Comments on: Startups Craving to be Acquired… A Big Mistake? http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html A unique perspective of the Web and social media... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:15:04 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Great Reading for Startup Founders/Entrepreneurs | Afrinnovator.com http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-13465 Great Reading for Startup Founders/Entrepreneurs | Afrinnovator.com Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:57:12 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-13465 [...] reaching Facebook-level success or being acquired by a company like Google – which can be a misconception); well grand dreams are all well and good, but what really gets you there? In between founding and [...] [...] reaching Facebook-level success or being acquired by a company like Google – which can be a misconception); well grand dreams are all well and good, but what really gets you there? In between founding and [...]

]]> By: JohnLusher http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-12470 JohnLusher Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:16:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-12470 Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?<br><br>I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money. Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?

I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money.

]]> By: JohnLusher http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1403 JohnLusher Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:16:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1403 Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?<br><br>I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money. Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?

I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money.

]]> By: JohnLusher http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1459 JohnLusher Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:16:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1459 Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?<br><br>I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money. Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?

I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money.

]]> By: JohnLusher http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-10920 JohnLusher Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:16:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-10920 Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?<br><br>I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money. Very good post and good comments. If you have an idea and start a company because you believe so strongly in the idea or the product; why would you want to sell it? The easy answer is money of course; but does that mean you do not believe in the idea? Not necessarily, but I am not sure it is the the best focus. If a start up is only focused on the money, are the producing the best product?

I think most people that develop a start up do it because they believe so strongly in the product or the idea or the money.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1307 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:49 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1307 Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in. Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1314 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:49 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1314 Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in. Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1321 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:49 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1321 Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in. Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1328 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:49 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1328 Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in. Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1458 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:49 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1458 Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in. Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-10919 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:49 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-10919 Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in. Amer, while there is nothing wrong with parntering with anyone, and yes a creative department is essential these days, the idea being able to grow better in other peoples mind here can be taken on a bigger scale i.e. corporate one. Every corporate have its own identity, procedures and way of working. Sometime ideas can work better in other corporations than the one it came out in.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1305 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1305 Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas. Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1312 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1312 Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas. Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1319 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1319 Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas. Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1326 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1326 Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas. Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1456 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1456 Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas. Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-10917 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:57:03 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-10917 Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas. Autom, I think the mistake is being eager to be acquired from the start. I think this blind-sights the business owners from the true potential of their ideas.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1304 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1304 Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.<br><br>While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions. Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.

While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1313 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1313 Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.<br><br>While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions. Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.

While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1320 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1320 Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.<br><br>While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions. Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.

While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1327 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1327 Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.<br><br>While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions. Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.

While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1457 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1457 Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.<br><br>While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions. Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.

While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions.

]]> By: Amer Kawar http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-10918 Amer Kawar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:55:39 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-10918 Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.<br><br>While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions. Autom, Fadi, I agree. Things are nearly never just black or white, especially in the ideas business we're in. You are never 100% sure that this idea is a gold mine, until it is.

While ideas developing better in other peoples minds might be true, as Fadi mentioned, I do not think that the only way to have that is by being acquired! What's wrong with having a creative department? Or having an Ex-Googler/ Ex-Yahooer as a partner? From my point of view, it's even enough to have a good partner working with you in an open-source development environment to come up with great new ideas and directions.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1303 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1303 Hey atuom, good to see you here :) <br><br>The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him - or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook. Hey atuom, good to see you here :)

The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him – or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1311 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1311 Hey atuom, good to see you here :) <br><br>The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him - or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook. Hey atuom, good to see you here :)

The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him – or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1318 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1318 Hey atuom, good to see you here :) <br><br>The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him - or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook. Hey atuom, good to see you here :)

The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him – or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1325 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1325 Hey atuom, good to see you here :) <br><br>The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him - or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook. Hey atuom, good to see you here :)

The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him – or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1455 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1455 Hey atuom, good to see you here :) <br><br>The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him - or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook. Hey atuom, good to see you here :)

The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him – or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-10916 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:23 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-10916 Hey atuom, good to see you here :) <br><br>The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him - or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook. Hey atuom, good to see you here :)

The mistake would be if they couldn't estimate the potential of what they have in hand and sold it out for some easy money. I think that is where Beirut is coming from. That would have been the case if Mark Zuckerberg sold facebook as she mentioned, but I am sure that not everyone is lucky as him – or maybe to rephrase it better, not everyone has the same product with such potential as facebook.

]]> By: autom http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1302 autom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:46:54 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1302 Hey Fadi - I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that "little engine that could and now hordes" like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.<br><br>Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. - A Hey Fadi – I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that “little engine that could and now hordes” like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.

Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. – A

]]> By: autom http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1310 autom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:46:54 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1310 Hey Fadi - I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that "little engine that could and now hordes" like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.<br><br>Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. - A Hey Fadi – I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that “little engine that could and now hordes” like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.

Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. – A

]]> By: autom http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1317 autom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:46:54 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1317 Hey Fadi - I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that "little engine that could and now hordes" like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.<br><br>Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. - A Hey Fadi – I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that “little engine that could and now hordes” like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.

Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. – A

]]> By: autom http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1324 autom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:46:54 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1324 Hey Fadi - I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that "little engine that could and now hordes" like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.<br><br>Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. - A Hey Fadi – I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that “little engine that could and now hordes” like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.

Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. – A

]]> By: autom http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1454 autom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:46:54 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1454 Hey Fadi - I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that "little engine that could and now hordes" like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.<br><br>Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. - A Hey Fadi – I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that “little engine that could and now hordes” like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.

Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. – A

]]> By: autom http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-10915 autom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:46:54 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-10915 Hey Fadi - I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that "little engine that could and now hordes" like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.<br><br>Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. - A Hey Fadi – I see where you are coming from with your point. And I am not suggesting that start-ups are ever a black and white scenario. However, based on what I've seen and experiences from colleagues who've done start-ups, I've noticed that their beginnings are conceptually leading-edge and certainly worthy of perservance. And depending on how one manages the start-up (especially on how investor relations are managed) the ideal goal is certainly to see it through be that “little engine that could and now hordes” like Google [sorry, couldn't resist but that's a phrase I coined on another blog post re: fostering healthy competition in the search engine market] But to get back on point, yes, it's never a black and white scenario and all the power to the SU who succeeds. Is it a mistake for eager ones to want to be acquired? I dont know if it can be called a mistake, if that's what they intended to do in the first place.

Whoa. Nice dialogue. Haven't ranted like this in a while. Trust you're well. – A

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1301 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:34:42 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1301 I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not. <br><br>The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says "Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up". I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work. I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not.

The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says “Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up”. I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1309 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:34:42 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1309 I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not. <br><br>The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says "Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up". I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work. I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not.

The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says “Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up”. I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1316 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:34:42 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1316 I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not. <br><br>The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says "Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up". I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work. I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not.

The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says “Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up”. I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1323 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:34:42 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1323 I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not. <br><br>The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says "Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up". I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work. I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not.

The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says “Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up”. I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work.

]]> By: FadiPick http://blog.thoughtpick.com/2009/06/startups-craving-to-be-acquired-a-big-mistake.html/comment-page-1#comment-1453 FadiPick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:34:42 +0000 http://blog.thoughtpick.com/?p=1037#comment-1453 I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not. <br><br>The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says "Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up". I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work. I don't think that this is a black and white situation. I mean people usually come up with new ideas and work on their startup companies with different visions in their minds. Sometimes they get a very valuable offer that would make selling it out a wise choice, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes a company would work better after acquisition and sometimes not.

The other day I read this nice quote in the idea book I have next to my bed. It says “Ideas grow better in the heads of other people than in the ones they sprang up”. I find it so true. Some people are better at coming up with ideas and some other people are better in making them work.

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