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tech and talent deals

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 21, 2018 by Dan Scheinman · across every show →

Everything said about tech and talent deals, oldest first

May 21, 2018 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Acqui-hires now yield only 1x to 1.5x returns for early investors
“What I've seen has been that, in reality, some of those transactions look a lot more like return of capital or maybe one and a half X kind of returns, and it's no longer that lucrative on that side.”
Dan Scheinman May 21, 2018 ▶ 7:24 20VC: Why The Days of Spray and Pray at Seed Are Over, How To Compete In A World of Sequoia Seed Funds & Why Price Doesn't Matter with Dan Scheinman, Angel Investor @ Zoom & Arista Networks
May 21, 2018 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Big tech is slowing acqui-hires due to internal backlash over retention
“A lot of those companies are slowing down the tech and talent deals because what they found was they were Angering their existing employee base”
Dan Scheinman May 21, 2018 ▶ 7:37 20VC: Why The Days of Spray and Pray at Seed Are Over, How To Compete In A World of Sequoia Seed Funds & Why Price Doesn't Matter with Dan Scheinman, Angel Investor @ Zoom & Arista Networks
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