In last week’s podcast, Qiuyan and Michael talk about some pretty big news. After collaborating closely with Prive Technologies since its founding, Hive Up announced that it has been fully acquired by them.

During the past year, Qiuyan and Michael have talked about just how difficult and all-consuming it can be to start and build something from scratch…how much of the rest of one’s life suffers. Sometimes it feels like there is no break. Nobody succeeds alone and working with good partners is key to success. This acquisition is the culmination of a very positive partnership and long-standing working relationship. Yet, no partnership guarantees success and negotiations take a lot of time and energy. In some cases, you kind of go from partners to frenemies to partner again. The entire process can be very interesting. When are