Able2Know will be under new ownership next year

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New ownership meaning additional partners, or complete new ownership?

Forgot to tell you to throw Monger a big smooch for me, Craven

Minimum. Yes. But, some of us will still want to do a little kicking and screaming...just for fun.

Will we still have our Mods?

Mods are a must for keeping me in line!!!

EXACTLY my concern!!

(And, I know they would be so lost without the added responsibilities in their lives.)

Wow, BIG news!

I don't really care, but for holiday reading have a look at Bo Burlingham's Small Giants about entrepeneurs who resisted the pressure to go public.

And give me my sig back. Rusfusbusmussin

Absolutely stoked about your new venture Craven, my best wishes from down under, I'm sure it will be a rip-roaring success.

Thank you Craven.

No kidding!

New ownership huh?

Are they gonna lock the doors to keep out the riff raff or throw them wide open and let everyone in?

Congrats, CdK. It all sounds good, and I'm looking forward to the future A2K.

That is great news. Here's to your continued success, craven. Can't wait to see the new A2K.

I am funding the company out-of-pocket for the first year or so in order to pay the salaries.



Pretty much, it will be owned by the company and its shareholders but I will likely structure the bylaws or share votes in such manner that I do not ever lose creative control over Able2Know (mainly to avoid things like selling the company, as I'm not interested in selling).



One of the biggest areas I'd like to improve is usability (one of my strong points) but it will be different and that might take some getting used to. Additionally, the initial launch won't be as polished as we will eventually make it and will be especially weak in design, which might impact usability.



Doubt it, but I don't follow the names in poker much (either the famous ones or the ones at the tables every day in the casinos) so wouldn't know if I did.



Complete new ownership in legal sense. But effectively it's still me and some talented engineers I'd like to partner with.



At the initial launch we aren't planning much in way of featureset change, so it will be much of the same as here but on a foundation we'll build on.

Eventually, we are going to build a way for the community to moderate itself, but those details are being put off for after the release as it's fairly complex to pull off.



As is the case most of the time people blame/credit me for stuff on this site, I have no idea what you are talking about.

Does this mean you'll be hanging out more with us commonfolk and chatting it up on the threads like you used to?

You stole dlowan N And D and other letters, to save money didnt you.

Best of luck craven.

I suspect it will be easier than building fences in the outback.

I'm quite keen on this, Craven. I've already wished you luck - forgot to wish you all enjoyment...

LOL! That was the sig line that rotated through Cravens post as I read it.

A brilliant young fella and such a charmer, too.

Well my sig hasn't worked for about a year, suspended by a hamster I suspect because it referred to my lack of respect for a hamster's actions in the name of the terms of service. The first post I made after mentioning it in this thread had my sig back. So if wasn't you then you have a very efficient hamster working for you.