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Serota: Distributed teams increase startup acquisition value rather than deterring buyers
“We've actually recently gone through this with a partner of ours, TalkIQ, that was recently acquired by Dialpad. And part of the reason that they were a very desirable acquisition target was purely because they had that team in place in Waterloo that had alrea…”
Serota: Average Silicon Valley employee tenure is roughly 18 months
“The average tenure in the Valley is about 18 months”
Serota: Distributed hiring from day one will become the startup norm
“And we're seeing companies now do that on day one or with employee number one. And I think that trend will only continue to be the norm”
Serota: Eventbrite scaled its Mendoza engineering team to 100 people
“So we took on a remote development strategy and ended up acquiring and then building it upon a team based in Mendoza, Argentina. And this is where I saw firsthand the power of having access to talent in a market Far outside the valley like Mendoza, which just …”