shrug It just says he hasn't worked with any really big web shops. Almost all the Fortune 1000's I've worked with have used it. None of the smaller folks have.
Well they are a publicly traded company (OMTR) so it wasn't like the valuation came out of nowhere and the founders have already had their payday (though they have kept plenty of stock around). It was a 24% premium on share price or so.
I understand. There are plenty of public companies that are not well known outside their niche. This is the part that is motivating: a big company can be successful and relatively unknown. To compare and scale down my feelings on this to my latest startup, I have zero desire for recognition outside my target user. There will be no HN "check this out" posts, no begging outlets like TechCrunch to cover me...these should be a waste of energy for my approach to work.