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Woa... I was evaluating this service a couple of months ago. The conclusion was, even if it looks nice the major downside was that the company hadn't been aroun
by euph0ria 8y ago
Woa... I was evaluating this service a couple of months ago. The conclusion was, even if it looks nice the major downside was that the company hadn't been around long enough and we didn't know if they were profitable. These kinds of moves with sub-30 days during major holidays is really scary. I feel for everyone out there having to work during the holidays. I hope the CEO did this out of financial necessities. Otherwise he should be put on some type of do-not-purchase-from-these-founders-blacklist.
- ergothus 8y ago> Otherwise he should be put on some type of do-not-purchase-from-these-founders-blacklist. Does such a blacklist exist? Given the short notice I expected that Hyper.sh would be gone (and thus free of commercial backlash) but it appears the company will continue in new areas, which makes this decision even more surprising. I'd definitely be interested in having such a list and an easy way to determine if they are involved in new companies, which doesn't sound trivial. "Foo Co was terrible to their customers" doesn't tell me Bob made the decisions, nor does that tell me that Bar Co is also run by Bob.
- gtirloni 8y agoThe usual HN feedback for trying to track bad CEOs so you don't get bit in the future is that we shouldn't because they're humans who make mistakes and always deserve second chances. Not saying I agree but it's what I've noticed.
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y agoHah I did the exact same thing. Neat product that I wanted to build something new on, but I didn’t trust that this company would be around in a year.