Comments on: ChaCha Co-Founder Brad Bostic Steps Down As President

By: Binn

Binn — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:11:02 +0000

Would the chacha business model work, if you had guides sitting in india who get paid only 15% of what american guides need to get paid.

By: Unsure

Unsure — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:26:40 +0000

No I don’t think they will be around for a long time. It will be automated and the contractors are no longer needed. The funny thing is- the guides don’t realize the work they have done for their pennies on the hour.
They have built a HUGE search engine, one silly question at a time. And I have used ChaCha and see the automated answers to almost every question.
Even the most obscure q&a is in there and truthfully- it is just a matter of time before the guide goes to the wayside- and cha cha no longer needs humans.

By: Boby

Boby — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:50:07 +0000

The company is already gone guys. Think, will you or me go to some “ChaCha” company to get “accurate” text answers to our verbal questions? Real fun!

By: Boby

Boby — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:47:33 +0000

Wonder why do people support such stupidity!

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:33:15 +0000

ChaCha answers 600,000 questions per day. Everyone uses ChaCha for answers with a personal touch that you cannot get elsewhere.

It costs money to start up a big business like this & to train their guides, which there are over 55,000 of them.

ChaCha has only gotten better in the past few months & has been ranked as #1 for Alternative Search Engines, among others.

If you haven’t tried the services yet, I would suggest doing so before knocking them. They’re only getting better & being publicized more in the media.

In a nutshell, expect to be seeing them around for a long time.

By: Brad Bostic Steps Down From ChaCha

Brad Bostic Steps Down From ChaCha — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:49:10 +0000

[...] of the company is stepping down as the President of the company. He will not be replaced according to TechCrunch. He will remain as an advisor and strategist to the company. It is likely that Bostic had [...]

By: Mickey

Mickey — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:41:53 +0000

Those people are guides, they are contractors, not actual hired employees.

I am talking about actual hires.

And if you are fast and good, 10 cents isn’t bad. And also think that you’re saving gas money, car check ups, and wardrobe. So making their $6-8 an hour isn’t bad.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:23:33 +0000

Have you seen some of the people they hire there though? I have seen them on message boards and they brag about how they give crap answers to make their .10 each.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:59:43 +0000

Has anyone consider that maybe Brad wasn’t doing a good job and was asked to resign instead of firing him?

From what I heard, ChaCha hired tons of people recently, and still hiring for BIG positions.

I don’t think anyone here really knows their business model, what EXACTLY is their business model for you to mock?

If they suck so bad, I wonder why AT&T team up with them when you call. Or why ESPN did an amazing story on them. I guess the pros know better than the people leaving comments

And for people who would rather use a smart phone to search themselves, I would figure you to be always an “employee” and not an “employer”. Instead of deligating someone to do your work for you, you rather put in the man hours, way to go buddy.

I guess using ChaCha is really just for smart people.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:19:24 +0000

sure, tons of revenue! it’s very common for executive teams to shrink as the company becomes more successful!

By: EH

EH — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:17:20 +0000

Some things, nobody ever needs them right away.

By: ChaCha、共同設立者のBrad Bosticがプレジデント職を辞任

ChaCha、共同設立者のBrad Bosticがプレジデント職を辞任 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:08:18 +0000

[...] ［原文へ］ [...]

By: Rupert

Rupert — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:45:30 +0000

This was tweeted by exectrax in February:

ChaCha’s Co-Founder Brad Bostic no longer President & Chief Commerce Officer – 2009-02-17
http://www.exec...x.com/c/r/58/4/

also

ChaCha removes Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Jay Highley and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Brian Modiano – 2009-02-13
http://www.exec...x.com/c/r/58/3/

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Hate this locator dude — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:31:09 +0000

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By: -----

----- — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:11:33 +0000

Obviously you don’t completely read articles.

P.S. I think you spelled your name wrong.

By: Guias Local

Guias Local — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:02:26 +0000

Looks like Brad Bostic is cashing out before Cha Cha becomes illiquid and all he is left with is a Gold plaque and Cha Cha pens. Smart move Brad , we all have seen it before. ” Abandon Ship!!!” Jeff Bezos want his money back!!!

By: Brennan

Brennan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:28:43 +0000

It’s unfortunate, but the Chacha experience is so poor now. Business model aside, they won’t continue to attract and retain users unless something changes with the accuracy and speed of their responses. I’m willing to accept ads, but not if the ad comes immediately and the response takes 20 minutes or it never comes.

I used to love Chacha. What happened?

By: homepage

homepage — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:05:27 +0000

I always wondered how this free service would generate revenue… did it generate any revenue? I also thought AT&T bought it up.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:40:13 +0000

I guess someone told him that red is his color…and he believed it.

By: RahulC

RahulC — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:25:51 +0000

With my limited knowledge this model would have more sense in post smartphone era. In todays market where the computing power of phones is the same as the computers of 90’s. I dont understand why someone will use it if they can simple google for the information.

By: Alan Wilensky

Alan Wilensky — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:22:40 +0000

I was making the rounds of Atherton VCs and networking events while I was living in the South Bay. I met a famous man that had raised and burnt several rounds. I just couldn’t figure why he was allowed to keep coming back, despite the fact that five out of six were bad or non-performing exits.

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By: Stefan Stimmvogel

Stefan Stimmvogel — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:14:37 +0000

The amount of money poured into this company seems like the perfect example of bubble stupidity. For $58 million you could buy a company like this and still have $57.5 million left over.

By: StartupLocator.com

StartupLocator.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:59:44 +0000

domain name alone is enough to sink ship. i think they could use some domain counseling from goodguide.com. they need a strategic acquisition investment and new strategy asap. it may already be too late.

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By: Cody S

Cody S — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:19:11 +0000

Interesting to see what changes they change in their model to keep afloat. The main draw to this service is that it is free, and they respond rather instant. There needs to be some expandable advertisement models if they plan to stay in buisness.

By: Alan Wilensky

Alan Wilensky — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:48:07 +0000

Boy, these guys are looking younger and younger. They are probably not that much younger than me, but it not the years, it’s the miles.