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Re:How Big Tech got so big: hundreds of acquisitions by formercoder on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:33AM (#27038694)
That's what happens when there's a flood of venture capital money whose intention with its investment is to see a specific return on capital on a specific investment horizon.
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Re:How Big Tech got so big: hundreds of acquisitions by schnevets on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:41AM (#27038795)
I am much further removed from the "startup frenzy" of the early 2010s, but does it seem like this model has trended downward since the start of lockdown?

As optimism about the pandemic rises, it seems like the innovation that you would expect from this kind of volatility never panned out. I suppose capital was pumped into the public market instead?

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