Comments on: Ditch Innovation and Unlock Awesomeness http://thedreaminaction.com/2009/09/18/ditch-innovation-and-unlock-awesomeness/ By Ryan Graves Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:40:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ryan Graves http://thedreaminaction.com/2009/09/18/ditch-innovation-and-unlock-awesomeness/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 Ryan Graves Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:29:05 +0000 http://thedreaminaction.com/?p=2923#comment-1371 Agreed. This will be an interesting case to watch. Agreed. This will be an interesting case to watch.

]]> By: Ryan Graves http://thedreaminaction.com/2009/09/18/ditch-innovation-and-unlock-awesomeness/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Ryan Graves Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:25:03 +0000 http://thedreaminaction.com/?p=2923#comment-1372 Ross<br>I'm glad I waited to respond to this. There has been a lot of <br>conversation on this topic that Fred Wilson has commented on. Can't <br>include a link since I'm responding from my phone.<br><br>I can't speak for Umair here but when I said that they sale of Mint <br>was awesome I meant that spending 34 months building a startup and <br>selling for $170m is pretty remarkable!<br><br>Regarding Jasons comments, I think he has a good argument but he is <br>generalizing a bit. Each situation is very specific but always selling <br>early could be a risk for this gens startup. I do agree that Mint had <br>significant untapped potential.<br><br>What's your take on it? And what is the long term plan for cS? If you <br>care to share :)<br><br>Ryan Ross
I'm glad I waited to respond to this. There has been a lot of
conversation on this topic that Fred Wilson has commented on. Can't
include a link since I'm responding from my phone.

I can't speak for Umair here but when I said that they sale of Mint
was awesome I meant that spending 34 months building a startup and
selling for $170m is pretty remarkable!

Regarding Jasons comments, I think he has a good argument but he is
generalizing a bit. Each situation is very specific but always selling
early could be a risk for this gens startup. I do agree that Mint had
significant untapped potential.

What's your take on it? And what is the long term plan for cS? If you
care to share :)

Ryan

]]> By: ryangraves http://thedreaminaction.com/2009/09/18/ditch-innovation-and-unlock-awesomeness/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 ryangraves Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:29:05 +0000 http://thedreaminaction.com/?p=2923#comment-1039 Agreed. This will be an interesting case to watch. Agreed. This will be an interesting case to watch.

]]> By: ryangraves http://thedreaminaction.com/2009/09/18/ditch-innovation-and-unlock-awesomeness/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 ryangraves Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:25:03 +0000 http://thedreaminaction.com/?p=2923#comment-1040 Ross<br>I'm glad I waited to respond to this. There has been a lot of <br>conversation on this topic that Fred Wilson has commented on. Can't <br>include a link since I'm responding from my phone.<br><br>I can't speak for Umair here but when I said that they sale of Mint <br>was awesome I meant that spending 34 months building a startup and <br>selling for $170m is pretty remarkable!<br><br>Regarding Jasons comments, I think he has a good argument but he is <br>generalizing a bit. Each situation is very specific but always selling <br>early could be a risk for this gens startup. I do agree that Mint had <br>significant untapped potential.<br><br>What's your take on it? And what is the long term plan for cS? If you <br>care to share :)<br><br>Ryan Ross
I'm glad I waited to respond to this. There has been a lot of
conversation on this topic that Fred Wilson has commented on. Can't
include a link since I'm responding from my phone.

I can't speak for Umair here but when I said that they sale of Mint
was awesome I meant that spending 34 months building a startup and
selling for $170m is pretty remarkable!

Regarding Jasons comments, I think he has a good argument but he is
generalizing a bit. Each situation is very specific but always selling
early could be a risk for this gens startup. I do agree that Mint had
significant untapped potential.

What's your take on it? And what is the long term plan for cS? If you
care to share :)

Ryan

]]> By: Steffan Antonas http://thedreaminaction.com/2009/09/18/ditch-innovation-and-unlock-awesomeness/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Steffan Antonas Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:35:38 +0000 http://thedreaminaction.com/?p=2923#comment-1035 Ross, <br>Thanks for sharing that 37signals post. Really enjoyed that. I'm not sure Umair has enough information to agree or disagree with Jason. Depends entirely on what Intuit plans on doing with Mint, which is yet unknown. The point is whether or not they're planning on taking what the Mint guys have done so far and using it to creat the kind of lasting "thick" value that Umair talks about. We'll see. Ross,
Thanks for sharing that 37signals post. Really enjoyed that. I'm not sure Umair has enough information to agree or disagree with Jason. Depends entirely on what Intuit plans on doing with Mint, which is yet unknown. The point is whether or not they're planning on taking what the Mint guys have done so far and using it to creat the kind of lasting “thick” value that Umair talks about. We'll see.

]]> By: Ross Kimbarovsky http://thedreaminaction.com/2009/09/18/ditch-innovation-and-unlock-awesomeness/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Ross Kimbarovsky Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:38:32 +0000 http://thedreaminaction.com/?p=2923#comment-1034 Ryan - I agree that Umair Haque is a smart man. I too enjoyed his piece in HarvardBiz. <br><br>You say the Mint sale for $170 million is awesome. I wonder what you think about Jason Fried's comments - <a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1927-the-next-generation-bends-over" rel="nofollow">http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1927-the-next-ge...</a><br><br>Would Umair have agreed with Jason - that Mint could have been awesome, but instead, sold out. And can Intuit be awesome with the Mint acquisition? Ryan – I agree that Umair Haque is a smart man. I too enjoyed his piece in HarvardBiz.

You say the Mint sale for $170 million is awesome. I wonder what you think about Jason Fried's comments – http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1927-the-next-ge…

Would Umair have agreed with Jason – that Mint could have been awesome, but instead, sold out. And can Intuit be awesome with the Mint acquisition?

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