kyleshockey

I would. His personal beliefs, however off the wall they are, have no correlation to his competency and effectiveness as a CEO. Should the board have taken a closer look at how good of a fit he would be with the culture of the company? Possibly, but to judge him solely on his beliefs and not his business ability is ridiculous.

Being founders, they also have the responsibility to connect with their audience. Rap Genius is a music site, so it's not a bad idea for the founders to emulate the antics of the musicians that create the material people go to Rap Genius to see. You can call it unconventional, but you can't say they don't know their audience.

This is true of the startup universe, but businesses at large will- for the foreseeable future- want software that just works. In the rest of the world, businesses that don't want to be technical are developing their own solutions because the solutions they're using now suck.

A thought: when one of the roll-your-own prefix/suffix boxes are filled out, a new one should appear. Great tool!