[vinceguidry]

> I think both Nick and his company would have benefited from more time as an independent company to grow into greatness.

This is half-baked reasoning. You can't use success as a rationale for why something's broken. You'd begrudge the Summly team their millions? No one's going to listen to this. Who says Nick's not going to take his cash and build the next Dropbox? It's not like a successful exit means the end of your career. If anything, that's when it really begins.