The more you learn, the more you realize how much there is to learn. Trip Adler learnrealize Change image and share on social
I was in the class they made 'The Social Network' about. Trip Adler classmakenetwork Change image and share on social
We actually determine whether the book is read and make payments to the publisher based on that. Trip Adler basebookdetermine Change image and share on social
I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless. Trip Adler aheadgoodidea Change image and share on social
Just as it can be addictive to be in a real world bookstore or library, it's the same on the Web. Trip Adler addictivebookstorelibrary Change image and share on social
The subscriptions were working so well, and on top of that, we saw the success of Netflix and Spotify and thought, 'We can create a similar kind of experience for books.' Trip Adler bookcreateexperience Change image and share on social
In a startup, in the early days, it can be hard to explain what you do. Trip Adler dayearlyexplain Change image and share on social
Entrepreneurship is about tackling big problems - often non-obvious problems - that will have a meaningful impact on the world, and this usually involves solving these problems in counterintuitive ways. Trip Adler bigcounterintuitiveentrepreneurship share on social
The original idea was to make it easy to publish content on the Web and find an audience. What we learned from publishers is that the thing they want the most is more readers and more revenue. Trip Adler audiencecontenteasy Change image and share on social
The reason we make money is because we have a few different business models. One is ads: we get incredibly high click rates because most people on Scribd are searching the site for something, or they came from a search engine, and they're looking for something specific. Trip Adler businessclickengine share on social