{"id":123,"date":"2005-12-19T13:05:46","date_gmt":"2005-12-19T18:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2005\/12\/19\/hang-in-there-riya\/"},"modified":"2005-12-19T13:05:46","modified_gmt":"2005-12-19T18:05:46","slug":"hang-in-there-riya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2005\/12\/19\/hang-in-there-riya\/","title":{"rendered":"Hang in there, Riya"},"content":{"rendered":"

After much talk about Riya being acquired by Google<\/a>, the facial-recognition-software startup has decided to remain independent, according to co-founder Munjal Shah<\/a>. Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble says that Microsoft also looked at the company but decided to pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And maybe that’s a good thing. For what it’s worth, I took a look at Dare Obasanjo’s post on how to flip your company<\/a> to one of the big guys (GYM or whatever we’re calling them now), and I wound up agreeing with Paul Kedrosky on the subject (and no, not just because he’s Canadian). Making a flip your end goal is the wrong approach – but not because the profit motive corrupts your principles or something starry-eyed like that. Because, ironically, that approach tends to make your company into something that isn’t really worth acquiring.<\/em><\/p>\n

To quote Paul, who said it better than I could<\/a>: “The best way to get purchased by anyone — GYM included — is to build a great team, find a large and growing underserved market, build a great product\/service for which people will pay more than it costs to provide, grow faster than the market, and stay paranoid that a hundred other companies are gunning for you all the time.” Well said — and now Riya can continue to do that. And for what it’s worth, some people<\/a> seem to agree<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After much talk about Riya being acquired by Google, the facial-recognition-software startup has decided to remain independent, according to co-founder Munjal Shah. Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble says that Microsoft also looked at the company but decided to pass. And maybe that’s a good thing. For what it’s worth, I took a look at Dare Obasanjo’s … <\/p>\n

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