Apple buys a company every three to four weeks

Re:Apple buys a company every three to four weeks by umanwizard on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:16PM (#26258931)

An acqui-hire is typically considered a failure for VC-backed startups. (Not that one should necessarily be embarrassed for “failing” in this way, but that’s just the reality).

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Re:Apple buys a company every three to four weeks by bryanrasmussen on Thursday February 25, 2021 @03:31AM (#26260892)

I think, from reading the back and forth here, that there seem to be a number of different types of acqui-hires and as such we can't really be sure to what extent the acqui-hire represents a failure.

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Re:Apple buys a company every three to four weeks by ryandrake on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:23PM (#26258970)

I could think of worse things than getting acqui-hired by a FAANG and made a Director or something in the company. Not sure that's much of a failure honestly!

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Re:Apple buys a company every three to four weeks by Sebb767 on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:37PM (#26259060)

It's certainly better than going insolvent, but it also implies that you company has failed to reach the usual hockey-stick growth targets and that your IP is "worthless" enough to be bought as overhead for hiring someone. So, while not a total failure, it's really not a compliment.

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Re:Apple buys a company every three to four weeks by pseudalopex on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:33PM (#26259028)

Success to you. Failure to the investors.

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