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Investing in AI Labs Resembles Backing Quora Before Facebook Emerged
“I think right now, if you're going to invest in the new Neolab, you're basically investing, you know, in the Quora, in the stumble upon when Facebook X came about.”
Flanagan: Quora citations in Google AI Overviews have drastically increased
“The real winner of AI search so far is like Quora. Quora is actually, you know, Their number of citations are seen in Google AI overviews has drastically increased because what I said was there's many ways to ask these questions now and AI wants all of that da…”
Lemkin: Half of Early SaaStr Deal Flow Came From Quora
“Half of my, probably my deal flow came from Quora in the early days.”
Smith: Quora found many female users struggled to publish written thoughts
“At Quora, we discovered that a lot of women struggle to really write and put their thoughts out there”
Smith: Startups growing 1-2% weekly should avoid rigid processes and structures
“When a company is growing as fast as Facebook was or as Quora was, it's really important, I think, not to get tied too much to any team or process. Things are changing constantly when your company is growing one to two percent every single week. You shouldn't …”
Stebbings: Creators should choose immortal content platforms over ephemeral ones like Snapchat
“And then just with the content, fundamental to choose immortal content platforms, so Snapchat for content isn't really great unless you're looking to create connections. It dies and is not searchable. The likes of Jason Lemkin have done incredibly well with Qu…”