Tapulous CEO: Don't get ahead of yourself; companies need time to figure out what they want to be Too much of a good thing, isn't always a good thing after all. And, when it comes to entrepreneurship - getting too much attention in the beginning can be a hurdle. This lesson was learned by seasoned entrepreneur Bart Decrem, the CEO and co-founder of Tapulous. "One of the things I learned from my previous startup was a company called Flock," he said, in our "Lessons learned" interview segment. "People got really excited about it; it got a lot of hype and attention before the product was ready. We got ahead of ourselves; we raised too much money; we got too much publicity." Bart founded Flock in 2005, and left about a year later, amid some negative press that suggested ... [ Read more ]