Comments on: Prosper Days (Day 1 Overview)

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:13:53 +0000

“500 Hats – Dave McClure stood out as one of the most brilliant speakers.”
Agreed. He was good.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:39:00 +0000

I stand corrected. I should have said that everyone who tried the food probably thought it tasted excellent. That just didn’t seem to flow very well.

As someone who has tried to plan for events like this, its simply impossible to find something that fits vegans, vegetarians, kosher, etc. I mean you might be able to do water, fruits, vegetables, and grains, but then people on the Atkins diet would be unhappy. I have a little rule that if you are going to eliminate all food groups in your diet, you should always be prepared with your own food. It’s just too much to ask of the host.

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:32:34 +0000

“You couldn’t find one person disappointed with the food.”
Actually… I’m vegan and I was very annoyed that both salads both days had meat or dairy products in them. For crying out loud, leave the salad alone! It doesn’t need to be polluted with meat and dairy.

If I were to arrange the catering for next year, I’d offer a true vegetarian option for those who eat vegetarian, vegan, kosher, or otherwise abstain from meat and dairy.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:18:13 +0000

I’ve always called it like I see it. Don’t take too much into that one panel – Prosper shone in so many other ways that it was ridiculous. The only thing way to measure things over time is to wait for time. Unfortunately once a market becomes extremely liquid and everyone knows it’s exact value it won’t have market-beating returns. Once the risk is taken out, more people will join and the market and it will have little reward.

By: pfodyssey

pfodyssey — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:57:18 +0000

My current opinion of Prosper is no secret…and the highlight of the panel only serves to strengthen my perceptions (however, kudos to Lazy for mentioning it). I’m mostly interested in lender performance measures over time. Look forward to Day 2…

By: Odnal

Odnal — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:04:03 +0000

I’m interested too in how bid sniping could be advantageous. It would allow lenders to have money tied up for a shorter period of time, and not to bid on loans that aren’t going to get fully funded anyway.

I can see how if everybody is sniping, then it would throw off some statistics on the site and that would be damaging, but I don’t see that happening

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:41:12 +0000

I’d like to hear more about Bid Sniping… can you explain the mechanics and how this could be a game changer?

Please give us more updates from Prosper Days!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:48:21 +0000

Nice coverage. I just checked Dave’s blog. Hopefully he will make some of his presentation available.

I look forward to your review of Day 2!