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Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by alex_c »

unohoo wrote: post #28
bradleyland wrote: post #14

"Not since Google have we seen this" I'm sorry, but this is the biggest line of bullshit I've seen in a while. Here's the thing: no one saw Google early on. Google happened, more or less, organically. They implemented a better algorithm and gained a lot of users by providing better results. Color appears to be Instagram + location awareness. Awesome. I can't wait to use it, but to call it "Google" is just ridiculous.…

Give the Sequoia guys the benefit of doubt. They probably have seen something more (related to the product) that the rest of us havent or might be privy to other features in the pipeline. Obviously, they're a bunch of smart people who have backed some of the biggest companies in the tech landscape. In short, dont be so hasty to judge.

I've been hearing that about Twitter for years now, and I'm still waiting.

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by phlux »

dstein wrote: post #5

working to build out the infrastructure necessary to manage photos and videos **from what it hopes** will be hundreds of millions of users. Emphasis mine. I especially like that part. They've been tricked by their investors that they've already succeeded. That they already have won the market for photosharing apps, yet all they have is a domain name, a crummy unfinished product and a lot of PR. How can they possibly…

They must be investing in the team!

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by dominostars »

bradleyland wrote: post #14

"Not since Google have we seen this" I'm sorry, but this is the biggest line of bullshit I've seen in a while. Here's the thing: no one saw Google early on. Google happened, more or less, organically. They implemented a better algorithm and gained a lot of users by providing better results. Color appears to be Instagram + location awareness. Awesome. I can't wait to use it, but to call it "Google" is just ridiculous.…

> if I'm 150' from someone, why not just walk over to them, snap a group photo, and post it to my Twitter/Facebook/Whatever

What if you're all at a concert taking pictures of the band and crowd? Or you're at the beach and many people are taking pictures of the same beautiful sunset? You now have access to multiple photos without having had to coordinate with the strangers around you.

It actually seems like a somewhat compelling tool for capturing events.

> Currently, there are 143 one & two-star reviews in the App Store. There are 49 four & five-star reviews.

My guess is a lot of angry geeks, since they're all who know about it so far.

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by gobongo »

bradleyland wrote: post #14

"Not since Google have we seen this" I'm sorry, but this is the biggest line of bullshit I've seen in a while. Here's the thing: no one saw Google early on. Google happened, more or less, organically. They implemented a better algorithm and gained a lot of users by providing better results. Color appears to be Instagram + location awareness. Awesome. I can't wait to use it, but to call it "Google" is just ridiculous.…

Not Since Google* Have We Seen This...

... Google Wave, that is

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Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by endtime »

rexf wrote: post #48

Am I missing something here or is there a typo? The first sentence says: > Color Labs Inc. founder Bill Nguyen visited the Dow Jones office in New York last week to talk about a big new idea backed by a $14 million round of funding. Later, the story says: > With Sequoia’s $25 million, $9 million from Bain Capital and $7 million in venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank, Color has closed a $41 million round of Series A…

It was going to be 14, then it became 16 + 25 = 41.

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by Cossolus »

dave1619 wrote: post #44
URSpider94 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, but this is really terrible logic. I have first-hand experience with watching VC's pour literally hundreds of millions of dollars into a company that I was certain was never going to make it (and which has since been sold off for pennies on the dollar). All along, people kept arguing that I must be missing something, because people wouldn't invest that kind of money unless success was assured.

I'm not saying that the "good reason" will result in a proven product. I'm just saying in their perspective they have good reason to spend that amount of money. And also it's Sequoia and they're not stupid.

There's a name for "good reasons" that don't result in proven product. They're called "bad reasons".

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by dzlobin »

dominostars wrote: post #53
bradleyland wrote: post #14

"Not since Google have we seen this" I'm sorry, but this is the biggest line of bullshit I've seen in a while. Here's the thing: no one saw Google early on. Google happened, more or less, organically. They implemented a better algorithm and gained a lot of users by providing better results. Color appears to be Instagram + location awareness. Awesome. I can't wait to use it, but to call it "Google" is just ridiculous.…

> if I'm 150' from someone, why not just walk over to them, snap a group photo, and post it to my Twitter/Facebook/Whatever What if you're all at a concert taking pictures of the band and crowd? Or you're at the beach and many people are taking pictures of the same beautiful sunset? You now have access to multiple photos without having had to coordinate with the strangers around you. It actually seems like a somewhat…

>My guess is a lot of angry geeks, since they're all who know about it so far.

Actually I think it's the fact that the app seems to be a buggy POS according to a large number if people. I think there are a lot of people in the startup/geek world who aren't happy with the extremely high valuation and the all the hoopla around them, but I doubt they would sabotage their app rating intentionally.

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by haploid »

Reminds me of the pre-IPO dog and pony shows I experienced in 1999 when series 1 and 2 investors would tell mezzanine investors that "This is bigger than electricity, bigger than the railroads" with a straight face.

Sequoia is just talking their book to the greater fool. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by edge17 »

alex_c wrote: post #51
unohoo wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give the Sequoia guys the benefit of doubt. They probably have seen something more (related to the product) that the rest of us havent or might be privy to other features in the pipeline. Obviously, they're a bunch of smart people who have backed some of the biggest companies in the tech landscape. In short, dont be so hasty to judge.

I've been hearing that about Twitter for years now, and I'm still waiting.

twitter is internet plumbing. it doesn't matter if it makes money, it drives ridiculous amounts of ancillary commerce. There's plenty of people that are willing to pay money to keep it alive because it serves their business. Infrastructure tends to be money losing businesses when they start; think youtube and more recently, facebook.
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