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If a competitor takes interest in your space, and you're already profitable, they're as likely to acquire you as compete with you. A fully VC-funded SV unicorn
by dcolkitt 6y ago
If a competitor takes interest in your space, and you're already profitable, they're as likely to acquire you as compete with you.
A fully VC-funded SV unicorn is gonna demand a pretty high price tag. There's a lot of mouths to feed and liquidation preferences to payout. OTOH, $10 million is a pretty attractive payout for a single person, or even a handful.
- paxys 6y agoLarge companies are mostly looking for rapid growth and/or talent when they consider acquisitions, and this one has neither. Single-digit millions in revenue is inconsequential in the industry today.
- Grimm1 6y agoYou're missing IP acquisition which is the third well considered type of acquisition consideration. Not saying you're wrong here just wanted to add that.