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funny, in the old school economy this would be a failure. oh crap, i couldn't run my company, the business i have built. i have failed my employees, my vision,
by pinaceae 13y ago
funny, in the old school economy this would be a failure.
oh crap, i couldn't run my company, the business i have built. i have failed my employees, my vision, my customers. all for naught, i got swallowed and now i am an employee.
but in web/tech bubble? hooray, i flipped this shit for cash. so long suckas.
- hga 13y agoOne caveat to this is with the closing of the IPO exit, one either has to be very successful or get acquired to exit. And your investors could be demanding some sort of exit, they're generally not in the game for your employees, vision or customers. Arranging and exit for investors or founders can be extremely hard; I watched my father do that several times in the period when IPOs were still possible.
- ivanca 13y agoThis is a failure; is a net negative for their users, those were numerically more than the engineers. But the HN is crowed with the later plus short-term big profits are pompously celebrated by the vapid american culture (and media).
- outworlder 13y agoCan I add this as a quote to my email signature? :)