Comments on: Blog Network MyKinda To Shut Down Today http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/ Startup and Tech News Sat, 17 May 2008 05:09:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: My Kinda и блогърските взаимоотношения « tin4e-blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2136221 My Kinda и блогърските взаимоотношения « tin4e-blog Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:20:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2136221 [...] в която се обсъждат начини на действие и една новина в TechCrunch, за не платени дългове от [...] […] в която се обсъждат начини на действие и една новина в TechCrunch, за не платени дългове от […]

]]> By: De plus en plus de blogs (américains) lèvent des fonds…Est-ce bien raisonnable? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2064698 De plus en plus de blogs (américains) lèvent des fonds…Est-ce bien raisonnable? Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:43:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2064698 [...] est arrivé laissant une sacrée ardoise d’impayé derrière lui, mais aussi de MyKinda récemment disparu. On voit aussi en France notamment certains sites comme Mediapart vouloir levé de l’argent [...] […] est arrivé laissant une sacrée ardoise d’impayé derrière lui, mais aussi de MyKinda récemment disparu. On voit aussi en France notamment certains sites comme Mediapart vouloir levé de l’argent […]

]]> By: George Hari Popescu http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2053636 George Hari Popescu Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:51:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2053636 Still waiting the promised personal e-mail from Lee. I know he will not forget to write to everybody, as he promised. Still waiting the promised personal e-mail from Lee. I know he will not forget to write to everybody, as he promised.

]]> By: Roald http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2051204 Roald Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:42:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2051204 Looking back at those "deadpooled" projects, and looking at http://www.mykinda.com, it's almost funny to see that it still seems "alive"... (but with no fresh content since end february)... Looking back at those “deadpooled” projects,
and looking at http://www.mykinda.com,
it’s almost funny to see that it still seems “alive”…
(but with no fresh content since end february)…

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » De plus en plus de blogs (américains) lèvent des fonds...Est-ce bien raisonnable? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2048869 TechCrunch en français » De plus en plus de blogs (américains) lèvent des fonds...Est-ce bien raisonnable? Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:26:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2048869 [...] est arrivé laissant une sacrée ardoise d’impayé derrière lui, mais aussi de MyKinda récemment disparu. On voit aussi en France notamment certains sites comme Mediapart vouloir levé de l’argent [...] […] est arrivé laissant une sacrée ardoise d’impayé derrière lui, mais aussi de MyKinda récemment disparu. On voit aussi en France notamment certains sites comme Mediapart vouloir levé de l’argent […]

]]> By: Esquire http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2043918 Esquire Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:48:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2043918 Seems that the promised "deep, inside, open and transparent post into MyKinda" was another lie by Lee Wilkins. Some of his former blog writers are now preparing to sue the liar to get paid in full. Seems that the promised “deep, inside, open and transparent post into MyKinda” was another lie by Lee Wilkins. Some of his former blog writers are now preparing to sue the liar to get paid in full.

]]> By: Programare Sociala http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2028684 Programare Sociala Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:43:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2028684 [...] În România astfel de sfaturi nu s-ar aplica prea grozav. Probabil sfaturi de genul lui Calacanis au fost aplicate şi de Lee Wilkins cu Mykinda. Rezultatele nu au fost tocmai grozave. [...] […] În România astfel de sfaturi nu s-ar aplica prea grozav. Probabil sfaturi de genul lui Calacanis au fost aplicate şi de Lee Wilkins cu Mykinda. Rezultatele nu au fost tocmai grozave. […]

]]> By: mykinda writer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2018778 mykinda writer Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:01:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2018778 When I was young, I used to believe in the 'our word, our bond" kinda shit. Not that we don't have the same explanation in our language, it is just that we hoped there were people outside our boundaries, who had created this slogan some 300 yrs ago, and who could be a little more honest and decent, a little more advanced than us... The ugly face of reality, though, shows itself. It comes to say that people we've been taught to respect as honest merchants possess the same pattern of behavior as any Mid-Balkan crook: "Use while necessary and then abuse. Abandon ship. Let down the dumb shit-heads who had supported you, and who had believed in you, let them suffer all the losses of your "brilliant" ideas". Thank you, but no, thanks! Not this time! We are fed up with experiments like this. This is simply not the right place, not the right people and the right time. Mr Wilkins had three months to pay. He didn't. Moscow doesn't believe in tears. Now he has very limited time to pay off his debts or he will meet his debtors in court. We will sue your ass to hell, Mr Wilkins! Be a man and take a managerial decision. Or be prepared to suffer all the legal consequences!!!! When I was young, I used to believe in the ‘our word, our bond” kinda shit. Not that we don’t have the same explanation in our language, it is just that we hoped there were people outside our boundaries, who had created this slogan some 300 yrs ago, and who could be a little more honest and decent, a little more advanced than us… The ugly face of reality, though, shows itself. It comes to say that people we’ve been taught to respect as honest merchants possess the same pattern of behavior as any Mid-Balkan crook: “Use while necessary and then abuse. Abandon ship. Let down the dumb shit-heads who had supported you, and who had believed in you, let them suffer all the losses of your “brilliant” ideas”.
Thank you, but no, thanks! Not this time! We are fed up with experiments like this. This is simply not the right place, not the right people and the right time. Mr Wilkins had three months to pay. He didn’t. Moscow doesn’t believe in tears. Now he has very limited time to pay off his debts or he will meet his debtors in court. We will sue your ass to hell, Mr Wilkins! Be a man and take a managerial decision. Or be prepared to suffer all the legal consequences!!!!

]]> By: Longanlon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2015574 Longanlon Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:16:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2015574 "I am currently in the process of writing a deep, inside, open and transparent post into MyKinda." Inside, open and transparent is good, but paycheck will be better. “I am currently in the process of writing a deep, inside, open and transparent post into MyKinda.”

Inside, open and transparent is good, but paycheck will be better.

]]> By: Mykinda writer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2014666 Mykinda writer Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:19:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2014666 Just a few words to tell you that working for Mykinda and Mr. Wilkins were not that nightmarish those having posted above me say. As far as I am concerned, issues such as payment made on time, no real involvement in the editorial policy and a nice team to work with were just a few great assets for a journalist. I am very sorry he had to close down for the time being. This shows how difficult making business in Romania really is. Just a few words to tell you that working for Mykinda and Mr. Wilkins were not that nightmarish those having posted above me say. As far as I am concerned, issues such as payment made on time, no real involvement in the editorial policy and a nice team to work with were just a few great assets for a journalist. I am very sorry he had to close down for the time being. This shows how difficult making business in Romania really is.

]]> By: Lee Wilkins http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012555 Lee Wilkins Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:08:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012555 To All MK Please feel free to IM me today to discuss how I am getting payment to you ALL, I am not running away from this problem. Skype: lee.wilkins Yahoo!: lee_wilki Gtalk: lee.a.wilkins If I do not respond instantly, I am not ignoring you, I am sure I will have multiple chats on the go. To All MK

Please feel free to IM me today to discuss how I am getting payment to you ALL, I am not running away from this problem.

Skype: lee.wilkins
Yahoo!: lee_wilki
Gtalk: lee.a.wilkins

If I do not respond instantly, I am not ignoring you, I am sure I will have multiple chats on the go.

]]> By: mykinda writer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012542 mykinda writer Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:46:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012542 Oh, and let's not forget the tax authorities, as I am sure there are plenty of surprises waiting for them, hidden under Mr Wilkins' "business adventure" in Easter Europe. It is a matter of weeks and even days to start all legal procedures now. The clock is ticking... Oh, and let’s not forget the tax authorities, as I am sure there are plenty of surprises waiting for them, hidden under Mr Wilkins’ “business adventure” in Easter Europe. It is a matter of weeks and even days to start all legal procedures now. The clock is ticking…

]]> By: mykinda writer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012534 mykinda writer Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:36:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012534 Well, let's exclude "people" from the equation, because people, obviously, didn't get paid. Writers did work in their time, on their desk, and in their house. Or at least I did. Many other serious authors who believed both in Wilkins' idea and his project also did. Speaking of lawyers and taxes, let's say it straight - we are no dumb people. Most of us already have some business experience in their background. It takes no more than 500 EUR to register a company in each of the four countries. As a matter of fact, such companies didn't appear. Al least not in my country, and as I am deeper investigating the case with my lawyers, they didn't appear in other countries as well. So, what kind of "furniture" and "machines" are we speaking about? A desk and a computer for mr Wilkins himself? Yes, may be he hired an office in Bucharest, but I doubt it, because I haven't personally seen this office. Such an experiment, (or should we called it by its real name - such a fraud) can be organized from any internet caffe. As I said in my earlier comment, we are used to frauds, liars and thieves. We are fed up with them. And mykinda shows all the symptoms of a well-known disease. "I went and did something I strongly believed in. It failed, for now. But at least I did it." We believed in it too. Worse, we trusted mr Wilkins. But the only thing he "did" by now is to take advantage of people he doesn't even know in person and to use their time, work, ideas and authors' rights for free. May be we'll never get our money. May be we'll never see this man in court, as he may just "disappear" like all the other "foreign investors", who came, stole from local people and left their debts and bills unpaid. But we will monitor this man and all his business ventures for the future, so that no more honest, hard working, talented and underpaid people from poor countries could fall into his nets. And that's the least we can do. As I mentioned above, if I were Wilkins, I'd be selling my car to pay the authors a.s.a.p. A huge scandal, legal cases, dead reputation and non-profit organizations, together with international law-enforcement agencies sniffing in your back everywhere you go is just a part of the alternative... Well, let’s exclude “people” from the equation, because people, obviously, didn’t get paid. Writers did work in their time, on their desk, and in their house. Or at least I did. Many other serious authors who believed both in Wilkins’ idea and his project also did. Speaking of lawyers and taxes, let’s say it straight - we are no dumb people. Most of us already have some business experience in their background. It takes no more than 500 EUR to register a company in each of the four countries. As a matter of fact, such companies didn’t appear. Al least not in my country, and as I am deeper investigating the case with my lawyers, they didn’t appear in other countries as well. So, what kind of “furniture” and “machines” are we speaking about? A desk and a computer for mr Wilkins himself? Yes, may be he hired an office in Bucharest, but I doubt it, because I haven’t personally seen this office. Such an experiment, (or should we called it by its real name - such a fraud) can be organized from any internet caffe.

As I said in my earlier comment, we are used to frauds, liars and thieves. We are fed up with them. And mykinda shows all the symptoms of a well-known disease.

“I went and did something I strongly believed in. It failed, for now. But at least I did it.” We believed in it too. Worse, we trusted mr Wilkins. But the only thing he “did” by now is to take advantage of people he doesn’t even know in person and to use their time, work, ideas and authors’ rights for free. May be we’ll never get our money. May be we’ll never see this man in court, as he may just “disappear” like all the other “foreign investors”, who came, stole from local people and left their debts and bills unpaid.

But we will monitor this man and all his business ventures for the future, so that no more honest, hard working, talented and underpaid people from poor countries could fall into his nets. And that’s the least we can do. As I mentioned above, if I were Wilkins, I’d be selling my car to pay the authors a.s.a.p. A huge scandal, legal cases, dead reputation and non-profit organizations, together with international law-enforcement agencies sniffing in your back everywhere you go is just a part of the alternative…

]]> By: Mircea http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012189 Mircea Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:37:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012189 ---------- The investment of €175,000 is an accumulation of office space, people in Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, lawyer, taxes, machines, furniture, etc etc. This is a fact. For me as an individual, trying to bootstrap a great concept, it was an experience, it was ambitious. I went and did something I strongly believed in. It failed, for now. But at least I did it. ----------- Why did he need office space, furniture and all that?? Why couldn't he make a virtual office? Working all thru the internet? And just pay the writers to write? In their time, on their desk, in their house? I know, it's maybe harder to work like that if you don't see and don't interact with them with your writers face to face ...but you try many of them and who are serious will stay, who are not will go. At least that's what I'm trying to do with http://www.mytestbox.com (hopefully, it will go somewhere). Was it absolutely necessary to open office spaces with all those incurred costs? That doesn't seem to be "bootstrapping"... ———-
The investment of €175,000 is an accumulation of office space, people in Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, lawyer, taxes, machines, furniture, etc etc. This is a fact.

For me as an individual, trying to bootstrap a great concept, it was an experience, it was ambitious. I went and did something I strongly believed in. It failed, for now. But at least I did it.
———–

Why did he need office space, furniture and all that?? Why couldn’t he make a virtual office? Working all thru the internet? And just pay the writers to write? In their time, on their desk, in their house?
I know, it’s maybe harder to work like that if you don’t see and don’t interact with them with your writers face to face …but you try many of them and who are serious will stay, who are not will go.

At least that’s what I’m trying to do with http://www.mytestbox.com (hopefully, it will go somewhere).

Was it absolutely necessary to open office spaces with all those incurred costs?

That doesn’t seem to be “bootstrapping”…

]]> By: Mircea http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012169 Mircea Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:17:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012169 I don't want to be rude or something but I've seen this scenario several times when I lived in Romania: some investors from outside coming to "invest" in Romania and in the end some of their businesses went down the toliet acummulating debts (and leaving un-paid workers to struggle for their rights - which the local government didn't care too much). But their founders left the country with pockets full of money! Without problems from the romanian justice... This MyKinda investment it's a small one, a fish in an ocean...but it seems it follows the pattern described above (althought most of those "investment were in other fields than tech"). I really hope not to be like that...and I really hope Mr. Wilkins does what he says...at least pay the writers. I don’t want to be rude or something but I’ve seen this scenario several times when I lived in Romania: some investors from outside coming to “invest” in Romania and in the end some of their businesses went down the toliet acummulating debts (and leaving un-paid workers to struggle for their rights - which the local government didn’t care too much).

But their founders left the country with pockets full of money! Without problems from the romanian justice…

This MyKinda investment it’s a small one, a fish in an ocean…but it seems it follows the pattern described above (althought most of those “investment were in other fields than tech”).
I really hope not to be like that…and I really hope Mr. Wilkins does what he says…at least pay the writers.

]]> By: mykinda writer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012025 mykinda writer Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:39:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012025 Guys, we are being pulled by the leg here. Not paying somebody's money and making him work for free is not a surprising practice in Eastern Europe. The opposite is. There is a movie: "Moscow doesn't believe in tears". Why should minimum wage Eastern-European writers share the hazards and the risks of an online business project equally with its leader? They wouldn't be sharing the whole profit, would they? I do not doubt the huge spendings of this project. I am sure they are a flat lie. Not paying your authors their miserable compensation, however, is not only a lie, it is a "theft". Theft is illegal and punishable in court. Especially when you do have a written and signed contract. Three months people working for free and not getting even one cent in return...What kind of business is that? Definitely not mykinda business. But it is my lawyer's kinda case. If I were mr Wilkins, I would be selling my car to pay my debts a.s.a.p. Put aside the tsunami of negative PR and bad reputation that will follow Lee Wilkins and all his business ventures throughout the next years. It is already forming. And I don't think its worth the miserable amount of money due. Let's concentrate on legal actions. The clock is ticking. People are expecting their money and Wilkins won't get away so easy with not paying. Never lie an Eastern European. Especially a Russian :)) And don't get this as a thread. It is a friendly advice. I suggest you take the easy way out of this situation, or there are legal advisers who will be more than happy to show you the other way around... Guys, we are being pulled by the leg here. Not paying somebody’s money and making him work for free is not a surprising practice in Eastern Europe. The opposite is. There is a movie: “Moscow doesn’t believe in tears”. Why should minimum wage Eastern-European writers share the hazards and the risks of an online business project equally with its leader? They wouldn’t be sharing the whole profit, would they?

I do not doubt the huge spendings of this project. I am sure they are a flat lie. Not paying your authors their miserable compensation, however, is not only a lie, it is a “theft”. Theft is illegal and punishable in court. Especially when you do have a written and signed contract. Three months people working for free and not getting even one cent in return…What kind of business is that? Definitely not mykinda business. But it is my lawyer’s kinda case. If I were mr Wilkins, I would be selling my car to pay my debts a.s.a.p.

Put aside the tsunami of negative PR and bad reputation that will follow Lee Wilkins and all his business ventures throughout the next years. It is already forming. And I don’t think its worth the miserable amount of money due. Let’s concentrate on legal actions. The clock is ticking. People are expecting their money and Wilkins won’t get away so easy with not paying.

Never lie an Eastern European. Especially a Russian :)) And don’t get this as a thread. It is a friendly advice. I suggest you take the easy way out of this situation, or there are legal advisers who will be more than happy to show you the other way around…

]]> By: Lee Wilkins http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012021 Lee Wilkins Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:33:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012021 my initial response is here: http://inside.mykinda.com/29/02/2008/great-regret my initial response is here:

http://inside.mykinda.com/29/02/2008/great-regret

]]> By: Full of Shit http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012002 Full of Shit Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:17:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2012002 Lee Wilkins is full of shit liar. I worked for him. He never spent these sums. If you did Lee show us the company accounts. Pay up or face legals. You left the UK because you were unemployable and uninvestable and I guess no one in Eastern Europe will want you to work for them. Lee Wilkins is full of shit liar. I worked for him. He never spent these sums. If you did Lee show us the company accounts. Pay up or face legals. You left the UK because you were unemployable and uninvestable and I guess no one in Eastern Europe will want you to work for them.

]]> By: Svetlana Gladkova http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011921 Svetlana Gladkova Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:54:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011921 I will join Dimitar in his doubts about the huge spendings on MyKinda. As an insider (I used to be on the same chief blogger position as Dimitar but in Russia) I can not grasp it: it looks like Lee tries to make his spendings look huge and his debts tiny. But what I am really interested in is to know Lee's intentions about handling the debts. I have 6 people in Russia with contracts and money due and they do not care about how much Lee spent and how he did not receive the funding he expected - they care about how much time they spent working for him. Anyone thinks it is the wrong thing to care about? Try working for free for a couple of months yourself. I will join Dimitar in his doubts about the huge spendings on MyKinda. As an insider (I used to be on the same chief blogger position as Dimitar but in Russia) I can not grasp it: it looks like Lee tries to make his spendings look huge and his debts tiny. But what I am really interested in is to know Lee’s intentions about handling the debts. I have 6 people in Russia with contracts and money due and they do not care about how much Lee spent and how he did not receive the funding he expected - they care about how much time they spent working for him. Anyone thinks it is the wrong thing to care about? Try working for free for a couple of months yourself.

]]> By: Dyde http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011912 Dyde Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:46:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011912 Amusis, excellent post. This guy was better off investing his money in gold, or oil or just depositing it into money markets. He would earned a better ROI when what he did with MyKinda, not too mention the huge debt he incurred. Amusis, excellent post. This guy was better off investing his money in gold, or oil or just depositing it into money markets. He would earned a better ROI when what he did with MyKinda, not too mention the huge debt he incurred.

]]> By: Mark Hendrickson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011885 Mark Hendrickson Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:14:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011885 "Yet another blog network" is a bummer of a tag line; doesn't get me too excited to see it return. “Yet another blog network” is a bummer of a tag line; doesn’t get me too excited to see it return.

]]> By: Radulescu http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011851 Radulescu Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:28:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011851 Maybe when you'll come to Romania you'll see that it takes almost no time to spend haf million euros. Take a taxi ride from the airport to the city, rent an apartment for a month and have a coffee with your best friend in a downtown cafe and then tell me how much you are left with :) Maybe when you’ll come to Romania you’ll see that it takes almost no time to spend haf million euros. Take a taxi ride from the airport to the city, rent an apartment for a month and have a coffee with your best friend in a downtown cafe and then tell me how much you are left with :)

]]> By: Dimitar Vesselinov http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011837 Dimitar Vesselinov Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:11:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011837 I used to be the chief blogger of MyKinda Bulgaria and I'm very surprised by this huge debt. I used to be the chief blogger of MyKinda Bulgaria and I’m very surprised by this huge debt.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011833 Gabe Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:05:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011833 I had the same reaction as Dimitar (#11). How do you possibly spend over $400,000 on a web service that depended on no new major or minor technology??? It's just baffling. Even assuming he pays his bloggers triple what Gawker does, the numbers still don't come close to adding up. Did he outsource to the Pentagon? I had the same reaction as Dimitar (#11).

How do you possibly spend over $400,000 on a web service that depended on no new major or minor technology???

It’s just baffling.

Even assuming he pays his bloggers triple what Gawker does, the numbers still don’t come close to adding up.

Did he outsource to the Pentagon?

]]> By: Shawn http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011799 Shawn Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:44:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/29/blog-network-mykinda-to-shut-down-today/#comment-2011799 I got dibs on the cool domain name! :-) I got dibs on the cool domain name! :-)

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