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Re:Twitter’s business model is to sell the company by jpeterson on Monday May 26, 2008 @08:30PM (#200547)
YC companies have a ready market of potential buyers because of pg's credibility. Building-to-sell would be significantly riskier and less strategically sound for a non-YC company.
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Re:Twitter’s business model is to sell the company by pg on Monday May 26, 2008 @09:50PM (#200594)
Actually I don't think corporate M&A guys are the least bit influenced by YC. Investors are, somewhat, but not acquirers.
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Re:Twitter’s business model is to sell the company by skmurphy on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @04:50PM (#201394)
Acquirers are looking for synergies that they can see with their current business (which they know well). Investors are looking at a range of possible exits and may be more open to possibilities. Firms like the Corum Group http://www.corumgroup.com/ specialize in software mergers and acquisition and offer a great "Selling Up, Selling Out" conference that's worth attending.
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Re:Twitter’s business model is to sell the company by ivankirigin on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @12:38AM (#200680)
Why not? Do you think this will change?
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Re:Twitter’s business model is to sell the company by pg on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @02:54PM (#201293)
Investors are driven by optimism. M&A guys are as brutally pragmatic as sharks. Neither one is intrinsically more right than the other; they're just two different kinds of people.
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