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I could understand an over eager lawyer but this is the CEO of a company with $20 million in funding personally threatening to sic the lawyers on a one man open
by spoonjim 5y ago
I could understand an over eager lawyer but this is the CEO of a company with $20 million in funding personally threatening to sic the lawyers on a one man open source project. This is evidence that: 1) he doesn’t have anything better to do, bad news for Replit, 2) he’s afraid of this little project, also bad news for Replit.
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- chapium 5y agoThe CEO's ego was rejected and now he's dumping on this guy. Seems like a classic NPD response.
- duxup 5y agoThat was my first thought. How 'empty' is Replit as a company if some rando intern is a threat ... and/or how poor is the CEO at deciding how to spend his time if this is how they choose to do it?
- uncomputation 5y agoI’m also gonna add that, if I invested in a company and the CEO used any fraction of that funding to crush a non-competitor with legal might, I would seriously regret my investment. It seems to me this guy doesn’t understand his own value prop more than a former intern.
- spoonjim 5y agoYep. At $20m raised, the CEO should be building product, closing customers, building positive press for the company (oops), and recruiting. Time spent on anything else is highly suspect.
- sg47 5y agoCue article from PG on how founders have to watch out for upstarts by giving them a lashing and issuing legal threats.