Whenever Baltimore-area companies sell themselves to out-of-state firms, economists and local leaders alike bemoan the loss. Another headquarters gone. Fewer corporate decision-makers here. Possible job cuts.
But Silicon Valley's deals for two Columbia firms — the planned Micros Systems acquisition, announced last week, and Sourcefire last year — strike local entrepreneurs in an entirely different way.
Image: Co-founders Guy Filippelli (left) and Renny McPherson are reflected on a board with names of team members at RedOwl Tuesday, Jun 24, 2014. (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun / June 22, 2014)
