Facebook a great company. So first mover and invention to…”
Hamilton Helmer May 18, 2020 ▶ 14:43 20VC: 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy: Deconstructing Economies of Scale, How To Assess True Market Size, Assessing Risk vs Uncertainty, What "Brand As Power" Really Means with Hamilton Helmer, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Offi
Mar 7, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Schultz: Facebook Pioneered MAU Metrics When Competitors Tracked Registered Users
“Meta, back when it was Facebook, innovated by moving from activated confirmed registered users to monthly active users. And no one talked about that before. They were still talking about their registered user base back then. That's what MySpace talked about.”
Alex Schultz Mar 7, 2023 ▶ 39:48 Meta CMO Alex Schultz: Competing Against TikTok & Snap; Why Reels Failed at First | E985 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 29, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Schroepfer: Myspace was larger than Facebook in 2008 and bleeding cash
“My space was bleeding cash and was actually bigger than Meta at the time or Facebook.”
Mike Schroepfer May 29, 2024 ▶ 21:17 Mike Schroepfer: Former Meta CTO on "Why The Best Leaders are Like Music Conductors" | E1158 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 19, 2024
Insight
Adams: Signup pages set the tone for the entire product experience
“If you have a crappy signup page that looks like it was made on MySpace in 2006, like that's setting the tone for your product. So they don't have to be immediately wowed, but you need to start giving them kind of the vibe of the product right from the very ge…”
Cameron Adams Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 8:28 Cameron Adams: How Canva Builds Products: Lessons Learned, What Works? What Flopped? | E1179 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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