Heh, this should be 'competitor threatens lawsuit, hands over PR bonanza.'
Never fun to be threatened of course but when you can use it to enhance your visibility, well that is kinda priceless.
Never fun to be threatened of course but when you can use it to enhance your visibility, well that is kinda priceless.
The cease-and-desist said we had 10 days to take down our data. I never took it down and never replied, and never heard back from the company again.
Not only did the press scare them away, but as you mentioned, gave us a front-page story we couldn't have gotten any other way.
That said, I was very confident that their case had no merit and that they wouldn't take it to trial (or maybe it was that we were on our last leg and had little to lose).
Funny story: my next startup and all-of-a-sudden we're currently partnering with the company that threatened to sue me. I'm assuming they don't know it was me behind both companies!
GoodData appears to be providing some sort of data collection and analysis services.
GoodData would just be another company/service reviewed by Start2Cloud, no?
Why would a (seemingly) strong, funded business-startup be scared of competitors using their service? Is their business model that precarious?