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Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

YoungUpstarts

Minecraft” accounts for nearly all of Mojang’s revenue, highlighting the risk to Microsoft should interest in “Minecraft” dissolve, or Microsoft fails to produce “Minecraft” sequels or add-on software. Thinking Aloud acquisition Jack Narcotta mergers & acquisitions Microsoft Minecraft Mojang'

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Evolving Customer Needs – Not Technology – Drives Disruption And Innovation

YoungUpstarts

This often means mergers and acquisitions, incremental innovation, marketing, and global expansion – which, over the long-term, only widen the gulf between the company and its customers. New customers are expensive to acquire, and typically produce less revenue than would current, satisfied customers. Here’s a look: 1.

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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4 NPD reported on Friday that consumers spent 10% less in the first six months of 2022 than they did during the same time period last year, with game industry revenue down to $26.3 While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% Gaming M&A in H1 2022. Blockchain gaming is growing.

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Sheela Foam to Acquire 35% Stake in Furlenco

ReadWriteStart

In the financial year ending in March this year, the startup generated a revenue of $18.5 For Furlenco, the acquisition will provide access to Sheela Foam’s extensive distribution network and marketing expertise. For Furlenco, it provides access to Sheela Foam’s extensive distribution network and marketing expertise.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Organic Growth Startups Won’t Scale Competitively

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. Fresh customer base. New management skills.

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Startups Should Fuel Growth By Acquisitions

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. Fresh customer base. New management skills.