When I think of Zynga, I think of two words: options clawback. Gordon Pincus is obviously very smart or he wouldn't have taken Zynga as far as it has come, but

When I think of Zynga, I think of two words: options clawback. Gordon Pincus is obviously very smart or he wouldn't have taken Zynga as far as it has come, but I can't see myself ever working for a company willing to confiscate options from at-will employees. As for Zynga going down: maybe, but not anytime soon. Their business model is easy to replicate on the surface, but underneath is an awful lot of solid engineering to keep it from collapsing in on itself.