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If they don't think that Light Table is going to be profitable for them as a company long term then yes, that's a problem with the current product/strategy. You
by colbyh 12y ago
If they don't think that Light Table is going to be profitable for them as a company long term then yes, that's a problem with the current product/strategy. You're making a lot of assumptions about what the company can or can't do when the writing seems to be on the wall - They didn't feel comfortable moving forward with Light Table as a business so they are moving into a space with similar goals but (hopefully) a much larger opportunity.
It's a company full of smart people backed by smart investors, if there was a way to make LT work at scale I'm sure they would still be working on it.
- dr34dl0ck 12y agoThey didn't "feel comfortable"? Is that all? Stated so dispassionately, it would be breathlessly easy to say. But I know the expectation and the agita that belie. I was taught that when someone gives you even one dollar in consideration of something that you've promised, that taking the money is tantamount to an oath. Light Table essentially proves the lie, since it is pretty far from the video. From where I sit, Chris and his team broke their oath and I won't be burned twice. If Andreesen Horowitz believe that computing can be revolutionized for $2.3M, it's their cash to burn. Not surprised at all that they didn't turn to Kickstarter for funding. The word is out.