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Pownce, Convore, Grove, all shared similar fates, I think its more indicative of the founder not the business.

• iloveponies 14y ago
  Personal opinions of said founder aside, all three were bringing arguably trivial products to market where there already was a large presence of two or more players dominating (Twitter/Facebook/status.net for Pownce, HipChat/Campfire for Grove) and with a lack of game-changing innovation to separate them. Makes less sense to blame the people, rather than lay blame to what they did (or did not) do.
  • dsl 14y ago
    > bringing arguably trivial products to market ... with a lack of game-changing innovation to separate them. It sounds to me like you are judging the founder. Not that I would disagree with you. Don't get me wrong, I think Leah is awesome. She just builds up companies for soft landings/aquihires and pockets some money along the way. There is no reason a viable company couldn't exist on the grove model.
• jakerocheleau 14y ago
  I did enjoy Pownce back in the day. It worked and I loved the ease of connecting files with certain people. But I think my bias was greatly attributed to adoring their funky layout design: http://www.bomega.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/pownce.png http://www.bomega.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/pownce.png