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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Huffington_Post_Logo.png"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity." - Peter Drucker

Every week it seems like we see more stories of big companies paying big bucks to scoop up little firms with interesting technologies. And then the big companies kill, in one fashion or another, what they just bought, seemingly squandering whatever initially made the acquisition so attractive.

What's this all about? How is it that big companies can't help killing the things they love? An injection of entrepreneurial spirit is just what most companies say they want, to drive innovation, to stay ahead of the market and, truthfully, to improve their hipness quotient.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Tony Greenberg: Save the Entrepreneur -- Big Business Keeps Buying Startups, And Killing 'Em

Author: Tony Greenberg