Episode 11 — PayPal - Acquired
## Metadata
- Author: **Acquired**
- Full Title: Episode 11 — PayPal
- Category: #podcasts
- URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/af8e2446-303a-44e4-abe9-af6572b93184
## Highlights
- The Integration Meeting: A Look at How Facebook Acquired Instagram
Key takeaways:
(* The best acquisitions have been ones where the quirer follows the montrevito, and leaves the team alone., * This is a recent trend in acquisitions, and companies are starting to figure out that this is the best way to go., * Companies should focus on the people they are acquiring, and not on the product.)
Transcript:
Speaker 1
I think we can grade it. Am, so this is a really interesting one, a to grade. Because, you know, one of the themes that i think has been pretty pervasive throughout the show that we've done is that the best acquisitions that we've given the highest grades to have been ones where, you know, the the quirer follows the montrevito, leave the team alone. It's all about the people. Let them do their thing. You know. Don't don't mess with the magic. Ah, you know, we heard that with pickar, where was os the reverse. It was like pixar coming in and and and leaving the disney people alone. You know, re getting letting the disney get back to feeling the creative magic with insta, gram a, with bungy that edfriez was talking about. This is a total opposite, lik eve comes in and really mucks around, and everybody leaves. And i wonder if that's just characteristic of the time period.
Speaker 2
I mean, other other acquisitions that we've like, ripped apart have that characteristic too, from that time period, where it's all about integration, and it's all about, great, we like your product. Now it's time to, youknow, beat, move to the beat of our drum. And i think it's really only recently that companies have figured out that leave it alone t the thequotand quote, facebook style acquisition.
Speaker 1
There's another great quote from from david sax in the te republic article where he's talking about the, the first meeting that happened after the acquisition, the integration meeting. ([Time 0:38:24](https://share.snipd.com/snip/1bbb0905-0bf6-497d-acd0-aacb0578973b))