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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred May 18

    My favorite thing in the world to watch: 1. Company fails, is acquihired 2. Both companies spin it in the press as a huge win without admitting it’s an acquihire and without disclosing price 3. People congratulate the investors that just lost a ton of money

    2:02 AM - 18 May 2018
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      1. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred May 18

        And yes I just deleted this tweet after 20 retweets and fixed it because I saw a typo

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      2. justin spratt  🚗‏Verified account @justinspratt May 18
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I'm not sure this is a problem. often acquihires don't "loose" money (maybe on time value) - most come out even. and it can still become accretive to acquirer too, even if defensively. it's not great, but it's not bad either...

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred May 18
        Replying to @justinspratt

        I would say investors don’t lose money in about 10% of cases

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      4. justin spratt  🚗‏Verified account @justinspratt May 18
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        in my experience less than 10%. acquihires mostly happen around A so numbers are not big either. hard to know for sure I guess, and maybe on invested $ it skews the effect. still, not "bad" that they sell it as a win, IMHO.

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      1. Jophin Mathai‏ @jofmat May 18
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        We are all on a mission, as they say.

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      2. Kyle Lacy‏ @kyleplacy May 18
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I’d argue that you are losing by even focusing on other companies. Who cares? Focus on driving the success of your customers and employees. You don’t have enough time in the day to worry about other’s optics.

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      3. Kyle Lacy‏ @kyleplacy May 18
        Replying to @kyleplacy @AustenAllred

        You have limited glucose levels... why focus it on acquihires that might or might not be failures?

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      4. Perfect Little Soup Boy‏ @gabegundy May 18
        Replying to @kyleplacy @AustenAllred

        I'm not sure I've ever seen the glucose level analogy. What are we talking about here?

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      5. Kyle Lacy‏ @kyleplacy May 18
        Replying to @gabegundy @AustenAllred

        Or ask @MaxYoder - he is all over it right now

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      6. Max Yoder‏ @MaxYoder May 18
        Replying to @kyleplacy @gabegundy @AustenAllred

        Great read!https://www.amazon.com/Willpower-Rediscovering-Greatest-Human-Strength/dp/0143122231 …

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      1. Connor V.‏ @ConnorVO May 18
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        4. CEO/Founder writes self-congratulatory post about how good they are

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      1. crazy glitch asian‏ @atav1k May 18
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        Leave @biz & @dickc alone

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      1. Phil Glazer‏ @phil_glazer May 18
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        Tech’s version of revisionist history

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      1. Bernardo Pádua‏ @bernardops May 20
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        You’re mean, dude! 😂

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      1. Jon Senterfitt‏ @thetwosents May 18
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        Omg this. Times. 10.

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      1. Varun Singh‏ @VarunJuice May 18
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I feel like a vast number of acquihires were early in their lifecycle. so $ lost might not be a lot.

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