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RescueTime (YC 08) CEO to step down

47 points by dmv 16y ago

aditya 16y ago
Well? What's cooking webwright? :-)
- terpua 16y ago
  He says, "My happiest times are on small, fast-moving teams. It's very hard to get that feeling at larger companies. Spinning up something new is definitely on my list of possibilities." Perhaps RescueTime has gotten too large for him.
- webwright 16y ago
  Nothing yet. Truthfully, a lot of stuff is cooking with RescueTime that I'm going to keep working on (and am genuinely excited about)... But the day to day CEO tasks are going to shift to Joe and I'm going to start thinking about my next chapter. To the person who replied below about size-- RescueTime is still pretty small-- we haven't felt a lot of pressure to grow and have really focused on keeping the service lean (related: this is one of my favorite graphs on the interwebs-- check out #7: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/83-traffic-vs-employees http://37signals.com/svn/posts/83-traffic-vs-employees ). Thanks for all the warm wishes guys. Truly feels good!
  - paraschopra 16y ago
    Good luck for your journey, Tony!
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    Super product, it's the one service on the net that I'm actually scared to sign up for :) Kudos for a great idea and a fantastic execution, very curious what you come up with next.
JoeH 16y ago
All of us at RescueTime want to wish Tony the best of luck! We will still be seeing Tony on a regular basis as he continues working on some special RescueTime projects, so hopefully we'll get the early scoops ;)
ivankirigin 16y ago
Good luck Tony! I <3 http://rescuetime.com http://rescuetime.com
- crxnamja 16y ago
  ditto
zaidf 16y ago
This is quite an achievement. I really long for a day my startup can turn into a company which does not need me in order to succeed. That would be a major personal victory for me! Seems like Tony's achieved it. Congrats!
pclark 16y ago
why is he stepping down when RescueTime is doing so well? > Wright said he's leaving RescueTime at a period of strong growth, with quarterly revenue averaging 51 percent over the past four quarters. About 600 to 1000 users sign up for the product every day, with an increasing number of Fortune 500 companies signing on in order to get a better understanding of how their workforces function.
- chadaustin 16y ago
  Sell high, buy low!
stuff4ben 16y ago
Neat, this is the perfect service I've been looking for. WHy? Because I spend WAY too much time here looking at all the cool things in the world when I should be focusing on my functional specs/coding/etc.

47 points by dmv 16y ago

aditya 16y ago

Well? What's cooking webwright? :-)

terpua 16y ago
He says, "My happiest times are on small, fast-moving teams. It's very hard to get that feeling at larger companies. Spinning up something new is definitely on my list of possibilities." Perhaps RescueTime has gotten too large for him.
webwright 16y ago
Nothing yet. Truthfully, a lot of stuff is cooking with RescueTime that I'm going to keep working on (and am genuinely excited about)... But the day to day CEO tasks are going to shift to Joe and I'm going to start thinking about my next chapter. To the person who replied below about size-- RescueTime is still pretty small-- we haven't felt a lot of pressure to grow and have really focused on keeping the service lean (related: this is one of my favorite graphs on the interwebs-- check out #7: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/83-traffic-vs-employees http://37signals.com/svn/posts/83-traffic-vs-employees ). Thanks for all the warm wishes guys. Truly feels good!
- paraschopra 16y ago
  Good luck for your journey, Tony!
- jacquesm 16y ago
  Super product, it's the one service on the net that I'm actually scared to sign up for :) Kudos for a great idea and a fantastic execution, very curious what you come up with next.

JoeH 16y ago

All of us at RescueTime want to wish Tony the best of luck! We will still be seeing Tony on a regular basis as he continues working on some special RescueTime projects, so hopefully we'll get the early scoops ;)

ivankirigin 16y ago

Good luck Tony! I <3 http://rescuetime.com http://rescuetime.com

crxnamja 16y ago
ditto

zaidf 16y ago

This is quite an achievement. I really long for a day my startup can turn into a company which does not need me in order to succeed. That would be a major personal victory for me! Seems like Tony's achieved it. Congrats!

pclark 16y ago

why is he stepping down when RescueTime is doing so well? > Wright said he's leaving RescueTime at a period of strong growth, with quarterly revenue averaging 51 percent over the past four quarters. About 600 to 1000 users sign up for the product every day, with an increasing number of Fortune 500 companies signing on in order to get a better understanding of how their workforces function.

chadaustin 16y ago
Sell high, buy low!

stuff4ben 16y ago

Neat, this is the perfect service I've been looking for. WHy? Because I spend WAY too much time here looking at all the cool things in the world when I should be focusing on my functional specs/coding/etc.