GilPenchina - CEO, Wikia

Introduction

On this episode of Read/Write Talk I sit down with Gil Penchina, the CEO of Wikia and a very active angel investor. We talk a little about his role at Wikia and how he got there. But I think some of the most interesting conversation comes from his advice for entrepreneurs and some of the things he’s learned looking at all the different deals he sees.

Messy! You can't have a big non-profit like Wikipedia on the one hand and then try and make big bucks out of it on the other. You have to set up completely different companies.

I don't think they are going to make much inroads.
 

No, there are good businesses built off Linux. What about Firefox, it makes a lot of money too?

Or if you want to go harder capitalist, what about Body Shop?
 

I think all those examples are quite different from Wikia. It would be like Body Shop having half the store a charity and the other half overpriced oils and soaps.

I still don't understand Wikia. I've read about it, but I don't get it