Google’s Blogging Chutzpah
Written by Evan SchumanJuly 6th, 2007
Are recent Google incidents with an EBay party and Sicko blog comments a pattern or anomalies?
When red-hot startups grow very quickly, lead by intelligent founders with a clear vision, they tend to grow quickly until they get into the danger zone. This is that awkward stage where strange decisions start getting made, a stage that quite a few companies haven't lived through. Burn rate is the ability for these companies to go through tons of money very quickly. This isn't Burn Rate. Let's call this Burn Up And Implode Rate.
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I have strong reservations about the 'individual' certification and posting of that information for merchants. Can you imagine the potential employee poaching that might occur? The implications when competitors can look up how many are certified with each of their competitors? 
-Christine
