Comments on: Interview with Aaron Patzer

By: How a Web Startup Went from Zero to 170 Million in Two Years | Bryant Rethinks Software

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:01:02 +0000

[...] paying himself only 30K in the first year and was known to work 100 hour weeks. He gives his thoughts in an interview about the highs and lows: I was 25 at the time, and basically oscillated day to day between [...]

By: FinanceAnswers

FinanceAnswers — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:23:41 +0000

“I was 25 at the time, and basically oscillated day to day between thinking “This is the greatest idea ever!” and “This will never work. Who am I to take on Intuit and Microsoft? If this was a good idea, someone would have done it before.” It’s very emotional, and I don’t think people ever tell you about that.”

I wonder if this is true among all entrepreneurs? I know it is true for myself. We have great weeks and weeks that are more difficult the main thing is to keep fighting to build that brand.

By: Buzzlair Voufincci

Buzzlair Voufincci — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:54:48 +0000

learn a lot from this. got some to be written on based on this interview.

By: Ketuan B

Ketuan B — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:16:33 +0000

Mint.com is great and it helped me to control my financial picture. I hope this deal will help intuit grow stronger!!

By: Mahmud Ahsan

Mahmud Ahsan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:53:47 +0000

Thanks Adam for managing such a nice post!

By: Benjamin Christopher

Benjamin Christopher — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:00:58 +0000

Adam-
This is a great piece.
How cool that you got this interview before Mint.com’s huge deal with Intuit. Congratulations to Mr. Patzer on all of his success.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:25:19 +0000

Fantastic Post! I liked that your questions really targeted how he pushed through objections or self doubt. How he was able to focus and manage expectations.