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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

The Aqui-hire Business. And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. .” Most founders stick around for their lock-up period (1-2 years) before going on to found their next company.

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Share options are key to Valley culture; the UK is getting close, but not there yet

The Equity Kicker

However, my experience across over 100 portfolio companies and my colleagues experience in hiring getting on for 1,000 people is that employees often don’t understand or value those options very highly.