I relate to "I have a limited shelf life in a big company" I mean, I'm literally 1/10th the size of slicehost when they were bought, but I have gotten a few companies courting me for a buyout... The thing is, at this point, they want the company for me, and it's pretty clear that I... well, I might stick around for a few years, but working for someone else just isn't what I want to do.
I mean, I can be bought, like anyone, but I imagine that because I know this about myself? I kinda think that my attitude would scare off anyone that might buy us. I mean, to save time, I've actually come up with a formula for how much money I'd want; some lump sum dependent on the size of my company, plus another large sum for every year they want me to work for them, plus another (smaller) sum for every year they want me to avoid competing with them.
I dono. This was mostly to save time; I was hit with two courtships within a relatively short period, and felt I was spending too much effort on it, but eh... I dono. I haven't gotten other nibbles for a while, so it's likely that it's rare enough that time spent on it isn't a huge deal.
I've always taken Linode as the model for where I want to take my company; of course, I've gone off in kindof a different direction; I want to own a network, and a datacenter, while Linode has preferred to have multiple locations. (I mean, it's one or the other.)
I relate to "I have a limited shelf life in a big company" I mean, I'm literally 1/10th the size of slicehost when they were bought, but I have gotten a few companies courting me for a buyout... The thing is, at this point, they want the company for me, and it's pretty clear that I... well, I might stick around for a few years, but working for someone else just isn't what I want to do.
I mean, I can be bought, like anyone, but I imagine that because I know this about myself? I kinda think that my attitude would scare off anyone that might buy us. I mean, to save time, I've actually come up with a formula for how much money I'd want; some lump sum dependent on the size of my company, plus another large sum for every year they want me to work for them, plus another (smaller) sum for every year they want me to avoid competing with them.
I dono. This was mostly to save time; I was hit with two courtships within a relatively short period, and felt I was spending too much effort on it, but eh... I dono. I haven't gotten other nibbles for a while, so it's likely that it's rare enough that time spent on it isn't a huge deal.
I've always taken Linode as the model for where I want to take my company; of course, I've gone off in kindof a different direction; I want to own a network, and a datacenter, while Linode has preferred to have multiple locations. (I mean, it's one or the other.)