It’s kind of embarrassing to tell people what I do for a living, so I’ve come up with something new to say. Here’s an example of how the conversation typically goes:
Person: Cyrus, what do you do for a living?
Me: I’m starting my own business.
Person: What kind of business?
Me: It’s gonna be a website.
Person: What kind of website?
Me: Well. Basically, the idea is that users will come to my website and type in whatever they’d like to find on the internet. Then my site will run an algorithm that searches the entire web for that particular subject matter and provide the user with organized results.
Person: …
Me: And I’ll make money by selling ads related to people’s search results.
Person: Kind of like Google?
Me: Yeah,
Person: …
Me: A lot like Google.
Person: …
Me: Google’s gonna be an obstacle.
Person: …
Me: Google’s definitely going to be an obstacle.
Person: …
Me: We’ve just gotta get more traffic than them. That’s the thing. We’ve just gotta get more people using our site than Google.
Person: …
Me: And I’ve gotta find someone who can write the algorithm and do all of the technical stuff so our site can run the searches better than Google.
Person: …
Me: And then all I’ve gotta do is sell the ad space.
Person: Have you had any setbacks?
Me: Yeah. You know, you’d wouldn’t believe it, but it’s been surprisingly hard to raise the million I need to get the site running.
Person: Oh, really?
Me: Yeah, I’m as shocked as you are.
Person: So what’s your URL gonna be?
Me: It’s going to be www.searchtheworldwibewebsonlineforfree.net
Person: “webs”?
Me: Yeah, someone already had “searchtheworldwidewebonlineforfree.net”
Person: And I can assume “.com” was taken?
Me: Oh yeah. The guy who owns the www.searchtheworldwidewebsonlineforfree.com was asking for 10 grand.
Person: …
Me: I offered him 5, but he told me to go fuck myself.
Person: …
Me: So what type of work do you do? Are you interested in making an investment?
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