Comments on: If You Want To Talk Technology With A German, Try Jaxtr Cafe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: yingkuan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2012103 yingkuan Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:58:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2012103 I don't think any company in this stage will disclose such information Besides why Jaxtr had to approve itself to some nobody on internet ? Show a little fairness please. The management might consider to show the information to 'him' if he's potential investor or buyer. I don’t think any company in this stage will disclose such information

Besides why Jaxtr had to approve itself to some nobody on internet ? Show a little fairness please. The management might consider to show the information to ‘him’ if he’s potential investor or buyer.

]]> By: Ian Smithy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2008621 Ian Smithy Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:13:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2008621 @ 8: You didn't answer Adolph's question on number of calls. @ 8:

You didn’t answer Adolph’s question on number of calls.

]]> By: Konstantin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2008516 Konstantin Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:52:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2008516 Interesting--nobody except jaxtr employees linking to their site with their comments. Usually, half to two-thirds do this since it's good promotion. Why are the critical posters hiding in the shadows? But our users liking the service and recommending it to their friends is more relevant to our business than what anonymous posters say on TC. We started revenue yesterday, and have presented our investors with a solid plan to do over $10 million in the first 12 months. And luckily, we have some great investors backing the company! Three of the major Skype investors back jaxtr, and so do August Capital, Mayfield, Founders Fund, Reid Hoffman, Rajeev Motwani, etc. Interesting–nobody except jaxtr employees linking to their site with their comments. Usually, half to two-thirds do this since it’s good promotion. Why are the critical posters hiding in the shadows? But our users liking the service and recommending it to their friends is more relevant to our business than what anonymous posters say on TC. We started revenue yesterday, and have presented our investors with a solid plan to do over $10 million in the first 12 months. And luckily, we have some great investors backing the company! Three of the major Skype investors back jaxtr, and so do August Capital, Mayfield, Founders Fund, Reid Hoffman, Rajeev Motwani, etc.

]]> By: Too Many Spammers on TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2007475 Too Many Spammers on TechCrunch Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:21:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2007475 Jaxtr = awful business model. We lose money on every call but we'll make it up on volume huh? Jaxtr = awful business model. We lose money on every call but we’ll make it up on volume huh?

]]> By: Adolf bin Streisand http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2007245 Adolf bin Streisand Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:25:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2007245 Burning solution looking for a problem. They're a telco, period. A scale business like I always say when TC writes pieces like this. So here again is my very simple question to Jaxtr that neither Konstantin nor Stacy will answer. How many phone calls did your network handle yesterday? And bridged calls count as one call, not two. If you want to make money be re-selling minutes, you're a phone company and will need 10s of millions of mins a day to be slightly interesting. If you want to make money by selling ads, you'll need millions of avails a day to create an interesting network. And then there's that challenge of ad rates being less than telco costs. Anywho, how 'bout an answer to the simple question? How many calls did Jaxtr process yesterday? Betcha don't answer, and that speaks volumes. Burning solution looking for a problem.

They’re a telco, period. A scale business like I always say when TC writes pieces like this.

So here again is my very simple question to Jaxtr that neither Konstantin nor Stacy will answer.

How many phone calls did your network handle yesterday? And bridged calls count as one call, not two.

If you want to make money be re-selling minutes, you’re a phone company and will need 10s of millions of mins a day to be slightly interesting. If you want to make money by selling ads, you’ll need millions of avails a day to create an interesting network.

And then there’s that challenge of ad rates being less than telco costs.

Anywho, how ’bout an answer to the simple question? How many calls did Jaxtr process yesterday?

Betcha don’t answer, and that speaks volumes.

]]> By: UltimuM http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006935 UltimuM Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:35:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006935 www. i-guide .ro www. i-guide .ro http://www. i-guide .ro
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]]> By: Joe Moore http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006112 Joe Moore Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:08:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006112 I don't get it. Why would anyone use this? I don’t get it. Why would anyone use this?

]]> By: Stacy Martin - jaxtr Support Manager http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006105 Stacy Martin - jaxtr Support Manager Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:00:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006105 Thanks for the crunch - Nick. The comparison of cafe jaxtr and Skype Live is understandable since both allow you to connect with new people. But I think the comparison stops short. As you pointed out, cafe jaxtr helps you find just the right person you may wish to talk to. A jaxtr member's contact page allows you to know what topics and friends you may have in common, view photos, as well easily check out other sites the member has profiles on. It's an easy way to try to get to know someone even before speaking. I don't think that's something you find on Skype Live. Cheers! Thanks for the crunch - Nick. The comparison of cafe jaxtr and Skype Live is understandable since both allow you to connect with new people. But I think the comparison stops short. As you pointed out, cafe jaxtr helps you find just the right person you may wish to talk to. A jaxtr member’s contact page allows you to know what topics and friends you may have in common, view photos, as well easily check out other sites the member has profiles on. It’s an easy way to try to get to know someone even before speaking. I don’t think that’s something you find on Skype Live. Cheers!

]]> By: Touraj Parang http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006091 Touraj Parang Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:45:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006091 Rick, Our ranking algorithms give preferences to profiles based on attributes on those profiles, and I am not at all surprised that executives and board members of the company have more of those attributes and therefore rank amongst the top 30 profiles. By the way, since you seem to know the faces of jaxtr's Board and investor profiles, it would be intellectually honest to reveal your affiliation. That way, you may perhaps have some credibility in your assertions, unless you think the company you work for has no credibility to begin with... Touraj (from jaxtr) Rick,

Our ranking algorithms give preferences to profiles based on attributes on those profiles, and I am not at all surprised that executives and board members of the company have more of those attributes and therefore rank amongst the top 30 profiles.

By the way, since you seem to know the faces of jaxtr’s Board and investor profiles, it would be intellectually honest to reveal your affiliation. That way, you may perhaps have some credibility in your assertions, unless you think the company you work for has no credibility to begin with…

Touraj (from jaxtr)

]]> By: Rick http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006058 Rick Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:55:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/25/if-you-want-to-talk-technology-with-a-german-try-jaxtr-cafe/#comment-2006058 So they supposedly have 10M users, but on the JaxtrCafe home page i saw the following in the first 5 pages (6 users per page): 1) at least 4 founders/executives/board members of the company 2) a bunch of really hot girls Wow what are the chances of that? Either I got really lucky to get only hot girls and Konstantin to show up for me, or there is something really fishy going on with their user numbers. So they supposedly have 10M users, but on the JaxtrCafe home page i saw the following in the first 5 pages (6 users per page):

1) at least 4 founders/executives/board members of the company
2) a bunch of really hot girls

Wow what are the chances of that? Either I got really lucky to get only hot girls and Konstantin to show up for me, or there is something really fishy going on with their user numbers.

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