Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

#1

Post by yukichan » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:04 PM UTC

Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)
hackpad.com

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

#2

Post by bitsweet » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

Hackpad is pretty awesome. Glad it will still be running after the acquisition. Congrats Alex & Igor

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

#3

Post by orik » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:16 PM UTC

Hackpad and Loom? Dropbox is on a bit of a feeding frenzy.

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

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Post by rattray » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:32 PM UTC

I think this makes a lot of sense for Dropbox. Documents are moving online, which means people won't need Dropbox for them.

I have a half-written blog post from months ago on why Dropbox should by Quip for this reason - they should be trying to leapfrog Google Docs to stay competitive.

Best of luck to the team!

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

#5

Post by jdp23 » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:35 PM UTC

Congrats Alex and Igore, Hackpad is really impressive. Great move by Dropbox.

What's the state of the opensource alternatives? Etherpad development seems to have plateaued a while ago.

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

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Post by ihuman » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

orik wrote: post #3

Hackpad and Loom? Dropbox is on a bit of a feeding frenzy.

At least Hackpad is staying open (for now). Loom is no longer allowing new signups, and is shutting down completely next month.

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

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Post by 0x006A » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:52 PM UTC

jdp23 wrote: post #5

Congrats Alex and Igore, Hackpad is really impressive. Great move by Dropbox. What's the state of the opensource alternatives? Etherpad development seems to have plateaued a while ago.

What features are missing in Etherpad for you?

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

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Post by amykhar » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

Just a little side note. I really wish people would give an overview of what their service is or does in press releases like this. Quite often, I see 'Facebook bought x' or 'Dropbox bought y' and I click to see what it is, and if I would want to use it. More often than not, there's no little blurb that lets me know what their product even does.

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

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Post by xianshou » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

Acquihires are pretty much the default hiring method these days, so "victory" now requires keeping the product active after acquisition.

A toast, then, to Hackpad. Well done.

Re: Dropbox acquires Hackpad (YC W12)

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Post by ChuckMcM » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

One of those 'no brainer' moves, glad to see it got done. Love the irony of a YC exit as an acquisition by a YC company :-) Congratulations, hackpad is an awesome product and the combination with Dropbox has excellent potential.