alt Hacker NewsThere are four stages to any successful companies lifecycle and Bending Spoons's model is to maximize what they can get in the final stage of decline.
There's nothing wrong with that, but if you're a user of one of these services you might take it as a hint to find an alternative.
> There are four stages to any successful companies lifecycle
I usually say in interviews that my preferred time to join a company is at the end of stage 1 (start up) and the start of phase 2 (organizing).
Nothing makes me happier than to be told "Hey, we got this up and running and it's a mess. Now we need someone to turn this into a system that is easy to modify and maintain."