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There's a difference between internally weighing build-vs-buy and openly threatening a pair of hackers in a negotiation with a blatant rip-off.
by rsp1984 10y ago
There's a difference between internally weighing build-vs-buy and openly threatening a pair of hackers in a negotiation with a blatant rip-off.
- andreyf 10y agoFair point: I taught my daughter never to threaten at about 6 years old. The way I see it, even at Google, small M&A deals are just staffed by a bunch of aggro nerds who have a lot more "egoistic hot shot" than "civilized decorum" about them. It seems possible they were bluffing — getting organizational buy-in and staffing a small project at Google has relatively enormous overhead. So for tiny projects (<$1M), buying is nearly always cheaper. Best response, I imagine, would be "ok, why don't you guys figure out how much that'll cost you and we'll circle back to talk numbers again. looking forward to it!"
- eternalban 9y ago> The way I see it ... deals are just staffed by a bunch of aggro nerds ... On what facts do you base this perception? If it is Uber we say "culture is set from top". This doesn't apply to Google?