Waze Co-Founder Skips Google to Try Startup World Again

philip1209 wrote: post #3

Tloewald wrote: post #2

A little more than [the customary] six months, but not much.

Are golden handcuffs not typical at that deal size?

2-4 years is standard. I bet he left a lot of cash on the table.

Re: Waze Co-Founder Skips Google to Try Startup World Again

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Post by coreymgilmore » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

The guy has drive, can't doubt that.

Re: Waze Co-Founder Skips Google to Try Startup World Again

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Post by jack-r-abbit » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 4:37 PM UTC

That article has four links to other articles but not a link to the company it is profiling. I hate when they do that.

https://www.feex.com/

Re: Waze Co-Founder Skips Google to Try Startup World Again

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Post by d0ugie » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

Has Google done anything with Waze other than buy it, or with Google Maps, incorporating some Waze treats? Haven't seen any noteworthy changes to either Waze or Google Maps that one might have (optimistically) expected as becoming both feasible and worthwhile from the deal.

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Post by Scaevolus » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

d0ugie wrote: post #7

Has Google done anything with Waze other than buy it, or with Google Maps, incorporating some Waze treats? Haven't seen any noteworthy changes to either Waze or Google Maps that one might have (optimistically) expected as becoming both feasible and worthwhile from the deal.

Yes, Google Maps now includes realtime traffic updates based on the Waze app.

Re: Waze Co-Founder Skips Google to Try Startup World Again

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

d0ugie wrote: post #7

Has Google done anything with Waze other than buy it, or with Google Maps, incorporating some Waze treats? Haven't seen any noteworthy changes to either Waze or Google Maps that one might have (optimistically) expected as becoming both feasible and worthwhile from the deal.

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Re: Waze Co-Founder Skips Google to Try Startup World Again

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Post by oznathan » Tue, Mar 25, 2014, 5:12 PM UTC

They did a successful pilot in Israel this past year. A lot of people use them and saved significant amounts of money. They use the Waze founder for PR but he is not the real story, the service is.