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For me personally I found his attitude towards the entire thing the real problem. He asked if crediting the original creators was enough, he then hid behind all

For me personally I found his attitude towards the entire thing the real problem. He asked if crediting the original creators was enough, he then hid behind all manner of silly startup buzzwords ("a/b testing", "ghetto test", "lean startup") and didn't seem to understand it was wrong. His tweets after the fact were worrying too, especially when others uncovered that they had other products that took designs from elsewhere. Shit happens and hopefully this doesn't damage curebits business long term, but Allan really needs to understand what he did wrong, he seems to think the problem was he didn't credit and it's perfectly okay to take someone elses work, pass it off as your own and then hide behind silly phrases. No matter what your business is or how old you are stealing is wrong.

reledi 15y ago
Allan did have some silly responses. Either he was panicking and couldn't think clearly (he does have a lot on the line) or he genuinely doesn't understand what the problem is. On the other hand, I think David is overreacting and trying to get as much attention as possible -- seems a bit childish. If I was in David's shoes, I'd be shocked to see how much they directly copied and simply ask them to take it down, and possibly notify their investors. I'd also be proud that they used my design.
- alexwolfe 15y ago
  Allan has founded four companies. This isn't his first ball game and I'm sure he knows better.
tatsuke95 15y ago
>"Shit happens and hopefully this doesn't damage curebits business long term" Why this? Having their business affected is precisely what needs to happen to demonstrate that doing this is unacceptable.