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Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by turtle4 »

run4yourlives wrote: post #24
callmeed wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

General questions about "talent acquisitions" ... when it happens, what's to keep the talent from leaving? Is it generally a scenario where the talent wouldn't sell if they didn't want to stay on board–or are there also clauses in the acquisition that actually prevent them from leaving?

The latter. Always. Usually with extra incentive to ensure that you are productive over the period you are there.

But how does this work with the non-owning 'talent'? The owners of a company can't force/guarantee that their engineers are going to stay, right?

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by drusenko »

turtle4 wrote: post #41
run4yourlives wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The latter. Always. Usually with extra incentive to ensure that you are productive over the period you are there.

But how does this work with the non-owning 'talent'? The owners of a company can't force/guarantee that their engineers are going to stay, right?

Vesting. Nearly all startups grant equity options to employees, and these options vest over a certain period of time (usually 4 years). While employment is usually at-will, if you leave, you lose all of your unvested stock (hence, the incentive to stick around).

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by access_denied »

Tiktaalik wrote: post #23
dannyr wrote: post #2

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

It must be. There's not much interesting about Friendfeed that isn't done easier on Facebook.

Assuming that this type of information is worth anything, Friendfeed delivers insight into corelations like 'how many FB users also do use SN XYZ regularly', or not?

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by gojomo »

redorb wrote: post #36
billydean wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$25-50 million

way high, think more like <10mm , plus great signing bonuses for the employees (200k+ ea) ..

This subthread is 'guesstimates'. Redorb gave his honest guesstimate. Time will tell if it's right, but in the meantime it's rude to vote this comment down to -4 fade-out (where I saw it) just because you disagree.
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