Don Dodge was laid off by Microsoft when he got a new job at Google in 2009. Dodge was Microsoft’s developer advocate at Microsoft. He now works for Google looking for innovative startups that Google can partner with, sign deals with, invest in, or even acquire. At Microsoft, Dodge was involved with about 30 companies that were eventually purchased by Microsoft. Google bought 40 companies last year; Dodge refers some of his startups to Google’s mergers and. acquisitions take time, but there are some in the works, he says.”]
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