Chapter 7 References for The Eng Exec's Primer
These are the references from Chapter 7 in The Engineering Executive’s Primer (Buy on O’Reilly or Amazon):
- and were eventually acquired: https://lethain.com/digg-acquihire/
- Gitlab’s acquisition process is documented online: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/acquisitions/acquisition-process/
- Match Group’s acquisition of Hinge: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/match-fully-acquires-relationship-focused-app-hinge/
- Stripe acquired Index to power point-of-sale devices: https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2018/stripe-pos-software-startup-index-acquisition/
- Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram: https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion/
- Google’s acquisition 2013 of Waze: https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/its-official-google-buys-waze-giving-a-social-data-boost-to-its-location-and-mapping-business/
- Venture’s risk model: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Law-Venture-Capital-Making/dp/052555999X/
- JPMorgan made sure to model out the potential value of Frank’s acquired data: https://fortune.com/2023/02/03/charlie-javice-frank-jp-morgan-lawsuit/
- Open AI: https://openai.com/
- OpenAI’s APIs: https://openai.com/api/
- How much does it cost to run relative to each dollar it generates: https://infraeng.dev/efficiency/
- the Metaweb acquisition in 2010: https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/16/google-acquires-metaweb-to-make-search-smarter/
- Exit Path: https://www.amazon.com/Exit-Path-How-Startup-Game-ebook/dp/B09WTTBVW5/