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Re:Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? by axod on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @05:58AM (#659873)
They conveniently ignore it since it doesn't fit in well with their agenda/propaganda? Either that or Mike isn't very good with numbers.

I like this comment though:

  >> The data could also get interpreted that startups in
  >> the valley have a lower revenue success rate and fewer
  >> working business models and the only strategy remaining
  >> is an acquisition before landing in the deadpool.

  >> Since when is the primary goal of startup to get
  >> acquired? I thought companies are about finding a
  >> business model. Oh wait, that might just be my “out
  >> of valley” thinking model…
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Re:Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? by drusenko on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @06:15AM (#659890)
to be honest, it looks like he assumed the table was sorted by acquisition rate... would have made a lot more sense that way, instead of sorting it by # of startups
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Re:Are Silicon Valley Startups More Likely To Be Acquired? by axod on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @06:23AM (#659894)
Yeah you'd have to be a rocket scientist to be able to look down the list and find the biggest numbers...

Off topic, but very funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

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