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I hate to say that, but after reading the article I get the bad feeling that you're not really hyped about joining Zynga. It's a great company doing great prod

by guylhem 14y ago

I hate to say that, but after reading the article I get the bad feeling that you're not really hyped about joining Zynga. It's a great company doing great products. You say that you realized doing a startup was not doing what you love. I fear you are unconsciously doing the same mistake - doing something you don't love, because in your own words: "I'll be honest: I realize that Zynga is no Charity: Water. I'm not going to be improving someone's everyday life like Dropbox (students, teams, everyone), Instacart (everyone), Amicus (nonprofits), or Gumroad (content creators). But ..." no buts. Social gaming may be less ambitious but they do it perfectly and that alone makes it a worthy goal. Love it or leave it. EDIT: with your reply I think I now better understand your move. I was just worried- we sometimes do the same mistakes. I'm very grateful to friends who have avoided me doing the same mistake too many times :-)

sohailprasad 14y ago
Valid point, though I'm psyched to join Zynga. To clarify: I loved building Hiptype and building a startup from the ground up. I still believe in Hiptype's vision, but as we wrote in our post, "In the [...] world of start-ups, [...] being too early is the same as being wrong" (http://sohailprasad.com/what-we-learned http://sohailprasad.com/what-we-learned). When deciding what to do next, I realized that I didn't want to just "do another startup" for the sake of it. I wrote about elements of improving someone's everyday life because it's something I keep in mind for my endeavors in the future. I consider myself incredibly lucky to be able to join the RMG team at Zynga, and trust me, I'm really excited about what we have in store. If there was any place I'd rather be, I'd be there.
weareconvo 14y ago
> It's a great company doing great products. And now, for the first time ever, they're a great company doing their OWN great products.

by guylhem 14y ago

sohailprasad 14y ago

Valid point, though I'm psyched to join Zynga. To clarify: I loved building Hiptype and building a startup from the ground up. I still believe in Hiptype's vision, but as we wrote in our post, "In the [...] world of start-ups, [...] being too early is the same as being wrong" (http://sohailprasad.com/what-we-learned http://sohailprasad.com/what-we-learned). When deciding what to do next, I realized that I didn't want to just "do another startup" for the sake of it. I wrote about elements of improving someone's everyday life because it's something I keep in mind for my endeavors in the future. I consider myself incredibly lucky to be able to join the RMG team at Zynga, and trust me, I'm really excited about what we have in store. If there was any place I'd rather be, I'd be there.

weareconvo 14y ago

> It's a great company doing great products. And now, for the first time ever, they're a great company doing their OWN great products.