Comments on: TokBox Lowers the Boom on Engineers, Founder Exits http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Arbiter http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/#comment-970232 Arbiter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:14:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58093#comment-970232 <p>Yes, add Tokbox to the deadpool.</p> <p>This clearly isn't going to get a super-duper exit, heck, that should've been clear from the start.</p> <p>The fire engineers are probably better off in a company that actually has a future.</p> Yes, add Tokbox to the deadpool.

This clearly isn’t going to get a super-duper exit, heck, that should’ve been clear from the start.

The fire engineers are probably better off in a company that actually has a future.

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]]> By: Out of the Box | The Web Laureate http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/#comment-958706 Out of the Box | The Web Laureate Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:00:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58093#comment-958706 <p>[...] future’s hold, tenuous, at best, the new people, new ideas, the test, many so now have gone without, from this box so pours fresh [...]</p> [...] future’s hold, tenuous, at best, the new people, new ideas, the test, many so now have gone without, from this box so pours fresh [...]

]]> By: Spend More Time on Strategy than the Technology - ChurchCrunch http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/#comment-958621 Spend More Time on Strategy than the Technology - ChurchCrunch Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:28:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58093#comment-958621 <p>[...] and initiatives but with recent news that they’ve laid off 50% of their engineering staff (about 30% of their total staff) and the fact that all of the founders have left the company is a kick-in-the-groin type of [...]</p> [...] and initiatives but with recent news that they’ve laid off 50% of their engineering staff (about 30% of their total staff) and the fact that all of the founders have left the company is a kick-in-the-groin type of [...]

]]> By: rick http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/#comment-958537 rick Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:20:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58093#comment-958537 <p>1) he said "if" it is not that it is and 2) You don't fire 6 engineers and recruit replacements if you think the technology is rocking (unless you intend to utilize very different skillsets in the same positions - in which case you could have laid them off and eliminated THOSE positions, creating others).</p> 1) he said “if” it is not that it is and 2) You don’t fire 6 engineers and recruit replacements if you think the technology is rocking (unless you intend to utilize very different skillsets in the same positions – in which case you could have laid them off and eliminated THOSE positions, creating others).

]]> By: SSA http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/#comment-958520 SSA Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:36:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58093#comment-958520 <p>Hank: Specifically why do you think their technology is screwed up?</p> Hank: Specifically why do you think their technology is screwed up?

]]> By: jenkins http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/#comment-958498 jenkins Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:41:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58093#comment-958498 <p>this is total spin. add them to the deadpool!</p> this is total spin. add them to the deadpool!

]]> By: Hank http://gigaom.com/2009/07/09/startup-tokbox-lowers-the-boom-on-engineers-following-founder-exit/#comment-958490 Hank Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:47:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58093#comment-958490 <p>Nothing personal, but, an engineer becoming CEO is not a good move. Sorry! Unless, of course he is interim because their technology is so screwed up.</p> Nothing personal, but, an engineer becoming CEO is not a good move. Sorry! Unless, of course he is interim because their technology is so screwed up.

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