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It’s frequently distribution, where the startup has done the difficult-to-organizationally-achieve work of getting something into the market and demonstrating people love it, and the acquirer says “That would be even cooler with a billion users” *AND CAN DO THAT.*
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Shouting because Internet scales blow my mind.
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Half the time I think they're just happy to acquire proven engineers and to let the startup evaporate.
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I've heard it's also a handy way to circumvent EEOC hiring restrictions.
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Otoh being a startup acquired by a FAANG is a business in itself when you think about it. They're doing the post-VC job of buying/funding functional startups in need of scaling, network effects and user base development
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Meanwhile, the FAANG know full well the ones who will really take up will make up for the losses of the meh ones.
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And that the large companies have cultural and organizational advantage in scaling. Accepting the merger implies at least nominal faith in synergy between the two. Though most often I think it’s just optionality or competition foreclosure
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its probably the bad kind of advantage
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Also that startups have something they lack
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