On the fate of entrepreneurships

Thursday 22 June 2006 — This is over 18 years old. Be careful.

I was IM’ing with a friend, and we were discussing the variety of outcomes for small tech companies. I typed something mundane, but a slip of the fingers left out a space, making it pithier than I intended:

It’s hard to know where a startup will endup.

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Bob 8:30 PM on 22 Jun 2006
I know a couple of companies you might call "neverendups". They've been around for a while and can't be qualified as startups any longer. They enter a phase where they've got a few customers. Usually this is after the VC-funded startup has collapsed after building a product. Massive layoffs, new management, much smaller company. Their meager revenues pay the bills and keeps a few developers employed. The prospect of ever becoming successful by this point is virtually nil.
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Damien Katz 8:00 AM on 24 Jun 2006
"Their meager revenues pay the bills and keeps a few developers employed."

Sounds like success to me.
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Bob 7:14 PM on 26 Jun 2006
Not successful in the sense of the original venture. Lots of people join startups with visions of success and potential riches. To go from that vision to subsistence living isn't for everyone.

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