"The price of consolidating the companies is too high." I find this fascinating, as it really speaks to my experience in small companies. The thing you actuall

"The price of consolidating the companies is too high." I find this fascinating, as it really speaks to my experience in small companies. The thing you actually create -- code, docs, self-serve product, sales and marketing collateral -- isn't particularly valuable. Most of the knowledge is tribal knowledge, and you're all just spending time trying to expand that. It's amazing how far you can go, and have to go, with the informational equivalent of duct tape and string.