Yep. I seriously thought about talking about that, but it's rare enough that it didn't seem worth it, and it's not a realistic option for us unless our valuation drops considerably. Even then, I would have had to sell…
Tell that to the journalists who have been asking me what my exit strategy is for the last four years, and especially since I hired a CFO. This article started as a literal response to them.
Selling the company is the best form of failure, but it is rarely the plan the board entered with, and my point is that it certainly shouldn't be. Even great exits like Nest's today; I expect Tony Fadell didn't plan to…
(disclaimer - Puppet Labs employee) 2-3 months is a long time. We consistently hear 2-6 weeks to get to full production, with 30-120 minutes for some proof of concept work. And one of the great things about Puppet is…
(disclaimer - founder of Puppet) We at Puppet Labs have always focused on building tools that anyone can use, not just the best hackers in the world. We've got some of the best sysadmins working with us, but we punish…
(disclaimer - founder of Puppet) Just to be clear, this has always been a core goal with Puppet - very low dependencies to make it easy to adopt. There are some real downsides - we have to do a lot more coding, and it…
Yep. I seriously thought about talking about that, but it's rare enough that it didn't seem worth it, and it's not a realistic option for us unless our valuation drops considerably. Even then, I would have had to sell…
Tell that to the journalists who have been asking me what my exit strategy is for the last four years, and especially since I hired a CFO. This article started as a literal response to them.
Selling the company is the best form of failure, but it is rarely the plan the board entered with, and my point is that it certainly shouldn't be. Even great exits like Nest's today; I expect Tony Fadell didn't plan to…
(disclaimer - Puppet Labs employee) 2-3 months is a long time. We consistently hear 2-6 weeks to get to full production, with 30-120 minutes for some proof of concept work. And one of the great things about Puppet is…
(disclaimer - founder of Puppet) We at Puppet Labs have always focused on building tools that anyone can use, not just the best hackers in the world. We've got some of the best sysadmins working with us, but we punish…
(disclaimer - founder of Puppet) Just to be clear, this has always been a core goal with Puppet - very low dependencies to make it easy to adopt. There are some real downsides - we have to do a lot more coding, and it…