I think acquirers may eventually have chief acquisition officers who will both identify good acquisitions and make the deals happen….Maybe in the future big companies will have both a VP of Engineering responsible for technology developed in-house, and a CAO responsible for bringing technology in from outside.
At the moment, there is no one within big companies who gets in trouble when they buy a startup for $200 million that they could have bought earlier for $20 million.
Isn't he talking about the VP/BizDev here? I know, for instance, that Cisco has an entire group dedicated to evaluating and executing acquisitions.
At the moment, there is no one within big companies who gets in trouble when they buy a startup for $200 million that they could have bought earlier for $20 million.
Isn't he talking about the VP/BizDev here? I know, for instance, that Cisco has an entire group dedicated to evaluating and executing acquisitions.