[rick888]

This just validates your idea. There are always better ways to market a product and make it unique enough to win over your competition. It sounds like they still have a small team, so if you want your own company, just keep working on your own project.

It just means there is more work ahead of you.

What do you expect to get if you join their team? They already have a product in place with a pretty big community, the only thing you can really expect at this point is to be an employee. Your "piece of the pie" will be your monthly salary. This will also destroy your chances of starting your own company (mostly because they will have an NDA/Non-compete)

[thewordpainter]

i'm with rick...this is public validation that you were on to something. depending on the resources they have behind them, it's probably too early to throw in the towel...then again, if you take your passion for the concept and apply it to their team, i imagine you'd make a great addition.