Outlets are turning away from phone polling, which can be problematic. For example, we did a poll for NBC around the Ebola crisis; we provided results in 24 hours. Their traditional phone poll would have taken a week to turn around. We’re showing people we can do high-quality work: we’ve proved that with the work we do with the media. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
Cosmopolitan’ used to publish five covers across the U.S. so that if one was unpopular, it wouldn’t tank their entire sales. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
We saw that our customers required help beyond the data sets they had and that they could benefit from a wider opinion. So we built SurveyMonkey Audience, and we’ve now got 4 million users who signed up to take surveys. Our clients can choose the demographic they want to hear from, and we can provide that sample. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
If you use your old business models to restrict people, they’re going to find ways to get that content the way they want it. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
If you’re an entrepreneur and you’re starting a company, I think the first thing you do is you go and talk to a bunch of people. But then the next thing you probably should do is figure out if there’s a broader demand than just people you know. That’s where I think SurveyMonkey is pretty valuable to people. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
Most of what we’ve done at SurveyMonkey is create a market, which I would say is much harder than trying to enter a market that already exists. But if you get it right, it can become a great business. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
I run the largest survey company in the world. It just so happens to be the second-largest company run by someone in my house. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
I save everything up until Sunday night because if I start sending emails on Saturday afternoon, then people have to start responding to me on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Dave Goldberg Read Quote
