Plus, isn't sequoia peeved about him starting to invest + run a separate video network + new conference + playing poker? I hear a new product is in the pipe but their innovation has slowed since he got distracted.
2. Sequoia is not peeved, they are more excited then ever with Mahalo and the amazing performance right now. We're really crushing it on all fronts including revenue, hiring, content creation and, yes, a really killer version 4.0 that will be out next year. It's not easy to build a top 200 site in under three years... in another three years we will be in the top 50!
3. I spend an hour or two a week on ThisWeekIN.com hosting my show, This Week in Startups. That show has resulted in about five of the last seven developers we hired. It is the ULTIMATE recruiting machine for Mahalo.
4. You might notice I wear a Mahalo logo playing poker on TV along with Full Tilt (which I need to wear since I'm a Full Tilt Red Pro... I'm sponsored, yes). I play maybe five hours a week.
5. 90% of my 100 "work" week is Mahalo. Literally.... I love what I do and I'm 1,000% dedicated to Mahalo.
I'm not distracted... far from it. I'm super focused.