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<blockquote data-quote="ukbackorder" data-source="post: 2278468" data-attributes="member: 5382"><p>Rick Schwartz was a big player at the start of the century. However he seems to have dropped the ball a lot of times - most notably either falling for, or trying to create, .mobi hype with a stupid 200k acquisition of flowers.mobi. There are still people who revere him but from what I've seen over the years he's just flamboyant, loud mouthed, and a bit rude (or perhaps a 'character'?) and made money at a time when the industry was more ripe (like many of us). However as you can see from his recent acquisitions he appears to have become another run-of-the-mill domainer. What worked a decade ago doesn't work now and he's not the only one looking for a new niche but unable to continue doing the same. I think the difference is he will have a moan when the market doesn't do what he wants whereas many of us realise the market doesn't care about individuals in an industry where people usually have a 10 year business life expectancy. (think netscape, myspace, yahoo search)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ukbackorder, post: 2278468, member: 5382"] Rick Schwartz was a big player at the start of the century. However he seems to have dropped the ball a lot of times - most notably either falling for, or trying to create, .mobi hype with a stupid 200k acquisition of flowers.mobi. There are still people who revere him but from what I've seen over the years he's just flamboyant, loud mouthed, and a bit rude (or perhaps a 'character'?) and made money at a time when the industry was more ripe (like many of us). However as you can see from his recent acquisitions he appears to have become another run-of-the-mill domainer. What worked a decade ago doesn't work now and he's not the only one looking for a new niche but unable to continue doing the same. I think the difference is he will have a moan when the market doesn't do what he wants whereas many of us realise the market doesn't care about individuals in an industry where people usually have a 10 year business life expectancy. (think netscape, myspace, yahoo search) [/QUOTE]
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