# The next generation bends over - Host: [signalvnoise.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/signalvnoise.com/) - Saved: September 18, 2009 (2009-09-18T05:46:27Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3d47019b5b44/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3d47019b5b44.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) Mints sale to Intuit really pissed me off. Why should I care? Because I think its indicative of a VC-induced cancer thats infecting our industry and killing off the next generation. I dont know the full backstory, but Id bet this sale was encouraged by a Mint investor. Heres a fresh new company that was gunning for an aging incumbent. And not only gunning, but gaining. They had a great product, great design, and great potential. They were growing rapidly and figured out the revenue game. They were on their way to redefining an industry one that was left for dead by the current custodians. They were everything their main competitor, Intuit, was not. While Mint was inventing, Intuit was out of it. People used Quickbooks/Quicken out of habit and legacy. People used Mint because they loved it. Intuit was disgruntled, Mint was disruptive. More... ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Big companies are where small companies go to die](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0639e9415109/) (signalvnoise.com, August 14, 2008) - [Where do you turn when you need Happy Birthday](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/762ee995515a/) (signalvnoise.com, March 14, 2009) - [I don't care how good you are at programming](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7259886af57d/) (signalvnoise.com, June 17, 2009) - [I have seen so many young entrepreneurs and…](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/eee30fcf88a1/) (signalvnoise.com, November 4, 2009) - [Stephen Colbert on Blippy: This is more](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/58a27462fed8/) (signalvnoise.com, February 6, 2010) ## Saved the same week - [On Twitter: What's Valuation Got to Do With Revenue?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4a4beb42cda5/) (readwrite.com, September 16, 2009) - [Javascript Nintendo emulator](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9f4158d0f672/) (kottke.org, September 17, 2009) - [Small copy changes like this, to action words (imperatives)...](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/94d3f708f33d/) (mac.finerthingsin.com, September 18, 2009) - [Snow Leopard's Grand Central, Open CL boost app by 50%](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3be9be8db09a/) (appleinsider.com, September 18, 2009) - [Songwriters want to get paid for 30-second song previews](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/016f0b56fd31/) (arstechnica.com, September 18, 2009) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1927-the-next-generation-bends-over