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Season 3  "Daily Active Users"  3x9

Aired 8 years ago - Jun 19, 2016

Shocking stats are revealed and prompt Richard to bridge the gap between Pied Piper and its users, but Jared must go to extremes to keep everything intact. Gavin tries to recapture his former glory by bringing in new talent after discovering secrets about the competition.

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Erlich?
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I'll give you an example. A few months ago,
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grants me certain freedoms.
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499,996...
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Now, Bernice, you say here that you were...
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You were all totally freaked out.
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and what's great about it. Well, clearly he doesn't get it.
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And with all due respect, I gave it to you, the one person without a computing background,
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anywhere, because the second you take a photo or a video or compose a text message,
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And we all know how electrons exist in orbitals.
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Is that like when I'm texting and my phone starts guessing what I'm going to say?
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No. Pied Piper will in no way become sentient and try to take over the world.
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they get split up into tiny bits and spread across a network of other users' devices?
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Yes. Yes, Bernice, that's it!
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This data was corrupted the second he walked in that room.
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If you build an airplane and people are afraid of anything that flies,
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I think we can do this. All we got to do
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I guess it's about $697,240. But don't quote me on that.
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take the money we have left and pivot to something
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and realize you wasted a whole year with nothing to show for it.
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really, what other option do we have?
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And the only way you're going to get that many users
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I'm just going to give them what they want. I'm going to resign.
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Like, perhaps, after we experience
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but there's something I think you should know about.
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- Yeah. - Right this way. - Okay.
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But it's time to end the charade.
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that their daily active user numbers are abysmal.
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Instead, I'm going to let the new head of product
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Now, what is Pied Piper? Excellent question.
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throughout this seminar saying, Hey, is thing like the Terminator?
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- John? - Yo!
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WPROMOTE ADVERTISING
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Can I help? You know, with Pied Piper's revolutionary
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Well, after the booths at CES and South by Southwest,
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peer-to-peer content distribution system, consisting of...
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Early Bugs Bunny cartoons were just garish displays of anti-Japanese hysteria,
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Face it, Jared, being too early is the same as being wrong.
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but at least it's something.
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It's over, Jared.
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Just out here, everyone. Almost there.
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- Look at it. - Really? - Look.

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I'll give you an example. A few months ago,
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grants me certain freedoms.
#4
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499,996...
#6
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Now, Bernice, you say here that you were...
#7
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You were all totally freaked out.
#8
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and what's great about it. Well, clearly he doesn't get it.
#9
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And with all due respect, I gave it to you, the one person without a computing background,
#10
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anywhere, because the second you take a photo or a video or compose a text message,
#12
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And we all know how electrons exist in orbitals.
#14
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Is that like when I'm texting and my phone starts guessing what I'm going to say?
#15
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No. Pied Piper will in no way become sentient and try to take over the world.
#16
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they get split up into tiny bits and spread across a network of other users' devices?
#17
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Yes. Yes, Bernice, that's it!
#18
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This data was corrupted the second he walked in that room.
#19
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If you build an airplane and people are afraid of anything that flies,
#20
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I think we can do this. All we got to do
#21
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I guess it's about $697,240. But don't quote me on that.
#22
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take the money we have left and pivot to something
#23
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and realize you wasted a whole year with nothing to show for it.
#24
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really, what other option do we have?
#25
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And the only way you're going to get that many users
#26
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I'm just going to give them what they want. I'm going to resign.
#27
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Like, perhaps, after we experience
#28
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but there's something I think you should know about.
#29
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- Yeah. - Right this way. - Okay.
#30
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But it's time to end the charade.
#31
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that their daily active user numbers are abysmal.
#32
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Instead, I'm going to let the new head of product
#33
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Now, what is Pied Piper? Excellent question.
#35
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throughout this seminar saying, Hey, is thing like the Terminator?
#36
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- John? - Yo!
#37
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WPROMOTE ADVERTISING
#38
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Can I help? You know, with Pied Piper's revolutionary
#40
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Well, after the booths at CES and South by Southwest,
#41
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peer-to-peer content distribution system, consisting of...
#42
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Early Bugs Bunny cartoons were just garish displays of anti-Japanese hysteria,
#43
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Face it, Jared, being too early is the same as being wrong.
#44
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but at least it's something.
#45
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It's over, Jared.
#46
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Just out here, everyone. Almost there.
#48
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- Look at it. - Really? - Look.
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