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> "do your rainy weekend work and sell to Google, then pleas submit to HN." Since when was life fair or work rewarded based on merit. These things are more abo
by points 16y ago
> "do your rainy weekend work and sell to Google, then pleas submit to HN."
Since when was life fair or work rewarded based on merit. These things are more about who you know than what you create.
- csallen 16y agoThat brings up another good question (in addition to my earlier question about how much money is typically involved): Are these super early-stage acquisitions usually a result of the buyer spotting a diamond in the rough and reaching out with an offer? Or are they usually a matter of the early-stage startup just knowing the right people? I suspect the latter, but it's purely a guess. This is one area of Startup Land about which very little has been written.
- stackthat 16y agoI think spotting, for example lookout outlook plugin acquired by MS, which seems clearly to me MS needed such solution and lookout already solved it nicely. So why re-invent the wheel and spend more money when you got a safe choice.
- ryanpetrich 16y agoI think Lookout was a talent acquisition. The current implementation of Outlook search is much worse than Lookout was.
- stackthat 16y agoThey didn't integrate into the Outlook though, they did integrate into Windows Desktop Search
- ryanpetrich 16y agoOutlook search is powered by Windows Desktop Search I think.