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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. Let’s assume $2 million in seed money. If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Both PBworks and Ustream (the two most prominent companies I’ve been directly involved with) had a ton of work to do after gaining initial traction. I can’t code, and that’s a major disadvantage.