Comments on: Marc Andreessen Said It So I Don’t Have To http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/02/marc-andreessen-said-it-so-i-dont-have-to.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:10:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/02/marc-andreessen-said-it-so-i-dont-have-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-7382 Steve Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2038#comment-7382 Brad: Another impact is lots of Yahooligans will leave because of the merger. Some will be lay-offed and others will decide they don't want to work for MSFT. Many will leave with a decent amount of stock option money. Many of these folks will want to reinvest their capital - human and financial - and will do so by starting and/or joining new businesses. <br /> <br /> This pattern happens every time there a decent sized tech company is acquired (although sometimes there is a lag due to earnouts). Brad: Another impact is lots of Yahooligans will leave because of the merger. Some will be lay-offed and others will decide they don't want to work for MSFT. Many will leave with a decent amount of stock option money. Many of these folks will want to reinvest their capital – human and financial – and will do so by starting and/or joining new businesses.

This pattern happens every time there a decent sized tech company is acquired (although sometimes there is a lag due to earnouts).

]]> By: john_furrie5108 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/02/marc-andreessen-said-it-so-i-dont-have-to.html/comment-page-1#comment-7389 john_furrie5108 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2038#comment-7389 Brad, <br /> I was thinking the exact same thing. That was a comprehensive post which covered my view. As you remember during Marc has the unique perspective of being on the Netscape side of the Microsoft drubbing in 96-99. Brad,
I was thinking the exact same thing. That was a comprehensive post which covered my view. As you remember during Marc has the unique perspective of being on the Netscape side of the Microsoft drubbing in 96-99.

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