They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build

Re:They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build by drewcoo on Thursday June 06, 2013 @10:45PM (#5836868)

I read it as an attempt to get press on the coattails of his competitors and the stance as intending to seem "scrappy". Color me an optimist but I don't think the intent was to spew bile.

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Re:They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build by trustfundbaby on Friday June 07, 2013 @04:40AM (#5837895)

Isn't that something that the 37 Signals dudes recommend in their book and have been doing for years? you know ... "pick a fight" http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch02_Have_an_Enemy.php.

Sridhar isn't doing anything different, he's forcing people to pick a side, and guess what ... it usually works.

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Re:They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build by tylerlh on Thursday June 06, 2013 @11:13PM (#5836968)

I believe you're right. I just think it's a piss-poor way to drive business.

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Re:They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build by enra on Thursday June 06, 2013 @11:30PM (#5837030)

I feel that when you have 1600 employees, you're not that scrappy or nimble. It's not like David or Goliath anymore.

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Re:They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build by sridharvembu on Friday June 07, 2013 @12:51AM (#5837297)

We respectfully disagree. Our Zoho Leads iPhone app was launched in under 3 months from concept to shipment, and it was done by 2 people and it is selling! We have a substantial degree of autonomy in the company (possible because we are private) which keeps us nimble.

On David vs Goliath, Microsoft, Google & Salesforce are just 3 of the companies we compete with.

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Re:They Acquire, Acquire, Acquire While We Build, Build, Build by ok_craig on Friday June 07, 2013 @01:08AM (#5837346)

Seems kinda relative right? Compared to 10,000 it isn't a lot.

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