What do successful acquisitions have in common?
Replied byDalton Caldwell
Managing Partner at Y Combinator
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Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Started: 2005
When you look closely at many successful acquisitions, the founders were not focused on being acquired. They were focused on building something genuinely interesting and valuable. Their work earned respect from customers, engineers, and industry leaders, which eventually attracted buyers.
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