Seibert: Acquisitions are about mission acceleration, not cashing out
Jeff Seibert · 20 VC FF 032: Jeff Seibert on Lessons From Being Acquired By Twitter & Box and Now Leading Twitter's Consumer Product · Jan 29, 2016 · at 12:30
Jeff Seibert, serial entrepreneur and Twitter Senior Director of Product, outlines his mental model for assessing startup acquisitions and liquidity events.
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“My belief on acquisitions and IPOs for that matter, exits of any kind is that they are not about exiting. The entire point is to become more successful at your mission.”
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