Wantrepreneur Kyle Brady got a call from a recruiter the other day, he writes on his blog. The recruiter wanted Brady to take a job with widgetmaker RockYou. We thought the skeptics among you might appreciate Brady's response:
When I politely declined, he wanted to know why, and I said something to the effect of 'I have no interest in working for companies whose sole existence is, and always will be, dependent on outside funding and other people’s platforms…not to mention those without any real business plans or actual use value.'His response? A resounding “I don’t think they would have gotten [insert large number here] of funding if they didn’t have value or a business plan.”
A smart move, especially as Facebook's ban of Slide's Top Friends application demonstrated how precarious the position of widgetmakers can be.
