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How to go from being a super hot company to lucky to get acquired in less than 24 months

Joe Fernandez joefernandez.substack.com

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I was at Amzn early '00s when we lost 95% of our market cap. Later at FB I negotiated a down-round in '09, and then in '12 our stock dropped 50% post-IPO. I was on the board of a public company that went bankrupt (Borders) and a start-up that went under (Hello). Some lessons:

Dan Rose twitter.com

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Amazon memo: Here’s why we should acquire Ring October 10, 2017

Internal Tech Emails

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“Is There a Pony in There?” Five Steps to Diligence Your B2B Startup Idea

Sarah Guo news.greylock.com

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Grow Your Own Cloud

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Sunil Rajaraman (VP of B2B Marketing at GoodRx)

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How to Kill a Startup: A Short, Ten Step Guide

Tom White whitenoise.email

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Unusual Ventures' CEO/Founder Prioritization Heatmap

Unusual Ventures docs.google.com

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Bonni - Empathy-Driven Team Building

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