Comments on: Quirky Secures 6 Million Dollars In Capital

By: Alice Taylor

Alice Taylor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:30:33 +0000

What you’re doing is superb. I’m really glad you found investors unafraid of the physical!

Congratulations, well done, and can’t wait to see what you do with the money.

By: Hot Off The Press! « a quirky blog

Hot Off The Press! « a quirky blog — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:49:50 +0000

[...] y’all probably heard, we received some pretty great press last week after news of our big raise was unveiled. Some of the reports were so effusive, we blushed! Here are some of our favorite sound [...]

By: Lars Jensen

Lars Jensen — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:38:26 +0000

Congrats. I hope you will use a good chunk of this money to address some longstanding website usability and performance issues. Participating shouldn’t be such a slog.

By: Quirky « Five Years Too Late

Quirky « Five Years Too Late — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:17:29 +0000

[...] under: Uncategorized — fiveyearstoolate @ 8:15 am Yesterday Quirky, Inc. announced its Series A funding, and I’m delighted to welcome Ben, Mitch and Team Quirky into the RRE [...]

By: Michael M

Michael M — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:34:07 +0000

A timely Hooray. Thanks for all your work and may the quirks continue to rock the world.

By: Matt F

Matt F — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:58:15 +0000

congrats…and rock on, indeed. Until they figure out how to monetize Twitter, the smart and long-term money is on products and real business. It is all about shopping carts, not just eyeballs. just make sure to watch the execution and brand, and the ROI will be big.

By: McCoy

McCoy — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:55:31 +0000

Great job guys. I’m learning so much about the business of building a business. Thanks for sharing.

By: shawnee

shawnee — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:01:38 +0000

Interesting summary of the numbers / percents. The $6M VC bank balance is probably equivalent to something in the ballpark of at _least_ $77.5M in intellectual property, eh? So I’d say that we as the community are doing pretty well. The challenge will be in ensuring equitable returns to those community members who have invested their “intellectual capital” into Quirky _loyally_ and with trust that Quirky will provide equitable return to us, as well as to those “Right Partners” who invested the numbers accountable on the bank balance. But everybody will have to keep in mind that if there weren’t any great ideas, there’d be no need to invest capital! (Hence my IP(community) > VC valuation numbers).

It’s this symphony of spark of ideas / original thinking coupled with the physical reality of products that make life easier that fascinates.

I loved the comment about the “softies” . . . literally LOLed. It’s pretty sad when names that “big” don’t “get it,” eh?

One of the reasons I left Silicon Valley was the pure disillusionment that people there have about things like “Facebook goats” and whatnot. How many times can a person mindlessly click a mouse to collect virtual horsehair before they start to see that what they’re doing with all those clicks is nothing but ridiculous!

I, for one, admire the tangible nature of the Quirky business model. But I do miss the creative fun of namethis. . . any update on that one? Namethis wasn’t about harvesting virtual artichokes or whatnot; it was just one facet of this all-encompassing ideal to build a brand.

(Glad you guys read that email!)

By: Austin KV

Austin KV — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:52:18 +0000

Thanks for sharing Ben, it is truly something special to be a part of Quirk while it grows. Congratulations on securing the future of Quirky!

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:54:32 +0000

Absolutely fascinating to hear your experience and insights on the challenges of raising $$! What a privilege to be part of a community that shares this kind of information. Thanks, Ben.