http://www.grid7.com/archives/131_faw-20-brewster-kahle-of-alexa-and-internet-archive.html Build something. BIGGER. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.grid7.com/archives/131_faw-20-brewster-kahle-of-alexa-and-internet-archive.html#comment-5982 Mon, 28 May 2007 21:28:22 +0000 http://www.grid7.com/archives/131_faw-20-brewster-kahle-of-alexa-and-internet-archive.html#comment-5982 [...] Tickle was acquired by Monster.com in 2004 for $100MM. Just like Amazon did with Alexa, Monster recognized that assimilating the Tickle employees would kill the company’s magic and so they allowed Tickle to run independently. Currier says, “If Yahoo had acquired us, they would have made us move to Mountain View , and would have made us a widget on a feature on a division of a department, and everyone would have left, and the whole thing would have died. And Wall Street would have applauded roundly.” They managed to preserve the startup feel and keep doing their thing. Tickle is alive and well today providing matchmaking data to jobseekers and employers. [...] […] Tickle was acquired by Monster.com in 2004 for $100MM. Just like Amazon did with Alexa, Monster recognized that assimilating the Tickle employees would kill the company’s magic and so they allowed Tickle to run independently. Currier says, “If Yahoo had acquired us, they would have made us move to Mountain View , and would have made us a widget on a feature on a division of a department, and everyone would have left, and the whole thing would have died. And Wall Street would have applauded roundly.” They managed to preserve the startup feel and keep doing their thing. Tickle is alive and well today providing matchmaking data to jobseekers and employers. […]

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