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To be honest... I am branching out a lot more than shared hosting. I talked some about building our own data centers and doing our own fiber networks across the nation and soon international networks. Doing the same thing over and over isn't as appealing to me. I need to work on new things.

Kernel work is where I have spent most of my time the last two years. I honestly believe the stuff we have accomplished in the kernel is worth more than all of Bluehost. I just have to get out there and sell it, but instead have been hording it for our own use. It is applicable in every single market from phones to the largest server farms.

You better hope we don't do reseller hosting though! Because if we did, watch out. With our CPU and I/O and Memory controller we could do some amazing things in the reseller market that no one else could compete with.

Really, you should have have been willing to try SimpleScripts, and our CPU/IO stuff, and our custom backup system. All of which is the best of their kind. SimpleScripts is the best installer for Cpanel by a mile, but you wouldn't use it just because it was made by me. Our CPU and IO stuff would solve instantly 95% of your server and mysql issues, and our backup solution is literally 10x faster than R1soft and like 30X faster than cpbackup in Cpanel. In addition, it takes about half of the space of either r1soft or cpbackup, and its a drop replacement for cpanel meaning that you can still use CPanel's restore function.

When it comes right down to it though there is only 1 statistic that matters - Profit. I don't know what your margins are, but I would be VERY surprised to if you were anywhere near 45%. Certainly not on your higher end ticket items such as dedicated servers etc which are the primary driver of your revenue.

Regardless, you are doing very very well, and believe it or not I'm glad you are doing well. You worked hard and were smart about how you did it - you earned it. Most people blow it when they start to grow larger, but you've kept a pretty level head on the whole time. Good luck.

PS - Sorry, no beer pong for me. I don't drink. You are ON for paintball though!!! We will crush you guys!! Let me know when you want to do it. Come to Utah (Better for paintball). If we lose Ill pay for your hotel and airfare for your team!

Matt Heaton / President Bluehost.com