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beingacquired

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    Comment #2812287

    Ha, thanks. Yeah, there are just a lot of things I could ask for, and I have a great attorney to help make sure my contract is solid, I'm just not sure if I'm going to know how to …

  2. story
    Ask HN: Negotiating your employment contract with a corporation

    I've been running various boot-strapped small business/start-ups for over 10 years now and I'll be moving to work with a Big Company in California. Having never worked for a corpor…

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    Comment #2191211

    It's international but it still only allows me to select an airport about 20 hours drive away. I'm not sure what their logic is in self-selecting an airport in a country that is ou…

  4. story
    Ask HN: Adapting to corporate culture after being acquired

    After my last post about being acquired, big company and us are moving forward into the process. I've become aware that their culture is far more corporate that what I'm used to (h…

  5. comment
    Comment #1986415

    Probably the most sobering, necessary talk I needed right now. Thanks!

  6. comment
    Comment #1986274

    Very interesting, thank you.

  7. comment
    Comment #1986117

    We seem to be ok with #4 so far, but we'll see. They'd be buying us for our technology and staff, we've gone really far where they want to go and I've had an intimation that they'v…

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    Comment #1986105

    This is extremely good information, thank you. We have been careful in how to describe to them what our long terms goals are without being specific what technology we have up our s…

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    Comment #1985917

    Yes, we want to be acquired. We're excited to be able to take our skills to where we can compete on an international level - it's not something we feel we have the ability to do by…

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    Comment #1985871

    Thanks, this is great advice. We know we'll need a lawyer very soon and I like the idea of working with someone with a history of working with other small tech businesses. It's a c…

  11. story
    Ask HN: Big company looking to acquire us, I'm terrified

    First, sorry for the anonymous account. NDA etc.. We're a small, boot-strapped (though fairly established) company. The major company that rules our industry is looking at acquirin…