Re:How I Screwed Up My Google Acquisition
by encoderer on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @04:41PM
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Of course, all of this is learned between ages 15 and 30 with the wonderful (and not so wonderful) women we meet :)
Sometimes you're the acquirer, sometimes you're the acquired, and sometimes you're the one sitting there wondering why it went dark :)
Re:How I Screwed Up My Google Acquisition
by jtheory on Thursday December 09, 2010 @06:31PM
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There's probably a way to phrase that without implying that HN is a "gentleman's-only" club. (With every romantic interest we entertain?) Or that the learning is limited to the 15-30 age range -- I know people my father's age who are learning some very painful lessons in this department...
Regardless, the point has merit, and in either context you can't win (or even gain the experience you need to win) unless you're in the game. :)
Re:How I Screwed Up My Google Acquisition
by jayro on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @05:01PM
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Google only became aware of Zenter at their YC demo day, months after my initial contact with them, and snatched them up very shortly after that.
Re:How I Screwed Up My Google Acquisition
by sundars on Thursday December 09, 2010 @01:44AM
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It does look like apart from building a great product in an exciting space Jay may not have done a bunch of things required for making an acquisition happen. Things like being on the radar of a clearly articulated internal champion in the acquiring company, getting multiple outside sources to recommend the acquisition, getting all the stakeholders on board and committed, getting personal and professional growth arrows of stakeholders aligned, getting a stalking horse to create competition for the acquiring company, etc
That said, this one may have simply fallen through the cracks owing to the early failures to follow up more aggressively. Only the Google people can know for sure.