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"Mint founder and CEO Aaron Patzer [...] is now in charge of not only Mint.com, but also all of Quicken’s online and desktop products." This is the best thing

by txxxxd 17y ago

"Mint founder and CEO Aaron Patzer [...] is now in charge of not only Mint.com, but also all of Quicken’s online and desktop products." This is the best thing I've heard about the acquisition.

wmf 17y ago
Yep, it turns out that he "sold out" the same way Jobs "sold out" NeXT to Apple.
- brown9-2 17y ago
  Sold up?
  - vaksel 17y ago
    traded up.
  - ZeroGravitas 17y ago
    Sold in?
- rbranson 17y ago
  So I guess 37Signals was wrong after all ;)
  - vincentchan 17y ago
    We always know that Aaron will be in charge of all of Quicken’s online and desktop products in the original deal. Why the surprise? While I respect Aaron's decision, I think Jason just wants to point out we have lost the Scott Cook, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs of our generation because of this deal. 10 years later, will you still remember a general manager inside Intuit? Or will someone write a book about a general manager inside a corporation? We will forget about him very soon. In Jim Collins' words, leading entrepreneurs defined success on a very big scale. Their ambitions are huge. I don't think Aaron has done anything wrong. But as a young entrepreneur, we just lost someone who we can look up to. Also, Steve Jobs returned to Apple to be CEO but not a general manager of a department. Give you another point of view here. CEO of Redfin also agrees with what Jason Fried said. See the link below: http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2009/10/honey_i_shrunk_the_startups_part_ii.html http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2009/10/honey_i_shrunk_the_start...
    - jkincaid 17y ago
      Jobs didn't return to be CEO. He was an advisor for a while, then was appointed interim CEO (which he apparently was only expected to be for a few months). http://www.apple.com/ca/press/1997/09/InterimCEO.html http://www.apple.com/ca/press/1997/09/InterimCEO.html
    - felipe 17y ago
      Aaron Patzer the "Steve Jobs of our generation" -- Are you serious??????
    - rbranson 17y ago
      We didn't LOSE anything. There's a very real possibility that if Aaron ends up turning Intuit around, he could take the helm and start driving some really great, innovative products.

by txxxxd 17y ago

"Mint founder and CEO Aaron Patzer [...] is now in charge of not only Mint.com, but also all of Quicken’s online and desktop products." This is the best thing I've heard about the acquisition.

wmf 17y ago

Yep, it turns out that he "sold out" the same way Jobs "sold out" NeXT to Apple.

brown9-2 17y ago
Sold up?
- vaksel 17y ago
  traded up.
- ZeroGravitas 17y ago
  Sold in?
rbranson 17y ago
So I guess 37Signals was wrong after all ;)
- vincentchan 17y ago
  We always know that Aaron will be in charge of all of Quicken’s online and desktop products in the original deal. Why the surprise? While I respect Aaron's decision, I think Jason just wants to point out we have lost the Scott Cook, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs of our generation because of this deal. 10 years later, will you still remember a general manager inside Intuit? Or will someone write a book about a general manager inside a corporation? We will forget about him very soon. In Jim Collins' words, leading entrepreneurs defined success on a very big scale. Their ambitions are huge. I don't think Aaron has done anything wrong. But as a young entrepreneur, we just lost someone who we can look up to. Also, Steve Jobs returned to Apple to be CEO but not a general manager of a department. Give you another point of view here. CEO of Redfin also agrees with what Jason Fried said. See the link below: http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2009/10/honey_i_shrunk_the_startups_part_ii.html http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2009/10/honey_i_shrunk_the_start...
  - jkincaid 17y ago
    Jobs didn't return to be CEO. He was an advisor for a while, then was appointed interim CEO (which he apparently was only expected to be for a few months). http://www.apple.com/ca/press/1997/09/InterimCEO.html http://www.apple.com/ca/press/1997/09/InterimCEO.html
  - felipe 17y ago
    Aaron Patzer the "Steve Jobs of our generation" -- Are you serious??????
  - rbranson 17y ago
    We didn't LOSE anything. There's a very real possibility that if Aaron ends up turning Intuit around, he could take the helm and start driving some really great, innovative products.