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Re:Open Corp Dev: An Idea Too Bold For Facebook Or Dropbox by ivankirigin on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @02:52PM (#6555473)
These issues are present for every acquisition. Having a minimum price doesn't make them go away. Often the price is much, much more.

I mentioned Instagram: $1B for 13 people and a product that makes no money (yet). You don't think the most recent 1000 employees at Facebook are wishing they joined a small startup instead?

Dealing with this is non-trivial, I'm not trying to dismiss it. I'm just saying the idea and this problem aren't as causal as you're implying.

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Re:Open Corp Dev: An Idea Too Bold For Facebook Or Dropbox by oh_sigh on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @04:45PM (#6556195)
Except that if those 1000 employees joined a small startup, odds are that 920 of them would not even make it to the stage of acqui-hire
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Re:Open Corp Dev: An Idea Too Bold For Facebook Or Dropbox by ivankirigin on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @07:37PM (#6557079)
Yeah, I think often the best choice is to join the larger company. But we're talking about perceptions, which are not the same as reality
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