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What an awful email. Reads like a lazy VC associate trying to do as little work as possible to pass along metrics to higher ups.
by mvkel 14y ago
What an awful email. Reads like a lazy VC associate trying to do as little work as possible to pass along metrics to higher ups.
- jrockway 14y agoIt's amazing how even when buying a company, people can't be bothered to use proper capitalization or even spell out the word "please". Wow. I must have slept through the English class where they told me this was OK.
- imglorp 14y agoI think it's a power thing because they're manoeuvring for negotiation. Translation: "I can't be bothered to spell because you're teensy and I have another $1B to spend today on companies 100x bigger than yours. Make with the paperwork chop chop." Then, confirmation: "Give me your mobile so I can call you any time I feel like to make you jump, because you're the bitch now."
- bennny 14y agoIt's a mentality. I'm google so even though I'm too lazy to send a proper email, he'll still come crawling to me.
- tomrod 14y agoHey Benny, I couldn't comment on your comment directly because you're in ban hell. But I get what you're saying.
- jrockway 14y agoYeah. My reply to that message would have been "I only give my mobile phone number to friends. Please use my office line between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM EST." But honestly, a lot of people seem to like doing business deals while walking around with their cell phones, so perhaps this is not actually a power play.
- ekianjo 14y agoIt's funny how they refer to Schmidt, Page and Breslin as "the board" since it's obviously just 3 people :) In any large company you only use the "board" wording for a committee that's at least 15-20 people.
- beambot 14y agoThe actual wording he used was "executive board" -- perhaps this is different from the "board of directors."
- namank 14y agoWhat? They had already met once. Given the context, it sounds like a continuation of the conversation, casual in nature, from a biz person to an engineer.
- mvkel 14y agoWhy does casual need to mean "communicate poorly"? When I type out emails, casual or not, they're designed to at least get the message across. For something as important as an acquisition, I wouldn't want to feel like I'm dealing with an intern.
- skreech 14y agoOr almost like a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity from a Nigerian bank clerk.
- kman 14y agoIt was 2007. Maybe he was typing it on a blackberry?
- andrewhillman 14y agoI think this was intended to read the way it does. Google A/B tests everything, including how well canned messages work vs. more personal messages like this.
- mvkel 14y agoI honestly thought this _was_ a canned message; one from a 'sales associate' eager to get a commission.