3 ms·
large corporations cannot change, except by acquiring start-ups I'd be curious to see examples of large corporations that have changed by acquiring startups.
by neilc 16y ago
large corporations cannot change, except by acquiring start-ups
I'd be curious to see examples of large corporations that have changed by acquiring startups.
- philwelch 16y agoApple (NeXT), possibly Intuit (Mint).
- neilc 16y agoWell, NeXT had ~540 employees according to Wikipedia, so I'm not sure it would really qualify as a startup. Plus one of those employees was Jobs, who was borderline recruited to come back and takeover Apple, so that is definitely an exceptional case.