Why did we sell Dapper to Yahoo?

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by lid • 16 years ago

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pt• 16 years ago

"While I don't care much for the bi-weekly Arrington Yahoo bashing..."

So true...

sinamdar• 16 years ago

"...for an undisclosed sum that someone will probably leak to Kara Swisher in a day or two." I was hoping you would trump the leak and let the cat out of the bag yourself on the exit.

staunch• 16 years ago

He almost certainly signed an agreement that prevents him from disclosing that kind of information.

nobody_nowhere2• 16 years ago

"at Dapper, we ship daily. Inside Yahoo, this may change somewhat"

Understatement of the week. Best wishes, but don't expect to remain nimble! When they come to talk about the billing system integration and cutover, run for the hills!!

joshu2• 16 years ago

Delicious went from weekly shipping to annually...

nobody_nowhere2• 16 years ago

Well, yahoo's money is green. I'd take it. But after my last acquisition experience (a similarly challenged very large company) I'd worry about my sanity working somewhere like that. And my liver.

revorad• 16 years ago

This really does bother me. I understand selling your startup to a big company can give you life-changing money.

But still, where does all that passion with which you "made something people want" disappear? How can you move on and not think about how your users will be screwed?

I'm honestly asking. I haven't seen any "successful" startup person talk about this.

Why did we sell Dapper to Yahoo?

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