I was contacted yesterday by someone running technology for a small startup company, interested in seeing if I wanted to join the effort. Now, first off, I am perfectly happy with my current job and employer, but it is my policy to hear people out when they come gauging my interest. You never know, I might get contacted by the next Larry or Sergey (or Linus).

I turned this opportunity down without talking to the guy. I took a look at the link he sent, and there was a list of people involved in his company. I went down the list and went to each person’s blog on the list. I wasn’t particularly interested in chatting with any of these bloggers, so I turned it down without talking to them.

The name of the guy and company isn’t important. What is important is, do you think a company, particularly a small startup, is partially defined by the content on the personal blogs of its employees? Especially when they are in such an early stage so as to not have any products to show?

Please, I’m interested to hear what you think about this.