Rand has been a huge influence on thousands of people, and if you ever launched something on the web, at some point you must have used their tool for a reason or another. Personally I really loved the way he explained complex things with his whiteboard in those weekly videos. These are great starter points to understand the heavy cog of SEO world. I don't know how many times I directed people to their blog for self-study/research etc. I am sure their success wasn't due just to him, but also an incredible team of people with him, but he was the face of the company at Moz until now - I wish him well!<p>Weird that in his goodbye piece he says he did not leave entirely of his own accord:
> "On a scale of 0-10, where 0 is “fired and escorted out of the building by security” and 10 is “left entirely of his own accord on wonderful terms,” my departure is around a 4...”
That is something that the piece doesn't answer, probably something going on, but he still has major shares and influence in the company i am sure!