Comments on: Not Every Acquisition Is YouTube – DodgeBall Founders Quit, and Not Quietly http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/04/not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Feinkost http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/04/not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly.php#comment-10848 Feinkost Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:39:43 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/04/not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly.php#comment-10848 <p>All people I know who have sold their "ideas" became really unhappy after a while. It might be the same feeling that parents have while leaving their kids with somebody else - nobody will care about them as good as they themselves.<br /> If you expect anything other it´s an illusion - so better don´t sell your idea!</p> All people I know who have sold their “ideas” became really unhappy after a while. It might be the same feeling that parents have while leaving their kids with somebody else – nobody will care about them as good as they themselves.
If you expect anything other it´s an illusion – so better don´t sell your idea!

]]> By: Hiroko http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/04/not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly.php#comment-10847 Hiroko Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:36:06 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/04/not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly.php#comment-10847 <p>Another tipping point: when you complain that other people aren't working hard enough on your project. Funny how other Google acquisitions (Writely, Sketchup, Keyhole, etc.) don't seem to have this problem. Maybe dodgeball made a better demo than it did a product?<br /> </p> Another tipping point: when you complain that other people aren’t working hard enough on your project. Funny how other Google acquisitions (Writely, Sketchup, Keyhole, etc.) don’t seem to have this problem. Maybe dodgeball made a better demo than it did a product?

]]> By: Evan Rudowski http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/04/not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly.php#comment-10846 Evan Rudowski Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:48:44 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2007/04/not_every_acquisition_is_youtube_-_dodgeball_founders_quit_and_not_quietly.php#comment-10846 <p>Tipping point: When it becomes cooler to leave a company than to stay there.</p> <p>Kind regards,<br /> Evan Rudowski<br /> www.subhub.com</p> Tipping point: When it becomes cooler to leave a company than to stay there.

Kind regards,
Evan Rudowski
http://www.subhub.com

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