Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr...
by jasode on Sunday June 30, 2019 @07:38PM
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To add to the sibling comment (noname120), this is what Joel Spolsky said back in 2010 when raising money:
>Joel Spolsky: "Most of the goal of raising VC would be to create, partner with, and/or buy StackOverflow-like communities for other fields." -- from
https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/39565
So 2019's intensified advertisement for enterprise sales of StackOverflow Teams looks aligned with what JS said back in 2010. I also see that Crunchbase lists subsequent funding rounds in 2011,2013,2015. I don't know if JS's pitch deck was the same investment thesis to the subsequent VCs or not.
>Joel Spolsky: "Most of the goal of raising VC would be to create, partner with, and/or buy StackOverflow-like communities for other fields." -- from https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/39565
So 2019's intensified advertisement for enterprise sales of StackOverflow Teams looks aligned with what JS said back in 2010. I also see that Crunchbase lists subsequent funding rounds in 2011,2013,2015. I don't know if JS's pitch deck was the same investment thesis to the subsequent VCs or not.