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Famous Tech Acquisitions, Cost Per User

May 21, 2014

"Facebook acquired WhatsApp for 16 billion dollars, the largest startup acquisition to date. Cost per user was comparable to Google’s YouTube acquisition"

https://public.brightside.io/v1/chart/ece4947eb29375535376ca212578cf78

#startup #startups #acquisition #comparison

  1. How to Not Destroy Your Company's Value

    Aug 20, 2012

    If you want to destroy your company’s value after years of painstakingly growing it, do these things:

    • Opportunistic acquisitions
    • Growth for the sake of growth
    • Weak balance sheet
    • Convoluted ownership structures
    • Missing the window on a liquidity event

    http://gigaom.com/2012/02/20/5-things-that-destroy-a-companys-value/

    #startups #acquisition