From this picture, I'd actually feel quite good about the team in terms of their technical competency. I get a positive vibe from them in terms of that.
I would worry about their business acumen, however. This team does not seem to have an immediate business type presence.
Highly misleading. A visitor is someone who visits a website perhaps 10 times or just 1 time. A user is someone who is using the website more regularly.
The value of a visitor is the percentage who convert into users * the value of a user or s/t like that.
I don't agree with the approach this article uses to gauge learning.
For one thing, it completely puts down science and math courses. In a multivariable calc class, we didn't have reading or writing (though I did have more than 40 pages of homework!)
But the problem is that Google controls traffic to that extent. Almost any website if asked honestly will say that at least 60% and more likely 80% or more of their traffic comes from Google.
Some products spread because they are so high quality. Google became a giant because its search was superb, Starbucks its experience great, and Facebook so life-enhancing.
But advertising is just a part of free enterprise. Such quick successes are the exception, and advertising can genuinely create awareness of value adding answers.
I am not a big fan of Tim Ferriss - he argues for a 4 hour work week, but in one sample day of his I saw, he worked 4 hours on one article for the Economist alone.
That said, this article is surprisingly interesting/useful.
I would worry about their business acumen, however. This team does not seem to have an immediate business type presence.