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Talent acquisitions make me sad because they reduce diversity in the product place. I find it hard to believe that a company with 2,000 talented engineers will
by frossie 15y ago
Talent acquisitions make me sad because they reduce diversity in the product place. I find it hard to believe that a company with 2,000 talented engineers will put out as much interesting stuff as 100 shops of 20 talented engineers.
Also, while I am not in startups, I thought the whole attraction for those who do them is the independence in doing your own thing. I find it hard to believe that this can be achieved after being subsumed in Google, Facebook, or other giant.
- jmathai 15y agoIn an odd way "acquisition" defies that for a short period of time. It's almost like the startup is a means to acquisition. But ultimately the attraction is independence and faster iteration. That's why you see people who wind up going back to startups.
- lurker19 15y agoIt cuts both ways. Google smothered Urchin and pissed off customers, but they brought GA to a much wider audience and integrated with the rest of Google system. Similar for Writely and Grand Central and many more I would bet. It would be really wonderful if companies could use open standards and honest dealing, so that firms could interoperate effectively with out merging&acquiring. Our tax system punishes that, though, so it is much more cost-effective to buy a small company than to buy their product and pay sales tax.