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"So if Google had acquired the rights to these patents, that would have been OK.

"Yey us. :D We're super excited to announce we got acquired.

" A lot of startups, even quite big ones, hope/expect in the backs of their minds that one day they'll end up being acquired.

I've worked at two startups, including one YC. Both were acquired by larger tech companies.

It had simply acquired the original company that had come up with the patent back in the day.

But I have acquired the skills, knowledge, and support network that I know, without a doubt, I would be able to beat it back down again.

Expecting some part is foolish - we can, at best, offer our services to help them make their newly acquired purchase even better.

I remember one year he showed us a magic-shop gizmo he had just acquired, delighted by the cool effect they had contrived.

Instead of cheering on idiots who get acquired for outrageous sums, ridicule them.

I've got a nice collection of apps on my phone and desktop, all purchased, that I've acquired over the years to support my friends' development efforts.

Then at the end of the year they said they couldn't afford to give me back the pay cut, and a couple of months later they announced they were going to be acquired - conveniently close to the year end to be a coincidence.

From a post from Microsoft in 2011:First, in 2006 Google acquired YouTubeand since then it has put in place a growing number of technical measures to restrict competing search engines from properly accessing it for their search results.

Moreover, the strings that appear in Kima's term sheet are not trivial: the valuation is based on no larger than a 5% equity pool; you give up a board seat; you give Kima a broad veto power on many of your future actions relating to fundraising and other important company matters; you agree to restrictions on how the value is shared in case you are acquired.