Re: FN-FORUM: To give up or not?

date posted 18th August 2005 11:13

Hey Rob

I have several projects on the backburner that I simply haven't been
able to put any meaningful time into, due to the regular job and
maintaining this beast that I've created.

I'd love to be able to lie back and put some more effort into my other
projects, one of which I hope will be even more popular than what I
have now, but I just can't let go.

I'm thinking why should I receive a 50% cut when I could potentially
be receiving more if I dealt with this other company's advertisers
direct?


On 16 Aug 2005 15:30:19 -0000, Rob Thijssen [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> I love offers like the one you've gotten because it's in my nature to
> be good at starting things and less committed to finishing them. If
> you're the entreprenuerial sort then a fifty fifty split that relieves
> you of responsibility just frees up your creative side to move to
> pastures new.
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> Do you have any ideas on the backburner that you haven't got round to?
> For me it's simply not possible to maintain all the projects I kick
> off so I'd grab an opportunity like that.
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> /rob
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> On 16 Aug 2005 12:17:38 -0000, Lists [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> >
> > Fingers crossed...
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jonathan Chong" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: To give up or not?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the advice.
> >
> > I'm currrently putting a very carefully worded email together, and
> > will be sending it to Vital before the end of the week. I cannot
> > imagine that they don't have alternative sites that they are also
> > exploring.
> >
> > I've heard good things about Aura, and it's the excitement of
> > exploring new technologies and partnerships that spur me on. Giving up
> > most control of the site would leave me .. um, redundant. ;)
> >
> >
> > On 15 Aug 2005 19:45:19 -0000, Jeremy Aston
> > [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jonathan,
> > >
> > > I think that sounds good advice. You have to ask yourself what Vital
> > > are after. It could be they really like your site, see it as worthy =
of
> > > inclusion on their network and will be very supportive of you and you=
r
> > > ideas for development. On the other hand it may be that they have an
> > > alternative offering and they are simply buying you out to take you o=
ut
> > > of the picture, maybe even using the technology you have developed to
> > > drive other sites.
> > >
> > > To be frank I should shutup cos I don't really know anything about th=
e
> > > deal however what I do know is that I have been in the situation of
> > > jumping at seemingly good offers and then realising that I've been to
> > > hasty and could ha negotiated a better deal. Mamading is right - if
> > > Vital are really interested they will be open to negotiation and,
> > > whilst not wanting to wind them up, you should not be scared of takin=
g
> > > a little time to consider your options.
> > >
> > > Just my ramblings...
> > >
> > > jez
> > >
> > >
> > > On 15 Aug 2005, at 20:02, Mamading Ceesay wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 15 Aug 2005 18:35:37 -0000, Jonathan Chong [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Any advice you seasoned heads can shove my way would be much
> > > >> appreciated.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > I think you need to carefully assess your values, goals and priorit=
ies.
> > > >
> > > > If you are just in it for the money, take the Vital deal. However,=
it
> > > > seems you value your independence, having control and in a sense it=
's
> > > > your hobby. If that's truly the case and you aren't actually hard =
up
> > > > for cash (since you have a day job), you are in a position to walk
> > > > away from Vital and explore the Aura situation, whether or not the
> > > > Aura thing works out, at least you will have your independence.
> > > >
> > > > If Vital persist and are truly interested, then you could make a
> > > > counter proposal that is more of a partnership/alliance rather than
> > > > what seems to be a takeover. In that scenario, you keep full
> > > > editorial and technical control of the site and the hosting, perhap=
s
> > > > take a smaller cut and retain the option to dissolve the partnershi=
p
> > > > if it doesn't work out with all rights over the site remaining with
> > > > you. This approach would need effective negotiation skills on your
> > > > part and you will probably need a lawyer to go over the fine print.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mamading Ceesay
> > > >
> > > > "Someone who proposes to run Windows on servers ought to be prepare=
d
> > > > to explain what they know about servers that Google and Yahoo don't
> > > > know."
> > > > -- Paul Graham
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