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At this point, I feel like so many of these startups get acquired and shut down their existing services. What incentive do I have to invest myself in a new set
by mkaziz 12y ago
At this point, I feel like so many of these startups get acquired and shut down their existing services. What incentive do I have to invest myself in a new set of services that are only going to be shut down as soon as the company is hired?
- galvan 12y agoYeah, it really bothers me. Part of it feels like a betrayal to the users - whom, without them, the company would have never gotten to a position where it could be acquired. It's just get bought, shut down, "thank you for being a part of our adventure"[0]. [0] For a somewhat snarky take on this, http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
- gohrt 12y agoYou have an incentive to enjoy any short-term benefits the product provides. Have you been investing yourself?
- dudus 12y agoAren't the high valuations in cash and stocks enough incentive?
- boomzilla 12y agoI think parent was talking from end users' perspectives. They will be conditioned to not wanting to try out a new service or new app as even if they can get some value from the service/app now, there is no guarantee they will have that value next year (or months in the current climate). I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. As users become more skeptical with the new shiny services, it'll be harder to acquire users. And it'll be an advantage for the "real" startups with real users and real revenue.
- mkaziz 12y agoThanks for clarifying, I was talking from the end users' perspective. You have an interesting point, but I contend that real start-ups with real users/revenue also get acquired/shutdown often enough that that's not really going to be a distinguishing factor.
- voxic11 12y agoYeah, the internet has never been the same since youtube got shut down.