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Episode 8: Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist (w/ Kurt DelBene)

Acquired

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Is There a Balancing of Priorities?

Microsoft is a company that has like a diverse portfolio of businesses across many different customer segments from enterprise to consumer and kind of all the way up the chain. Not all these businesses have aligned priorities. And so in this case, for these apps, it was clear the cross platform was a key part of the acquisition premise. It's not about the balancing out at some mediocre level where nothing is great.

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