erland wrote: > Losing founders after an acquisition isn't that unusual, actually I > think this is very often the situation.
Its the norm. There are two big spots where the founders are often kicked out of the company. First is when the VCs give say 10 million bucks, and the results are not fast enough. The VCs say that they company needs "adult supervision" and bring in some MBAs. The founders stay a token length, and then are kicked to the curb. The second is when a big company acquires a small company. In this case, the founders are nearly always looking to cash out on years of 80 hour weeks. > - Real Touch hardware was leaked by some distributors before the > official announcement > > If this hadn't happened I suspect it would had been announced a lot > later than it was. Perhaps, one can only speculate. But any fair assessment has to say that the Touch launch was a disaster. Its already at least six months late. I'm sure Product Managers and other lead folks have been fired or prompted to Siberia. Its pretty clear that management screwed the pooch on this product. Its a great product, and I think will be a success. But clearly someone seriously underestimated the time and effort it would take to bring it to market. Which is why they are living in a hut in Siberia. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
