Bad Times For Broadband Office
from the trouble-in-paradise dept
The stories I've heard from people involved about Broadband Office haven't been good. They generally involved some mixed up management, incredibly rapid employee growth (up to 700 employees in one year), and strategies that changed daily. But they always ended with the following statement: "It'll be okay because Kleiner Perkins has invested too much in the company to let it go away." That might not be true any more. The Industry Standard has the story of Broadband Office and all of the mistakes they made, and wonder if KP will really throw more money into the mess.
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