Comments on: Tapulous Cofounder Mike Lee Ejected From Company

By: Groups (iPhone App Review) | Will Robertson | willw.net

Groups (iPhone App Review) | Will Robertson | willw.net — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:07:40 +0000

[...] of a pain. When the App Store first launched I was patiently waiting for FriendBook, however after Mike Lee left Tapulous the app didn’t live up to my expectations. It took me until now to finally find one to fill [...]

By: Puzzllotto: The Incredibly Frustrating iPhone Game That Could Net You $30,000

Puzzllotto: The Incredibly Frustrating iPhone Game That Could Net You $30,000 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:16:34 +0000

[...] as an introduction to United Lemur, a development company that was founded by Mike Lee after he was ejected from Tapulous (which he co-founded). The company is currently working on at least two more apps, [...]

By: The Mike Lee Phenomenon: TapTap Revenge, Lemurs and “FundWare” - iPhone Applications | AppCraver

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:55:37 +0000

[...] one month later, it all blew apart, and Mike was forced out of the company, an event that was as well covered in the blogosphere as if Steve Jobs had left [...]

By: Hits Singapore » Blog Archive » Tapulous Loses Most Of Its Original Team, Set To Begin Anew

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:17:46 +0000

[...] to become an entirely different company. A month ago Co-Founder and Chief Architect Mike Lee was forced out of Tapulous, mostly due to the company’s shifting goals under CEO Bart Decrem. When the company was [...]

By: Tapulous Loses Most Of Its Original Team, Set To Begin Anew

Tapulous Loses Most Of Its Original Team, Set To Begin Anew — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:08:25 +0000

By: Tristan O’Tierney » Blog Archive » Post Tapulous

Tristan O’Tierney » Blog Archive » Post Tapulous — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:30:17 +0000

[...] that quality matters and that writing beautiful software really can change the world. In the end, Mike and Tapulous couldn’t see eye to eye and the leadership that Mike brought to this platform-specific [...]

By: Ruhe in Frieden liebes FriendBook

Ruhe in Frieden liebes FriendBook — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:18:41 +0000

[...] dann Tapulous Mitbegründer Mike Lee das Unternehmen verließ wurde schon gemunkelt, dass die Tage von FriendBook gezählt sein könnten. Nach meinem [...]

By: Update: Tap Tap Revenge v1.2 — Best Mobile Phone Deal

Update: Tap Tap Revenge v1.2 — Best Mobile Phone Deal — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:21:37 +0000

[...] the very recent ejection of their co-founder and Chief Architect, Mike Lee, Tapulous, the venture-capital backed iPhone development start-up, [...]

By: Update: Tap Tap Revenge v1.2

Update: Tap Tap Revenge v1.2 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:50:58 +0000

[...] the very recent ejection of their co-founder and Chief Architect, Mike Lee, Tapulous, the venture-capital backed iPhone development start-up, [...]

By: Gabe da Silveira

Gabe da Silveira — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:49:37 +0000

People should heed your words on this one. I have tremendous respect for Mike Lee’s work and writing ability, but I thought airing his dirty laundry like this was not very classy at all.

One thing people should not be doing is jumping to conclusions about the history of Tapulous based on Mike’s post. I was around at the very beginning of this company and I can say that 90% of the comments here and at Mike’s blog are wrong-headed due to blatant assumptions made based on ignorant interpretations of what Mike wrote.

While Mike Lee brings tremendous talent wherever he goes, he was not the beginning or end of the talent or strategy at Tapulous, and his presence does not make or break this company.

By: Joshua McKenty

Joshua McKenty — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:05:49 +0000

I worked with Bart at Flock, and with both Bart and Mike at Tapulous (albeit for a very brief time). I left Tapulous early in anticipation of this conflict – which, for the record, I believe has nothing to do with the integrity or ability of any of the parties involved. Clearly, in any fast-moving new market, business models remain as fluid as anything else.

The irony, for me, lies in folks’ focus on FriendBook. I worked with Mike on that app (building the backend service), and I believe the reason it was pulled from the AppStore was due to accuracy problems in how we used accelerometer data to match up pairs of phones. This bug is as easily my fault as Mikes, and doesn’t really have much to do with the course of Tapulous’ history. There ARE, however, a half-dozen OTHER apps in development within Tapulous that more closely align with their stated business goals (Fun over Function), that have yet to see the light of day.

Building a company on top of iPhone development, especially in the “Fun and Games” sector, is a project management challenge; for most of those apps, it becomes counter-productive to assign more than one or two developers to an app. This makes them particularly vulnerable to personnel turnover – perhaps you should ask Bart about the app Phil Crosby was working on when he left.

Oh, you’ve never heard of Phil? You probably never heard of me, either.

By: dark monk

dark monk — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:44:48 +0000

Exactly, install/uninstall the only way to monetize crapola is bundle mobile ad ware.. which is next I’m sure. followed my adaware IPhone edition

By: We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All

We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:42:52 +0000

[...] apps on other phones. But as of yesterday the fate of FriendBook is now in jeopardy due to the departure of its lead developer (and Tapulous cofounder) Mike Lee. So is all hope [...]

By: Kats

Kats — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:14:28 +0000

It looks like Mike isn’t going to have to search for a job very hard. I’m suspecting Tapulous is going to have many regrets.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:14:58 +0000

I find it interesting in the comments that several people want Mike to come work for them, but no one seems to be jumping for the chance to fill the empty slot at Tapulous.

By: gregorylent

gregorylent — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:52:52 +0000

the substantial trumped by the lowest common denominator. trash rules

By: Not Mike

Not Mike — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:27:21 +0000

there is a link attached to the “Mike” name, you stupid retard.

By: Dr. Rod King

Dr. Rod King — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:21:01 +0000

Mike Lee,
Sorry to learn of your recent resignation from Tapulous. But in life, as one door closes so do many others open.

From what I’ve been reading so far, you may be the person whom I’m longing for to take our startup company to the next level. We have a really exciting and paradigm-busting product called Galaxy IT at http://search.galaxyt.com. Our mission at the moment is to make a huge and positive difference on the way people organize information as well as daily plan and execute tasks everywhere.

I’m very interested in talking with you and I’d appreciate your initial response by e-mail.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Dr. Rod King
http://search.galaxyit.com

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:22:39 +0000

Only in a bubble.

By: Roundup: Nvidia battles recall flyers, oh and the Internet is broken again » VentureBeat

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:52:11 +0000

[...] Tapulous co-founder booted from company — Mike Lee, co-founder of Tapulous, has been booted from the hot maker of iPhone applications, according to TechCrunch. [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:06:55 +0000

Empty words. You think anyone here believes you?!?!? LOL

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Tapulousの共同ファウンダーMike Lee、会社を追われる

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Tapulousの共同ファウンダーMike Lee、会社を追われる — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:28:17 +0000

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:25:43 +0000

Bart Decrem? The 20-something CEO of Flock?! That guy has another CEO job? This is worse than the subprime debacle! How does this happen?!?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:53:17 +0000

I’m totes on it!

By: Andrew Fielding

Andrew Fielding — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:38:14 +0000

Sad to see Mike leave but hopefully this will afford him with more time to do his charity work.