Why Apple paying twice for Lala and Color engineers was a stroke of genius

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By Rene RitchieJan 18, 2013, 9:37 pm2.6k ptsTrendingInterestingTop
Apple bought Lala for $80 million down and $80 in retention bonuses, and then, after founder Bill Nguyen and many of the engineers left anyway to found Color, Apple bought them again for around 7 million. Aubrey Johnson tells the story: Apple obtained the same employees for pennies on the dollar. This time…

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