When the new ownership came in, they made some decisions I wasn't pleased with. And when they changed the whole aspect of it, I just totally lost interest.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The quality of ownership is not what it was in yesteryear.
I've been through a couple of mergers - they're not that fun. And it's easy to lose your focus on this grandiose mission you established for yourself as an independent company.
I felt I was owned by possessions.
The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed.
Once investors come in, it's hardly your company anymore!
Sometimes change is good. Although I didn't want to leave.
I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.
I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.
Companies, like people, don't much like to change.
I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory.