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Sikand: Short-form video businesses are unsustainable without owned audience
“The space we were operating in, short form video, is a very challenging category to be in, right? You don't control the views. You don't control the audience. And you're built atop these layers of social media platforms. So it's very hard to have A sustainable…”
Sikand: Best exit strategy is turning ideal acquirers into customers first
“In my opinion, the best thing you can do to position your company for an exit is to turn your ideal acquirer into your customer somehow, or a stakeholder in some sense.”
Sikand: Most startup acquisitions are structured as acqui-hires
“It is very rare that a company is acquired without some kind of aqua hire structure, right?”
Sikand: Our Future campaigns drove tens of thousands of Morning Brew subscribers
“These deals that Morning Brew did with our future in the fall of 21 ended up driving tens of thousands of new Morning Brew subscribers.”