http://www.flatearthventures.com/post/37 Serial Tech Entreprenuering Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.flatearthventures.com/post/37/comment-page-1#comment-3 Brian Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:37:21 +0000 http://www.flatearthventures.com/?p=37#comment-3 This is interesting, and at the same time makes a lot of sense. I know of at least five companies that Google has purchased in the last six months and a few that Yahoo has also bought. Ebay seems to be thinking along the same lines. However, they aren't just buying small "hot" startups, their acquisition of Skype for around $2.5B a little over a month ago shows that they are also willing to get involved at a later stage. This is interesting, and at the same time makes a lot of sense. I know of at least five companies that Google has purchased in the last six months and a few that Yahoo has also bought. Ebay seems to be thinking along the same lines. However, they aren’t just buying small “hot” startups, their acquisition of Skype for around $2.5B a little over a month ago shows that they are also willing to get involved at a later stage.

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