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Do Acquisitions Always Kill Products?
- dictum 13y agoMost acquired products aren't dead if you use an specific definition of "alive": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_theseus
- eladgil 13y agoWell, if they are completely shut down (i.e. server is turned off) they are pretty dead :)
- wikwocket 13y agoThis is an interesting article and I like the author's characterizations of acquisitions, but I cannot imagine a worse way to present that data than this. Including a large spreadsheet via a tiny viewing portal in a narrow-format blog post. I'm curious if there is a reason for including it this way as I don't see anything in the SS that could not presented in a simple list, like this: Acqui-hire Soft landing with small signing bonuses for the team. Usually the investors get nothing and the common stock may more or less get wiped. Product survival: 0% % of Tech Acquisitions: 20% Founder retention after 2 years: Mixed, depending on how well the team integration goes, and whether the founders are given real roles or sidelined. If founders are exhausted they may enjoy the slower pace of a larger company. Examples: Most people don't want their acqui-hire to be characterized as such
- eladgil 13y agoyeah, i am trying to clean up the formatting now :/ published too soon
- im3w1l 13y agoTo view the spreadsheet full screen Right click - this frame - show only this frame. Or just go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoNag2KcCMGvdGRtZVIyV2NWQlZQTWRLNmVScFRQZGc&chrome=false&gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoNag2KcCMGvdGR...
- broseph 13y agoThe embedded Google Spreadsheet is proof that not all products are killed by acquisitions: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-nice-to-share.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-nice-to-share.htm...