Tekion bought two live auto dealerships as an early-stage startup for R&D
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Tekion founder Jay Vijayan details the company's early high-risk strategy of purchasing automotive dealerships to research and refine its software.
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“And that's what we ended up acquiring two automotive dealerships. It was a very high risk, high stakes. We had to do because Tekyon is a small company. We didn't have a lot of money.”
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