On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Nick Holmes a Court (BuzzNumbers) <[email protected]> wrote: > Part of the interest for large companies to acquire startups is for their > people, ie a "talent acquisition".
I agree. I've been convincing myself more and more these last few weeks, that the only reason a company will buy a startup now is due to talent. Factor $1.5m per dev[1], assuming you've got an A-class team with unique skills (ie, like how it used to be with Rails developers, is is now with Objective C). [1] http://blognewcomb.squarespace.com/essays/2010/10/14/cult-creation.html Elias Bizannes http://eliasbizannes.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
