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I thought this was good: > OT, but do anyone know exactly what went wrong with McAfee after the founder left the company? > It grew, it got big, like every co
by jmkni 11y ago
I thought this was good:
> OT, but do anyone know exactly what went wrong with McAfee after the founder left the company?
> It grew, it got big, like every company. When I started, there were 4 of us. Generating $10M/yr, we could have lived happily for our lives on that. VCs came and offered to make it bigger, we had to grow, we didn't have sales, marketing, etc. I gave it away, unless you were a government, corporation, etc. Once I went public, I had 1000 bosses, investors, FTC, SEC, all my time in meetings and interviews. I hired a programmer/day for over a year! I used to spend time taking apart viruses, not I was an accountant. Once a company gets big, it becomes slow, and cannot survive in its current form.
Nice cautionary tail there about ruining something good by trying to go too big
- derrickdirge 11y agoGoing public is often the turning point where a 'Good Company' starts to become a 'Bad Company'. It becomes no longer good enough to make a good product.
- yuhong 11y agoI didn't think it was that simple in case of McAfee or for that matter in most cases however.
- godgod 11y agoToo big to fail does not apply here. Interesting challenges that a company faces as it grows.