I stopped watching very early on. It really bugs me in interviews when the host does too much talking.
I hope it balanced out as the video goes on, but if you have a guest on that has valuable information... let them speak.
I hope it balanced out as the video goes on, but if you have a guest on that has valuable information... let them speak.
Do you have any specific examples of where I did that?
1. The story about your wife's WP hosting was a bit long. It seemed like you were trying to sell the purpose of Mr. Cohen's service but the story was a bit long-winded.
2. I liked that you summarized the video at the start of the interview - but you should do the summary before your interviewee is on-screen. As soon as his face hits the screen I want to hear him talk...
Other than that, I enjoyed it!
Glad you said that about the summary. I've been thinking about the comments and assuming the summary is what everyone was talking about.
I didn't watch the whole video, I was put off by the signal to noise ratio in the first few minutes.
Good content, but yes -- more guest less host.
I have to pull it back.
I used to get criticism for not saying anything about myself. Maybe I'm going too far again.
Thanks. The specific example was especially helpful.
He's interviewing people just about every day, people who are making money, people with stories that can help others looking to do the same. Not every moment is gold, but Andrew is contributing in a major way and it cost you nothing but your time.
It's just upsetting to me to hear these comments on HN. While criticism is good, I'm afraid some of these just sound too unappreciative for me to take.
Andrew - Keep up the good work.
To me it seemed disrespectful to the person he was interviewing, and honestly a bit egotistical to be talking so much.
Hopefully this feedback reaches him and it's something that can be considered.
Redguava - I watched the whole interview. While I was not previously familiar with "Andrew's" history I'm reading about him now, as I somewhat agreed with your take on him and became curious over the course of the interview about his qualifications/accomplishments.
However, do watch the whole interview. Jason Cohen had some great things to say. By the end I felt it had strayed off topic but that it was definitely worth hearing, especially when he got to speak on how he'd have changed the interview.
Why?
I think criticism is good. I also think being a troll that contributes nothing and blindly criticizes people who do contribute is bad.
> Andrew: What about this, is it an advantage that you have over a newer entrepreneur or one that is not as well known is, that if you would have called me up at 1:00 AM, I would have taken your call. I would have woken up and made myself a cup of coffee so that I could be fully aware and give you ever ounce of attention that I could, because we’re friends, but also because you have a reputation in this space, and I know that at some point I’m going to want to work with you, and so the guy who has that has the advantage over the no-name entrepreneur who’s building his first company who then has to talk to 50 people and just getting 50 conversations would take forever because no one knows him and no one has any reason to be there for him.
All this could be shortened to:
> You have been a tech entrepreneur for quite a few years now and you have a massively successful blog which is read by thousands of people. How much of an advantage is the fact that you already have a reputation and a following? How would a newer entrepreneur go about finding 50 people to have these conversations with?
There are many similar examples throughout the transcript.