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Episode 6: Try to avoid killing your acquisition

Software Defined Interviews

English - June 15, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 44 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 5: When the practice of using the tool is novel, thought-lording new technologies
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Summary
After catching up about movies and OpenStack, John (https://twitter.com/botchagalupe) and I discuss how difficult it is to properly integrate acquired companies into the larger company. We also discuss what VCs are looking for to say yes now: a good team, it seems.
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Show notes and Links
Aloha (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243974/).
State of OpenStack talk.
Andrew Shafer's To Whom it May Concern
If A rounds are easy, what are investors looking for?
The three P's (http://economia.icaew.com/opinion/july-2013/the-three-ps-of-innovation): people, process, philosophy/priorities
Toyota Kata (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071635238/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0071635238&linkCode=as2&tag=coteicomthecoteb&linkId=ULAFBAQEAPIPHEUY) - Learning to See (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966784308/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0966784308&linkCode=as2&tag=coteicomthecoteb&linkId=YFRSZW7TN3WG4M7A).
That Matt Curry/Andrew Shafer conversation, the original Hangouts video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihG0VUCaAFk).
DevOpsDays DC talk on government DevOps use?
DevOpsDays AMS up next (http://www.devopsdays.org/events/2015-amsterdam/)
Libsyn downloads as of 20160912: 500.

Summary

After catching up about movies and OpenStack, John and I discuss how difficult it is to properly integrate acquired companies into the larger company. We also discuss what VCs are looking for to say yes now: a good team, it seems.

Subscribe: iTunes, RSS Feed

Show notes and Links

Aloha.
State of OpenStack talk.
Andrew Shafer's To Whom it May Concern
If A rounds are easy, what are investors looking for?
The three P's: people, process, philosophy/priorities
Toyota Kata - Learning to See.
That Matt Curry/Andrew Shafer conversation, the original Hangouts video.
DevOpsDays DC talk on government DevOps use?
DevOpsDays AMS up next

Libsyn downloads as of 20160912: 500.

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