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- April 29, 2001, on ArsDigita: From Start-Up to Bust-Up:
I was there in aD from Philip's era, and the aD was working smoothly and Philip had a perfect vision to develop aD and he had very clear thinking for growth and the benefits of company, employees and the whole community. The one terrible mistake he had done is, he invited the VC's. Within few weeks,they took the control of aD and Philip was out of aD.They were not ready to follow the original mission of aD which Philip gave,b'se of which the employees like me and many others got attracted to aD and joined it.B'se of Philip only, community had faith in aD.But sadly,aD has lost the vision and the mission.It was the basic reason for the clashes between Philip and VC's. The VC's have nothing to do with the quality of the product ,with the community and the employees,their only aim was making a quick buck.
As soon as the new management took the control, the friendly working atmosphere gone in dark. We were so frustrated that there were so many mistakes in the code. The atmosphere was becomi...
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