Steve Ballmer Says Microsoft Will Buy 20 Web Companies A Year
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer announced that his company is planning to buy 20 web companies a year over the next five years.
Even if this assertion is hyperbolic, it shows that industry giants such as Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google are fueling up, beefing up, and counter-moving one another by gobbling smaller, nimbler, and more innovative tech companies.
In a way, the relative path to riches and fortune for your average young tech genius in the proverbial garage is easier than it was 10 years ago, and perhaps ever before. Instead of the daunting task of assembling VC millions and climbing the mountain to a successful IPO, it’s now possible to slave away in your parent’s basement or dorm room for a year years on limited or zero funding with the hope of getting gobbled up for a few quick millions by one of the titans.
Further, for the right kind of tech entrepreneur, that’s a much more interesting prospect than bothering to go to college or start out as a cubicle slave at a starting wage at a much larger company. And in fact starting your own company and then getting bought out by a larger one can often be a way to accelerate way up the food chain.
In short, this is a good thing for everyone. The big question and hope is that the big companies do something interesting with both the technology and employees that they gobble up.
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October 24th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Encouraging article. Is there a way to bring your site to their attention without making it obvious?
October 27th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
That’s the point.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
check out the indie film hit that has givem us 200,000 hits in 2 weeks and also Are you a budding critic and want your review to be on a website that has been viewed by over 200,000 people??
Then post your review of the Your State of Emergency movie in this forum and if its good enough (doesn’t matter if you slate the movie! ) then we will post it on the main area of the site.
Looking forward to reading your reviews.
Rob.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
the film is at http://www.yourstate.co.uk
November 17th, 2007 at 1:26 am
That makes me want to really learn PHP and all the other super fun programming languages so I can attempt to create a really kick butt site that they’ll buy for millions. Seriously. I should go do it.
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:38 am
What are you going to buy this Dark Friday? Black Friday Shopping is coming. As always, it tastes like dead…
I want to know what every one is planning to buy.Here is my shopping list.
http://www.globalgmail.com/upload/BFridayList.pdf
LOL. Any feedback is welcome.