> Any idea we had was quickly co-opted by Google Maps ... Looking back, we could have probably grown faster and much more efficiently had we stayed independent.

> Any idea we had was quickly co-opted by Google Maps ... Looking back, we could have probably grown faster and much more efficiently had we stayed independent. This is a great example of the difference between startup people and big company people. A big-company exec would have known to (how to?) fight that battle. Waze was a superior product, while Maps just had superior resources: they should have built support. But there's no mention of other execs. As a big company guy, I read this and think "oh man..." - I can only _imagine_ how frustrated this guy must be