Comments on: Coming back to Xtranormal’s case — the adventurous life of a startup http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/ Technology and Innovation news in Montreal Tue, 22 May 2012 17:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MaureenSharib http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/#comment-457595 MaureenSharib Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:51:18 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1281#comment-457595 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/</span></span> http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/

]]> By: MaureenSharib http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/#comment-319622 MaureenSharib Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:34:43 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1281#comment-319622 great story - what's going on w xtranormal today? great story – what’s going on w xtranormal today?

]]> By: Montreal Tech Watch http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/#comment-457596 Montreal Tech Watch Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:28:33 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1281#comment-457596 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Coming back to Xtranormal’s case — the adventurous life of a startup http://tinyurl.com/6r6u8q</span></span> Coming back to Xtranormal’s case — the adventurous life of a startup http://tinyurl.com/6r6u8q

]]> By: Fred Brunel http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/#comment-92202 Fred Brunel Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:47:09 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1281#comment-92202 What happened is really, really sad. After the first layoffs the company was right on track, focuses and the team was strong enough to handle the challenge. I agree that 17 people is a lot of people compared to some startup but it can't be compared to a classic web company. Rendering and animation technologies like what Xtranormal has built takes a lot more people to implement than any web service. It is the same for the 3D content, it takes a lot of time and effort to produce and need specific skills. That said, they're close enough to release a desktop product and the technology is mature and stable. I wish them all the best. It's been great to work here. What happened is really, really sad. After the first layoffs the company was right on track, focuses and the team was strong enough to handle the challenge.

I agree that 17 people is a lot of people compared to some startup but it can’t be compared to a classic web company.

Rendering and animation technologies like what Xtranormal has built takes a lot more people to implement than any web service.

It is the same for the 3D content, it takes a lot of time and effort to produce and need specific skills.

That said, they’re close enough to release a desktop product and the technology is mature and stable.

I wish them all the best. It’s been great to work here.

]]> By: Heri http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/#comment-92194 Heri Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:15:32 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1281#comment-92194 I sure hope the ship is not sinking. a staff of 17 is still bigger than any other startup in town. although it's dramatic, compared to what they had a couple of months ago I sure hope the ship is not sinking. a staff of 17 is still bigger than any other startup in town. although it’s dramatic, compared to what they had a couple of months ago

]]> By: Ben http://montrealtechwatch.com/2008/12/02/coming-back-to-xtranormals-case-the-adventurous-life-of-a-startup/#comment-91689 Ben Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:04:20 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/?p=1281#comment-91689 Update to this story, last week another 20 employees laid off, now about 17 employees left. CFO & COO are now part time consultants. Director of Finance & Director of Human Resources let go. Admin Ass. doing all of the accounting. And the desktop product will be called desktop lite but not certain it will come out in April. Does anyone know what the plan is here or has the ship sunk? Update to this story, last week another 20 employees laid off, now about 17 employees left. CFO & COO are now part time consultants. Director of Finance & Director of Human Resources let go. Admin Ass. doing all of the accounting. And the desktop product will be called desktop lite but not certain it will come out in April. Does anyone know what the plan is here or has the ship sunk?

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