Startup

The startup bubble didn't burst like everyone expected and there was nothing wrong with that.

With the startup contributing the creativity and prototype for the market, mega corporation found a new way to cut the budget on the research and development department. Every piece of new product and technology came straight from a successful raw ideas or concepts brought up by the startup, all a company needed to do was to give the new kid a tempting acquisition proposal and they would be on their way to a new product line in a month. The whole cycle of acquiring would repeat itself when a newer or better idea surfaced. The person in charge of monitoring the startup and discover the gem in a rough stone was unofficially called ‘Startup Hunter’, though the official name was even weirder, ‘Potential Partner Overwatch’. There was a raging war between the corporations in offering the best deal to a startup that matched their products, and the person in that position often require a quick insight and sometime, damned luck.

In fact, startup made up almost a half of the innovative technology products and a quarter of the modern household appliances. There was never a lack of competition and innovation coming out from them, it was just the matter of time when someone would appreciate their hard works.

It didn't mean the startup owner or their employee would be better off after, most of them were involved in the production after their acquisition, but as soon as they rushed the finished good to the market, unemployment was nearly inevitable. A cursed fortune, indeed.

Some were gathering underground, seeking help to aid their revenge to the mega corporation. The crowd grew larger in time, a clash between the two forces await. But there was never a right time.