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Re:How Big Tech got so big: hundreds of acquisitions by manigandham on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:02PM (#27040529)
Then don't cash out. But that's usually a fantasy. Nobody is really "passionate about enterprise saas" or whatever the marketing says.

Founders are interested in control and eventual (financial) freedom, and tend to like building an organization in general. An acquisition provides that freedom while allowing them to build something else in the future with even better circumstances.

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Re:How Big Tech got so big: hundreds of acquisitions by throwitaway1235 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:11PM (#27040685)
At some point in his life Larry Ellison was passionate about something as mundane as a database.
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Re:How Big Tech got so big: hundreds of acquisitions by burntoutfire on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:38PM (#27041131)
Database engines are cooler (and harder) than 95-99% of the stuff that people on HN build.
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Re:How Big Tech got so big: hundreds of acquisitions by manigandham on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @03:21PM (#27041746)
Was he? Or was it the opportunity to create a business around new tech and the eventual riches it brought? It seems his real passion is buying islands and racing boats.
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