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How Focused Should Startups be Being Acquired? (markevanstech.com)
1 point by buckpost on Oct 12, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



It depends on the founders' perspectives.

Not all large companies are like Google. Any acquiring company would probably lock in the founders for ages.

The mind numbing bureaucracy and command-control type of management that is part and parcel of being in a large company are not ideal environment for entrepreneurs.




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