Re:Do Acquisitions Always Kill Products?
by wikwocket on Thursday January 16, 2014 @12:06PM
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This is an interesting article and I like the author's characterizations of acquisitions, but I cannot imagine a worse way to present that data than this. Including a large spreadsheet via a tiny viewing portal in a narrow-format blog post.
I'm curious if there is a reason for including it this way as I don't see anything in the SS that could not presented in a simple list, like this:
Acqui-hire
Soft landing with small signing bonuses for the team. Usually the investors
get nothing and the common stock may more or less get wiped.
Product survival: 0%
% of Tech Acquisitions: 20%
Founder retention after 2 years: Mixed, depending on how well the team integration
goes, and whether the founders are given real roles or sidelined. If founders
are exhausted they may enjoy the slower pace of a larger company.
Examples: Most people don't want their acqui-hire to be characterized as such
I'm curious if there is a reason for including it this way as I don't see anything in the SS that could not presented in a simple list, like this:
Right click - this frame - show only this frame.
Or just go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoNag2KcCMGvdGR...