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Yik Yak comes to mind; the product died but they got acquired by Square for the engineering talent. I can see VC's seeing a solid team of engineers as an asset
by aylmao 9y ago
Yik Yak comes to mind; the product died but they got acquired by Square for the engineering talent. I can see VC's seeing a solid team of engineers as an asset that's potentially more valuable than the actual product.
- maxxxxx 9y agoAt the company I worked they seemed mostly concerned with the number of engineers, not quality. We pretty much had the marching order to hire 30 engineers ASAP without knowing what they would do.