Headline September 17, 2018/ '' 'KILL-ZONE -TECHNOLOGY- *KARMAS*' ''

'' 'KILL-ZONE-TECHNOLOGY- 

*KARMAS*' ''

MR. DAVID GRAEBER, an anthropologist defines a ''bullshit'' job as one ''that is completely pointless, unnecessary or pernicious that even the employees cannot justify its existence'' -

Though they may have to pretend they believe in it..............

All in all, a classic job story, as we pivot towards startups and survival

But plenty of people on the valley reckon the bad outweighs the good and that early, ''shoot-out''   acquisitions have sapped innovation.

''The dominance of the big platforms has had meaningful effect on the entrepreneurial culture of  Silicon valley,'' says Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners, a private-equity firm, who was an early investor in  Facebook.

''It's shifted the incentives from trying to create a platform to creating a small morsel that's tasty to be acquired by one of the giants.

And when startups are bullied into selling, as some are, it is even more worrying.

Big tech firms have been known to intimidate startups into agreeing to a sale, saying that they will launch a competing service and put the startup out of business unless they agree to a deal, says one person who was in charge of these negotiations at a big software firm [which uses such tactics].

There are three reasons to think that the kill-zone is likely to stay. First, the giants have tons of data to identify emerging rivals faster than ever before.

Google collects signals about how Internet users are spending time and money through its Chrome Browser, e-mail service, Android operating system, app store, cloud service and more.

Facebook can see what apps people use and where they travel online. It acquired the app Onavo, which helped it recognise that Instagram was gaining steam.

It bought the young firm for $1 billion before it could mature into a real threat, and last year it purchased a nascent social-polling firm, tbh, in a similar manner.

Amazon can glean reams of data from its e-commerce platform and cloud business.

Another source of market information comes from investing in startups, which help tech firms gain insights into new markets and possible disrupters.

Of all American tech firms, Alphabet has been the most active. Since 2013 it has spent $12.6 billion investing in 306 startups.

Startups generally feel excited about gaining experience from such a successful firm, but some may rue the day they accepted funding, because of conflicts.

Uber, for example, took money from one of Alphabet's venture capital funds, but soon found itself competing against the giant's self-driving car unit, Waymo.

Thumbtack, a market place for skilled workers, also accepted money from Alphabet, but then watched as the parent company rolled out competing service, Google Home Services.

The Honor and Serving of the latest Global Operational Research on Startups and Survival continues.

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