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25 responses so far ↓

• TheAvidPenguin // Nov 16, 2007 at 3:23 am

  Good interview; especially the inadvertent inuendo at the end. Refreshing to see someone with those values and viewpoint on the way commerce has changed and continues to change.

• Howard // Nov 16, 2007 at 8:57 am

  etsy for channukah.

• Howard // Nov 16, 2007 at 8:58 am

  It’s like looking at the redheaded ‘doogie hauser”

• Howard Lindzon » Etsy on Wallstrip // Nov 16, 2007 at 9:26 am

  […] Meet Etsy’s founder . […]

• kevin // Nov 16, 2007 at 10:50 am

  wow, finally an honest answer to “long/short Wallstrip” … not saying he’s right or wrong, but at least he thought about it.

  great interview. and Kalin seems like he’s got a good head on his shoulders, smart guy, and understand his market and his audience very, very well.

• Johnny B // Nov 16, 2007 at 11:25 am

  I really thought he was gonna go ’short’ on wallstrip. For that split second, I was really on the edge of my seat.

• Rob // Nov 16, 2007 at 12:12 pm

  great interview. the boy’s got some refreshing viewpoints and i loved the deep-thoughts pause before giving L her due props.

• BigDog // Nov 16, 2007 at 12:31 pm

  Damn! I had the same idea, … about a year too late.
  Smart kid. He’ll do well.

• Howard // Nov 16, 2007 at 12:36 pm

  lets just call you Gore from now on BigDog

• greenskeptic // Nov 16, 2007 at 12:49 pm

  Doogie Hauser…this guy is Opie. Did he walk out of a Norman Rockwell painting? We will buy from this guy for the holidays, you betcha.

  Wow, NAFTA as “blood pudding inside a cake” –gotta love the chutzpah. He’s going places.

• rob // Nov 16, 2007 at 1:10 pm

  Well done, Wallstrip. It’s great to hear from someone who wouldn’t long greed for a change.

• Andy Swan // Nov 16, 2007 at 2:17 pm

  Prince Harry runs an online flea market?

  Love it. Great interview and very good answers.

  Long L and Long Kalin.

• Soren // Nov 16, 2007 at 2:18 pm

  Thank for this one guys. My wife makes her living via Etsy. Great interview.

• jimbo // Nov 16, 2007 at 3:03 pm

  Prince harry - lmao

• Jay Bird // Nov 16, 2007 at 4:57 pm

  Young Mr. Kalin seemed smitten with Lindsay. Was it just me, or did Lindsay seem a little shy with young Mr. Kalin?

• bunsandchouchou // Nov 16, 2007 at 5:47 pm

  The Bunnies always survive. Comforting if you’re in the rabbit business.

• Catie B. // Nov 16, 2007 at 6:18 pm

  Great interview! And this guy is smart as a whip. Etsy.com is brilliant and an outstanding place to do all of your holiday shopping!

• maximo zeledon // Nov 16, 2007 at 7:46 pm

  Wow! What a wonderful interview…so inspiring. I would love to meet this kid! Wise beyond his years. Great job guys!!

• Jenn // Nov 16, 2007 at 10:12 pm

  Yes, it is inspirational to “meet” a young man like Robert Kalin who seems wise beyond his years and Etsy.com IS a terrific site. No, Lindsay didn’t seem shy to me, just respectful of what her guest has accomplished.

• Eddie // Nov 16, 2007 at 10:20 pm

  i just listed my bathtub of moonshine. those knitting chicks will love it

• Andy // Nov 17, 2007 at 12:54 am

  My sister makes here living selling art on Etsy. Totally changed her life - Community markets are the wave of the future.

• Vedran Vuk // Nov 17, 2007 at 5:39 am

  Seems like he knows what he’s doing with his business, but I wonder how long he will last with his fallacious view of the business world. His Wal-Mart comments are just horrific. Not only are they wrong but to describe current consumers as people who are complete morons and simply seek the lowest price regardless of consequences to health or quality of product entirely misunderstands consumer behavior. People are always considering price and quality. They are more than happy to pay a little more for something if it’s worth it. Hardly anyone but homo oeconomicus is reaching for the bottom. The job of a good business is to provide the quality consumers what they want at the price that they are willing to pay, not just give them the lowest price as he seems to think. Trust me Wal-Mart could sell worse quality and cheaper if they wanted to. But it just wouldn’t be profitable. And think of this, maybe consumers and markets have decided that they would prefer less quality in exchange for lower prices and have found their own happy medium. People choose what’s right for them and not some objective view of what you should buy or what kind of community you should be in. He says that the prices are too low…..well maybe the quality of many handmade products is too low for many consumers at the prices offered. It’s a miraculous thought

• Jade // Nov 18, 2007 at 1:48 am

  wow, what a wise young man!!

• Video Interview: Etsy Founder, Robert Kalin! // Nov 26, 2007 at 4:26 pm

  […] to my friend Robin for sending me this link today.  It’s an interview from Wallstrip with Robert Kalin, founder of […]

• GoingLikeSixty // Nov 29, 2007 at 11:57 am

  Catching up. This was a refreshing interview. Smart guy! I love shopping at Etsy for women. They always appreciate the hand-crafting and uniqueness.
  Nice job.

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