Public Trade-offs

In an interview, Mike McCue, co-founder, Tellme Networks, discussed Microsoft's recent acquisition of Tellme Networks... “Going public feels great -- and then the next day, you wake up and realize you have all these expectations. It is very hard to innovate and leap forward as a young public company when you need to hit quarterly goals.”

(“Finding His Voice.” Linda Tischler. Fast Company. Boston: June 2007. Iss. 116; pg. 48)