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> quite the competition. Understatement of the century. However, I see it as great news for you. If you're far along enough, and this proves to be something pe
by philtar 11y ago
> quite the competition.
Understatement of the century. However, I see it as great news for you. If you're far along enough, and this proves to be something people want, you're a shoo-in for a buyout. Good luck and keep up updated.
- kuschku 11y agoBut – as shocking as this might be for some people here – a buyout might be not what people strive for. Some people just want to have their own small company, thinking more long term. Others want to actually improve the world.
- 27182818284 11y agoEh. I mean yeah there are companies designed from the ground up to be bought out in just a couple years, yes, but there isn't anything wrong with doing great work and getting bought out by people improving the world too, right? It seems like in that case you're both trying to "improve the world" and you're teaming up. In a recent episode of Silicon Valley, the billionaire president of a company said to his employees "I don't want to live in a world where someone else makes the world a better place, better than we do."
- ZoF 11y agoAiming for a buyout doesn't mean you don't also want to improve the world. Your tone is pretty offensive. It would shock almost no one on this site that someone would like to build their own business without an aim to sell it or that someone would have philanthropic life-goals in general. Many business owners who are bought out turn to philanthropic pursuits now that they've become fiscally stable.
- kuschku 11y agoMy tone is aggressive because someone was working on a project, a larger company picks up the same idea, and the first suggestion is to give up completely, and accept to be bought out. Instead of considering any of the other options, or that the small company could actually compete with the larger company (hint: Google doesn’t operate most of their services outside of the US at all), the only real suggestion is "you’re in for a buy-out".
- pizza 11y agoGP doesn't want to improve the world via philanthropic pursuits - they want to improve it by offering an alternative via something they've built. With that in mind, it seems that the suggestion that a buyout by the competition would be a better way to improve the world via (non-thought-out) philanthropy is itself a somewhat offensive suggestion.
- pyre 11y agoThis is true, but when one if that competition is too great, it might be a viable exit strategy to consider (rather than just closing up shop).