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Bill Seitz is a Product Manager/CTO with a track-record of bringing a business perspective to building agile product-development teams for start-ups, and is seeking a senior role in an entrepreneurial organization building disruptive Internet-driven products.
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Jan 1, 2009 6:57 am |
Fred Wilson thinks that both the IPO and MAndA markets for web StartUp-s is softening. We had quite a few companies in our portfolio weather the storm from 2000 to 2004. The ones who did were in it for more than the quick flip (Built To Flip). I think it's time to do that same gut check again.
Related, he notes There's another reason why I don't think a purchase of YaHoo! makes much sense for Micro Soft. I suspect that many of Yahoo!'s best services will languish under Microsoft's ownership and that users will leave. It's happening already under Yahoo!'s ownership to services like FlickR and Del Icio Us and [My Blog Log]. It will be worse under Microsoft's ownership. Web services don't get better under the ownership of big companies. They get worse.* He recommends that YaHoo do a [BreakUp].
[Eric Marcoullier] of [My Blog Log] recommends Figure out exactly how much money you would need never to improve your product again. If they offer you that much, take it and don't bitch when you never get to improve your product again. Otherwise, keep your head down and build.
Then what's the Exit Plan for a StartUp? Who's making sustainable operating revenue? I Commented.
Bill Seitz, fluxent at gmail dot com, Weblog