The secret start-up

The young entrepreneur finds that his new parent company is less than enthused with its latest protegé

The cold shoulder

It took the usual three months to get the acquisition deal over the line. What was apparent during the process was that the company making the acquisition was not giddy with excitement about it. Those involved had a sense of reluctance about it – like it was being something they were being coerced into, rather than something they really wanted to do.

The company didn’t do anything to make me ...