Re:Stack Overflow's CEO Doesn't Understand Stack Overflow
by scarface_74 on Thursday July 27, 2023 @08:53AM
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Once you take VC money, you don’t really have a choice but to grow large. That’s their entire business model.
I can’t find it now. But Spolsky himself wrote about how Fogs Creek Software could be what we now call a “lifestyle company” that could grow slowly. But he felt he needed outside investment so Stack Exchange could grow fast since it was only useful if it had network effects.
I can’t find it now. But Spolsky himself wrote about how Fogs Creek Software could be what we now call a “lifestyle company” that could grow slowly. But he felt he needed outside investment so Stack Exchange could grow fast since it was only useful if it had network effects.