How one family built Qualtrics to an $8B exit

Re:How one family built Qualtrics to an $8B exit by so_tired on Monday November 12, 2018 @09:22AM (#18432708)

Patient capital is grrreaaatt

But how much of this is down to patient employees and (relative) lack of alternative employers?

Could this be done in SV/Shenzhen/London where a good employee has multiple offers. This worked out great for the employees here. But in many other cases the founders get early rewards for building up a company, and are in no rush to IPO or sell because they are cashflow -balanced.

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Re:How one family built Qualtrics to an $8B exit by claydiffrient on Monday November 12, 2018 @09:36AM (#18432803)

As a software engineer in the "Silicon Slopes," I can say that we get multiple offers almost constantly for companies throughout the area. There is enough tech here to keep people employed where they want to be making the money they want to make.

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