- Unique team culture
- Super smart co-workers with lots of experience from Apple, Google, Microsoft etc.
- Great network through team mates, investors, friends of Cooliris
- Everyone get's 100% of trust, no matter if intern or full-time
- I learned a lot within a short amount of time
- Great team events
Cons
- Be ready to work hard
- Sometimes weekends included
Reasonable compensation.
Free lunches and dinners, mostly edible.
Good office location.
Flexible work schedule.
Uncanny ability to continue to raise funds.
Cons
Lack of vision.
Schizophrenic product roadmap.
No revenue.
Design decisions frequently made at insane hours with little discussion.
CEO micro-management.
Useless CTO who is too busy playing with pet projects instead of providing technical leadership and vision.
High employee turnover.
Massive dilution and slim chance of any equity value.
How does this company continue to survive?
traditional startup feel, very open and friendly culture, lots of time to add in own ideas. Challenges you to think about how social media can/does influence new products on the market today, and create products that will adhere to these new standards.
Cons
releases don't usually happen on schedule. The open-ness sometimes leads to a lack of structure, and projects often end up being a "make it up as we go" kind of deal.