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But a bad outcome for the economy overall. In the medical industry this is extreme. The startup scene is basically a feeder pipeline for the big guys. Nobody ev
by spaetzleesser 4y ago
But a bad outcome for the economy overall. In the medical industry this is extreme. The startup scene is basically a feeder pipeline for the big guys. Nobody even tries to start a self sustaining business.
- louniks 4y agoI wonder if this can be viewed as (yet another?) example of companies externalizing the negatives. Pollution is the classic example, both during manufacture and at the end of the lifecycle. In this case, it would be financial risk. Founders bootstrap a start-up, either with their own money or outside investors, and these folks carry all the risk. The established players can safely wait until the startup either fails or succeeds, and buy into a sure thing in the latter case.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI think it is simply a consequence of technology enabling instant global communications and decreasing marginal costs precipitously giving bigger players an enormous advantage.
- mateo411 4y agoI'm not sure about that. An acquisition is a risky thing for a company to do as well. It's never a sure thing and correctly pricing the acquisition or predicting if the company will be successful with the acquisition is also not guaranteed or easy.
- nijave 4y agoFor some highly regulated industries, it's hard to bring small products to market. In banking, there are tiered regulations based on your size (in the U.S.) so there's more overhead for large companies