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Dear Big Companies: Please Stop Wrecking My Stuff.

Dear Big Companies: Please Stop Wrecking My Stuff.

By Maggie Fox on April 12, 2011

Big company buys small social company. Several unremarkable years pass. Big company suddenly announces that they are sunsetting/shuttering/selling small company, now much diminished from lack of care and feeding. Rinse and repeat. I get that this happens – I get that cultures clash (AOL/TimeWarner, anyone?) and I also get that the initial innovation stagnation problem […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Cisco, Delicious, Diigo, Facebook, Flip, flipcam, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, MySpace, Yahoo

HP buys Palm: Damn, That’s a Pretty Snug Fit

HP buys Palm: Damn, That’s a Pretty Snug Fit

By James Governor on April 29, 2010

When I saw a tweet last night about HP agreeing to acquire Palm I immediately began spinning up scenarios. After about five minutes trying to work out some holes in the idea I was surprised by just how good the fit potentially is, even in areas that might at first glance be a problem.
HP has […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ajaxian, Cisco, Flip, hp, HTML5, ibm, industry ecosystems, palm, spartphone | 1 Response

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