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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 dec
by 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 agoJobs 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 agoAaron Patzer the "Steve Jobs of our generation" -- Are you serious??????
- rbranson 17y agoWe 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.