Comments on: New Netvibes CEO responds to rumors http://thenextweb.com/2008/05/29/tariq-krim-and-new-netvibes-ceo-respond-to-rumors/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:07 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Final May blogging '08 http://thenextweb.com/2008/05/29/tariq-krim-and-new-netvibes-ceo-respond-to-rumors/#comment-363545 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Final May blogging '08 Fri, 30 May 2008 20:06:49 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1158#comment-363545 [...] Great to hear that the vibes at NetVibes are still positive. Tariq was thrust into a role that perhaps he wasn’t expecting. Nothing wrong with a founder moving on. [...] [...] Great to hear that the vibes at NetVibes are still positive. Tariq was thrust into a role that perhaps he wasn’t expecting. Nothing wrong with a founder moving on. [...]

]]> By: Patrick de Laive http://thenextweb.com/2008/05/29/tariq-krim-and-new-netvibes-ceo-respond-to-rumors/#comment-363544 Patrick de Laive Thu, 29 May 2008 14:22:27 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1158#comment-363544 Oh did I mention I wish Tariq and Netvibes all the best..? Tariq, All the best and I'm eager to hear what your next project will be. Oh did I mention I wish Tariq and Netvibes all the best..?

Tariq, All the best and I’m eager to hear what your next project will be.

]]> By: Patrick de Laive http://thenextweb.com/2008/05/29/tariq-krim-and-new-netvibes-ceo-respond-to-rumors/#comment-363543 Patrick de Laive Thu, 29 May 2008 14:20:29 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1158#comment-363543 Always difficult to say what happened when the founder leaves a company. Tariq is a true entrepreneur. My guess is that he is great in starting a company, but he is just not the guy who can manage 100 employees. You need a different skill set for starting a company and managing a company. Tariq loves the adrenaline of starting a company, getting traction, creating buzz and building a community. That job is done. He needs a new adventure (and he'll get it). Nonetheless, I do think that Netvibes will have a hard time competing with Google and Yahoo. Probably, the best thing to do for Netvibes was not to take the extra 15 million in funding and sell it to one of the giants when it was still possible. We'll probably never know, but maybe in a couple of years Tariq will open up his book and tell us the real story (published by O'Reilly :) ) Always difficult to say what happened when the founder leaves a company.
Tariq is a true entrepreneur. My guess is that he is great in starting a company, but he is just not the guy who can manage 100 employees. You need a different skill set for starting a company and managing a company. Tariq loves the adrenaline of starting a company, getting traction, creating buzz and building a community. That job is done. He needs a new adventure (and he’ll get it).

Nonetheless, I do think that Netvibes will have a hard time competing with Google and Yahoo. Probably, the best thing to do for Netvibes was not to take the extra 15 million in funding and sell it to one of the giants when it was still possible. We’ll probably never know, but maybe in a couple of years Tariq will open up his book and tell us the real story (published by O’Reilly :) )

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