acqui-hire
also referred to as: acqui-hires
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 29, 2016 by Jeff Seibert · across every show →
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Jan 29, 2016 negative
Jeff Seibert: Acqui-hires are bad from a startup perspective
“Not a fan. In they're pretty good from the larger company's perspective, because you get a team for a relatively low price that you know works well together. And that you can't undervalue. From the startup side, I'm not a fan because I'm, I deeply believe in s…”
Nov 14, 2016 negative
Marini: Acqui-hires prioritize employee retention, leaving early investors with pennies
“In an acqui-hire, the acquiring company, they don't care about the investors, right? They only care about retaining the employees. Therefore any kind of cash compensation that's going towards the acquisition is going to be earmarked for the employees, and the …”
Oct 16, 2024 negative
Perret: Reverse AI acqui-hires will not work for contract-heavy enterprise businesses
“We did see some of these, like, odd, like, acqui-hire, like, large AI acquisitions, which have been fascinating, but I don't think that works with a company that has tons of contracts that they actually want to transfer over to the acquired company.”