Comments on: Congrats to Dopplr? Maybe. But before the champagne, some context

By: prom guides

prom guides — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:18:00 +0000

Dopplr is headquartered in London but owned and operated by Dopplr Ltd.
in Helsinki, Finland. The service is based on the idea of “intention
broadcasting” where you publish your intention to visit somewhere in the
future

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By: Jason!

Jason! — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:08:00 +0000

It’s interesting that even in “Zombie-mode” folks are signing up for Dopplr.

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By: Flextrip lets you discover tours while travel planning

Flextrip lets you discover tours while travel planning — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:41:08 +0000

[...] from Dopplr’s quiet disappearance after its acquisition by Nokia and Tripit’s exit to Concer, web-based travel planning is still, arguably, one of the holy [...]

By: Nik

Nik — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:55:31 +0000

No, it shouldn’t. Just like wine isn’t Wine and caviar isn’t Caviar. Just because it’s named after a place doesn’t mean you retain the capital. Douche.

By: Nik

Nik — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:50:08 +0000

Exactly how is Apple beating Nokia to death?

By: Lebenslauf

Lebenslauf — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:45:14 +0000

Interesting story, so Nokia just bought the company because of their former employees

By: The Really Mobile Project » Blog Archive » Nokia & Dopplr, sitting in a tree…

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:29:57 +0000

[...] see, at the time of writing, the story itself had come from a source that TechCrunch described as ‘close to the deal’ but, no had yet come forward to [...]

By: chris

chris — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:37:56 +0000

sale confirmed
http://blog.dopplr.com/2009/09/28/nokia-acquires-dopplr/

By: Tattletech » Blog Archive » Dopplr gets absorbed by Nokia and

Tattletech » Blog Archive » Dopplr gets absorbed by Nokia and — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:52:46 +0000

[...] We love optimism. We especially love it when start ups that aren’t making money get bought by big companies with deep pockets that want to be something else. We like it when we hear stories like Dopplr being acquired by Nokia because it keeps the dream alive, the dream of creating a business that people like but doesn’t make any money. Beautiful. I keep thinking of Laura on the Little House on the Prairie and wondering what Pa would say if she came home from school one day and pitched him her idea. – JLH [...]

By: juan

juan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:25:10 +0000

FlightMemory, fully agree

By: FlightMemory

FlightMemory — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:57:42 +0000

Juan,
Could not have said it better – and may add:

Some entrepeneurs still do the first steps of it for the fun of seeing your idea come to life, get the attention and recognition and thus the user, who tell you, they love it. And a niche is a niche – nothing else. But “niche-marketing” will get to the decision makers one day and then we will be there.
Money is nice, no question, but its not always, never the 1st or the only aspect for those who create new approaches…

If you get ppl to fund you – great, if they let you pursue your ideas…if not, well – there have been unfunded businesses that grew before the 90ies, and there will be such in the future as well.

And if you sell – may it be for 1million or 10 million – it still is a success for all, if the idea is preserved.

By: juan

juan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:26:56 +0000

Mike, 10-15 M € is a very good exit if your funding is 1,25 M €.
You, the media prefer bit stories about multi-milion IPO’s or acquisitions, but it is not so easy to create a technology or service with limited funding achieving those valuations.
When you are entrepreneuring in Europe, (and in Spain is even harder), you are earning less than half of previous jobs , 24/7, a lot of pressure, high selling-cycles, difficult to raise additional funding….etc…
Then, entrepreneurs should become realistic, you are creating a tool, technology or service interesting but easy to be monetized combined with others offering or by the other powerful sales force / customer base.
Then, if you can sell, get the money you don’t have received as your normal salary, and make additional money, and your investor is also making money, what is the problem ?
When the bubble disappear playing to the double or nothing is dangerous, and as a viewer is nice to see how others take risks, but when you have to decide the common sense …

By: Dopplr confirms being acquired by Nokia, says nothing will change (for now)

Dopplr confirms being acquired by Nokia, says nothing will change (for now) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:01:29 +0000

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By: Voyalinks – 26th September 2009 « Voyageek

Voyalinks – 26th September 2009 « Voyageek — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:23:37 +0000

[...] Dopplr bought by Nokia ? The news got more coverage from tech blogs that by travel [...]

By: Nokia to acquire Dopplr » gpoul’s Out Of Memory Blog

Nokia to acquire Dopplr » gpoul’s Out Of Memory Blog — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:12:55 +0000

[...] 9/26: TechCrunch Europe has a more detailed post about this supposed deal. Posted by gpoul at 1:34pm CEST Filed in Business No Comments [...]

By: Andildo

Andildo — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:14:53 +0000

right

By: The Really Mobile Project » Blog Archive » So much news, so little time…

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:15:22 +0000

[...] Nokia went and bought Dopplr [...]

By: Seedcamp Founder Saul Klein Talks European Entrepreneurship, Spotify and the Real-Time Web

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:54:55 +0000

[...] been a big week for European entrepreneurship, what with 20+ startups emerging at Seedcamp and Dopplr getting picked up by Nokia (or does it just feel that way since I’m here with GeeksOnAPlane for the first time in four [...]

By: broadstuff

broadstuff — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:50:33 +0000

Broadsight a Trillion Dollar Company – here’s how……..

This morning i read about Twitter taking $100m and being thus valued at $1bn, a classic case of a small investment implying a valuation that would not occur if a full buyout or IPO was made. I Twittered:

If I buy 0.000000000001% of Broadsight for 1p…

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:41:30 +0000

“The site has never grown to huge usage,”

That’s because itinerary sharing is a niche service.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:44:55 +0000

I just realized their team page only has two staff left Marko & Matt B and I’m pretty sure they had a much bigger team at one point.

I think Dopplr has probably been in near-zombie mode for a while. If there were staff reductions they likely happened months ago. There’s nobody left for Nokia to lay off or reassign. Nokia basically bought the CEO, a website and some interesting data. Is that worth 15m? I think someone slipped TC exaggerated numbers

By: Gary Sheynkman

Gary Sheynkman — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:21:59 +0000

I love the service for the travel reports alone. Amazing design. Works great.

I hope it sticks around.

By: EJ

EJ — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:07:16 +0000

Nokia’s acquisitions show the same kind of soft tactical acumen that you see in MS acquisitions. Every one leaves you wondering if they have any real sense of what their core competency is.