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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! Let’s assume an early-stage company around for 2 years with limited traction. .”

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

Dont miss Plan - This may seem obvious, but Ive seen a number of CEOs shot for missing the first quarters numbers after going public, which is a great way to shrink your market cap well before the lock-up period is up. The best way to describe my work is probably start-up CFO guy. Same principle here. 5 hours ago.