An interesting article about the biggest mistakes in high tech deal making – including key players such as:
- Yahoo
- Real Networks
- Sony
- Toshiba
- Digital Research
- Xerox
- Napster
- Compuserve
- Newspapers
- Open Text
as well as some hot moves by Google and Microsoft.
Deals are often passed over through poor timing, lack of insight as to the potential of an opportunity or just sheer dislike of the people making the offer. Even the best fall hard when looking back with 20/20 hindsight. Read the full article