Comments on: The Trough of Disillusionment http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/01/the-trough-of-disillusionment.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Foote http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2006/01/the-trough-of-disillusionment.html/comment-page-1#comment-2067 Joe Foote Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=794#comment-2067 Thanks for the link Brad. Those early sub-$50m acquisitions are pretty speculative, of course, and it often surprises me that people manage to get acquired for such significant amounts of money before actually proving their businesses (as opposed to the technology). I found it interesting that Seth focused on the STARTUP's changes in attitude rather than the investors' or acquirers' attitudes. The way I read that article, he's almost suggesting that it's a psychological phenomenon on the part of the startups! Thanks for the link Brad.
Those early sub-$50m acquisitions are pretty speculative, of course, and it often surprises me that people manage to get acquired for such significant amounts of money before actually proving their businesses (as opposed to the technology).

I found it interesting that Seth focused on the STARTUP’s changes in attitude rather than the investors’ or acquirers’ attitudes. The way I read that article, he’s almost suggesting that it’s a psychological phenomenon on the part of the startups!

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