ITT: People no longer dazzled by innovative startups that promise to not go away any time soon, and that promise to change very old tech.
We're all being pessimists today and for a good reason. In the past several months alone, we've been hit by plenty of companies that trumpeted, "We're not here to get bought out!" and get bought out, and that say, "Now that we're bought out, nothing will change!" and everything changes.
Same goes with companies that try to fix age-old broken models, "We saw how fucked up [insert 20+ year old tech] was, so we fixed it!" but have either slow adoption rates, or hit brick walls when trying to solve the problems that age-old tech solved in a very messy way, or they hit the problem of not satisfying the "core necessary features" that seem to vary from individual to individual.
So, as far as this email platform goes I say, "Good luck!" and I hope it goes well but I won't be surprised if in five months I'll see a post-mortem of the company, or a "bought out" sign on their home page.
MIT in the title made me expect something free of VC strings. Picture me disappointed. Outcomes tend to match intentions. Money will lead us nowhere near the network we'd dreamt about. I'm tired of all those wannabe billionaires.
We're all being pessimists today and for a good reason. In the past several months alone, we've been hit by plenty of companies that trumpeted, "We're not here to get bought out!" and get bought out, and that say, "Now that we're bought out, nothing will change!" and everything changes.
Same goes with companies that try to fix age-old broken models, "We saw how fucked up [insert 20+ year old tech] was, so we fixed it!" but have either slow adoption rates, or hit brick walls when trying to solve the problems that age-old tech solved in a very messy way, or they hit the problem of not satisfying the "core necessary features" that seem to vary from individual to individual.
So, as far as this email platform goes I say, "Good luck!" and I hope it goes well but I won't be surprised if in five months I'll see a post-mortem of the company, or a "bought out" sign on their home page.