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Consolidating Startups During Economic Downturns
34:29 - 40:40 (06:10)
There's a possibility for consolidation among startups during economic downturns to build more efficient organizations without competition from tech giants. The founders can focus on building good teams, cutting weak links, and have time to engage the audience and create better products.
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The consolidation of talent in the startup ecosystem is a good time for CEOs and founders to consolidate through tuck-in acquisitions, get focused, build strong teams, and cut the weakest people on their teams.
34:29 - 37:34 (03:05)
Summary
The consolidation of talent in the startup ecosystem is a good time for CEOs and founders to consolidate through tuck-in acquisitions, get focused, build strong teams, and cut the weakest people on their teams. The peanut butter spreading approach to talent is being replaced by consolidation, which allows startups with winning ideas to hire the best talent and build great products.
ChapterConsolidating Startups During Economic Downturns
EpisodeE100: Reflecting on the first 100 shows, fan questions, nuclear threat, markets, Amazon & more
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The culture in big tech companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft is distinctly different from that of startups.
37:34 - 40:40 (03:05)
Summary
The culture in big tech companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft is distinctly different from that of startups. However, when there is too much availability of capital, startups tend to over-optimize for top-line growth only, which can lead to the weeding out of bad ideas and practices.