Rubyred Labs in the Chron
Jonathan was interviewed by Dan Fost of the SFChronicle at SXSW.
“Do we want to make money? Absolutely. I want to make big stuff,” said Jonathan Grubb, 26, a co-founder and design director of Ruby Red Labs, a San Francisco Web and mobile product design firm. “But I’m tired of making stuff that’s the most profitable thing.”
Will he take venture capital when it comes calling? No way. “I don’t want money from some guy who wants to be my boss.”
Later in the article Chris Messina is quoted, “I prefer sustainability over profitability.”
So perhaps it comes down to this: In Boom 1.0 we raised venture capital so we didn’t have to make money. In Boom 2.0 we’re NOT taking venture capital so we don’t have to make money.
March 16th, 2006 at 9:18 am
I like the term “Boom 1.0″ and “Boom 2.0″ much better than “Web 2.0″ or “the new dotcom bubble”. Has more of a connotation of social/business movement than technology.