Nick Nisi

I have a retort. Can I retort? What about these tickets? Well, that was partially my retort. I have a retort to your stance. All right, go ahead. Then we'll do the tickets. What bothers me in the marketplace is when an up-and-coming, maybe even a company that's using venture capital in a way that has sustainability behind it,

Cannot generate revenue or is completely wiped clean because a behemoth of the fangs potentially decides to make their thing free. And I think just maybe in the case of our friends at Zulip, you've got teams that is generally given away. It's paid. There's paid version of it. There's a lot of it where they're able to give away so much for free because they're so big.

Cannot generate revenue or is completely wiped clean because a behemoth of the fangs potentially decides to make their thing free. And I think just maybe in the case of our friends at Zulip, you've got teams that is generally given away. It's paid. There's paid version of it. There's a lot of it where they're able to give away so much for free because they're so big.

And you have a hard time competing. That's another challenge too is like I'm not against – but again, in the world of commerce, you kind of have to be flexible. But I agree with you on there's healthy ways to take venture capital and there's unhealthy ways to take venture capital. And there's things that unhealthy venture capital does to you as a leader of your product. After you take the money.

And you have a hard time competing. That's another challenge too is like I'm not against – but again, in the world of commerce, you kind of have to be flexible. But I agree with you on there's healthy ways to take venture capital and there's unhealthy ways to take venture capital. And there's things that unhealthy venture capital does to you as a leader of your product. After you take the money.

Things that get forced on you. That's my simple retort. Okay. All right, fair. I have an idea for how we can get these tickets away.

Things that get forced on you. That's my simple retort. Okay. All right, fair. I have an idea for how we can get these tickets away.

Okay.

Okay.

I think you might like it. Do you mind if I share it? Only if I'm going to like it. I will give you the option to reserve the right to veto my idea. Okay. Okay, cool. We pre-discussed this, so it's not far off from pre-discussion. What if... maybe around this WordPress drama. Maybe not to dive into the WordPress drama topic, but hey, hop in Zulip. We're going to give you a URL to go to.

I think you might like it. Do you mind if I share it? Only if I'm going to like it. I will give you the option to reserve the right to veto my idea. Okay. Okay, cool. We pre-discussed this, so it's not far off from pre-discussion. What if... maybe around this WordPress drama. Maybe not to dive into the WordPress drama topic, but hey, hop in Zulip. We're going to give you a URL to go to.

Hop in Zulip and give us the best pun against this WordPress drama or just something funny to say back about what's happening here. I don't know. Is that an idea? What do you think about that idea? Like I said, we're going to camp out here for a bit. Maybe there's some other. That's probably it. We've already used the best one. Okay. It's like the number one option on Jeopardy.

Hop in Zulip and give us the best pun against this WordPress drama or just something funny to say back about what's happening here. I don't know. Is that an idea? What do you think about that idea? Like I said, we're going to camp out here for a bit. Maybe there's some other. That's probably it. We've already used the best one. Okay. It's like the number one option on Jeopardy.

There is an introduce yourself topic inside of the channel called general, which Nick hasn't done yet.

There is an introduce yourself topic inside of the channel called general, which Nick hasn't done yet.

You know you don't know Nick. Not well, if you don't know, he will repeat himself. I'm very used to this.

You know you don't know Nick. Not well, if you don't know, he will repeat himself. I'm very used to this.

Gosh. Wow. What a contribution. Did they give you a raise? They didn't fire you the next day?

Gosh. Wow. What a contribution. Did they give you a raise? They didn't fire you the next day?

Everybody knows Nick is here. He's bringing song and emojis. Watch out. Is that it for the show? Is this, is this the friends episode? Is this over? Can we start recording?