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Part of me dies when I see a small, innovative application get bought up and shut down by a much larger, more founded business. I want to see good ideas succeed
by brink 14y ago
Part of me dies when I see a small, innovative application get bought up and shut down by a much larger, more founded business. I want to see good ideas succeed on the internet. I don't want to see great ideas get phased out time after time by larger companies.
- joering2 14y agoI am with you! This should be a bulletpoint in a mission statement for every startup: - if we get a reasonable traction with our userbase (which means you like our product), we promise not to sell to a bigger player, unless they promise not to close the doors within next 2 years. or something like that...
- reddit_clone 14y agoAt least they are open sourcing their stuff. So it is not a total wash. I hope they open it enough for someone else to pick it up.
- anon1385 14y agoNobody is going to invest in startups like that. The startups that get bought and the product shelved, those are the successes for the VCs, incubators and other investors. The startups that steadily build up a product with a decent user-base, eventually making a small profit after several years, these are the failures, and are subsidised by the 'successes'. The big players aren't that interested in buying products: an existing product is just baggage, and one that they are forced to maintain even more so.
- nakedrobot2 14y agoIs this a "small, innovative application" or "just another instagram clone" ?