Comments on: Google: “You gonna eat that? [chomp]“ http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/ we're here, we're geeks, get used to it Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Geeks in Boston » Kiko for sale — on eBay http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Geeks in Boston » Kiko for sale — on eBay Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:20:55 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/#comment-95 [...] Local Y-Combinator startup Kiko is up for sale on eBay.  Having made fun of calendaring apps in the past, this isn’t exactly shocking, and you have to respect the Kiko founders’ willingness to let go.  For sale is the domain name, the web hosting account, and all Kiko intellectual property including the software; as well as the option to buy a week of consulting time from the founders for $1500. Now the big question is whether it’ll sell.  Most of the recent, smaller tech acquisitions seem to be thinly veiled signing bonuses.  Perhaps owning upcoming.org isn’t that important to Yahoo! — they could rebuild it in a few weeks — but it is a sign of hiring a highly competent person.  As alternative to recruiters that charge $7000 per hire, an acquisition that binds a small group of people to your company for 3-5 years while their stock vests could easily be worth several tens of thousands.  But without the option to acquire the Kiko team, I’m not sure who would buy their domain and software. [...] [...] Local Y-Combinator startup Kiko is up for sale on eBay.  Having made fun of calendaring apps in the past, this isn’t exactly shocking, and you have to respect the Kiko founders’ willingness to let go.  For sale is the domain name, the web hosting account, and all Kiko intellectual property including the software; as well as the option to buy a week of consulting time from the founders for $1500. Now the big question is whether it’ll sell.  Most of the recent, smaller tech acquisitions seem to be thinly veiled signing bonuses.  Perhaps owning upcoming.org isn’t that important to Yahoo! — they could rebuild it in a few weeks — but it is a sign of hiring a highly competent person.  As alternative to recruiters that charge $7000 per hire, an acquisition that binds a small group of people to your company for 3-5 years while their stock vests could easily be worth several tens of thousands.  But without the option to acquire the Kiko team, I’m not sure who would buy their domain and software. [...]

]]> By: Jim http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jim Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:03:22 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/#comment-35 How about if google comes up with a search engine that finds what I am actually looking for instead of 100 links to unrelated sites that just slipped google cash!!! Since the IPO I have found the site useless. Yahoo is getting as bad. How about if google comes up with a search engine that finds what I am actually looking for instead of 100 links to unrelated sites that just slipped google cash!!! Since the IPO I have found the site useless. Yahoo is getting as bad.

]]> By: Nacho Coordinator http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Nacho Coordinator Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:39:05 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/#comment-31 The other side is that the Big Company does all the marketing to convince people that there is a need for Product A, then the nimble competitor comes in with a better implementation and *BANG* profit! :) The other side is that the Big Company does all the marketing to convince people that there is a need for Product A, then the nimble competitor comes in with a better implementation and *BANG* profit! :)

]]> By: Margaret Olson http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Margaret Olson Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:29:59 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/06/google-you-gonna-eat-that-chomp/#comment-29 Once upon a time people went into a panic when Microsoft entered a market. But the Microsoft entering a market was not the kiss of death for a desktop app - Intuit (taxes, quickbooks) being of course the stand out example but there were many others. It takes more than just a great product to out compete an elephant but if not impossible. If anything, Google's Microsoft obession is likely to be their undoing. This is one area where I'm in agreement with <a href="http://www.internetoutsider.com/2006/06/let_me_begin_by.html" rel="nofollow"> Henry Blodget</a> Once upon a time people went into a panic when Microsoft entered a market. But the Microsoft entering a market was not the kiss of death for a desktop app – Intuit (taxes, quickbooks) being of course the stand out example but there were many others.

It takes more than just a great product to out compete an elephant but if not impossible.

If anything, Google’s Microsoft obession is likely to be their undoing. This is one area where I’m in agreement with
Henry Blodget

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