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I wonder if they are essentially saying "since our stock is finished vesting over the last 2 years..." They might have wanted to leave for some time. edit: It's really close to the exact 2 year mark http://www.crunchbase.com/company/last-fm
I wonder if they are essentially saying "since our stock is finished vesting over the last 2 years..." They might have wanted to leave for some time. edit: It's really close to the exact 2 year mark http://www.crunchbase.com/company/last-fm
Didn't pg just say that being in a startup is like being repeatedly punched in the face, but being in a big company is like being waterboarded?
Joining a big company after your startup is acquired is a bit different dynamic. Maybe it can be likened to opium. I've never tried opium, nor sold a company.
But it must feel good, with obviously bad and brewing side effects.
I am not normally a conspiracy theorist, but the first thing that crossed my mind was the whole crappy drama with techcrunch. Have the founders discovered that there was a data leak - and, given their opinions on the matter - decided it better to quit than work with whoever made it happen? I hope not (edit: because I was rooting for last.fm, not because I want it to be true).
I would say that it is connected to the RIAA drama and CBS sending them user info. If they resigned because of that, then full props to them (they just owe TC one big apology).
If the data sharing with the RIAA did happen and they didn't resign - then shame on them.
I am not normally a conspiracy theorist, but the first thing that crossed my mind was the whole crappy drama with techcrunch. Have the founders discovered that there was a data leak - and, given their opinions on the matter - decided it better to quit than work with whoever made it happen? I hope not (edit: because I was rooting for last.fm, not because I want it to be true).
all 3 founders leave at the same time, only two years after being acquired? there is more to this than simply leaving to do other things. founders of sites like last.fm don't just let their babies go so easily, acquisition or not (think myspace, facebook, bebo, etc.) I would say that it is connected to the RIAA drama and CBS sending them user info. If they resigned because of that, then full props to them (they just…
That's how I see it, anyway.
7 years is a long time to have spent working on a single company.
I don't think there should be undue stigma or speculation when founders move on. The type of person who can cast a vision that brings a company to this point isn't always (or rarely is) the same person who will thrive on the task of maintaining a company once it reaches, or nearly reaches the founder's original vision for it. There is nothing wrong with finding the most opportune moment to bow out, provided you aren'…
That's a hard question to answer. Obviously it depends on what your goals were initially (build something, make some cash) and whether or not you've met them.
After building and selling a business what do you do next? Build another business and sell it? Or perhaps build a business, and keep on building it for the rest of your working days? Is that what twitter is up to? EV sold blogger a while back.