Having been on the acquiring side of a few of these, I've seen where the company being bought didn't really understand why they were being bought. It can be har

Having been on the acquiring side of a few of these, I've seen where the company being bought didn't really understand why they were being bought. It can be hard to to internalize why you're being bought as being bought is a sign of success. Some of the acquisitions I saw we were buying something very specific yet the company had a lot more. People get excited about their future roadmaps when they're often being bought for what they have, it can be hard to turn that off. And lets not get started on the 1-2 year slowdown that an acquisition can put into a team.