abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

But in light of where we are in 2020, especially with regard to the degrading efficiency and sky-rocketing cost of capital through the structurally broken IPO process, SPACs may emerge as a legitimate third option for helping Silicon Valley companies efficiently and cost-effectively transition into the public markets.

IPO 118

IPO Silicon Valley Warrant Matching 118

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

This required high operational costs like round the clock staff, abundant paper supplies and couriers. Some of these benefits include the following: Reduced cost of operations. This includes the cost incurred in purchasing papers, travelling and hiring related human resources. Mergers and Acquisitions. Benefits of VDRs.

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Security 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

Merger 433

Merger Analytics Open Source America 433

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. Once again, this is an asset against which the marginal cost to host a dog is near zero. As a result, productivity naturally improves.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2018

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

Merger 276

Merger Analytics Open Source America 276

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2023

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

Merger 275

Merger Analytics Open Source America 275

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The realization of my idea started on an international trip when I was working as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions. In America, the cost of doing business is very high. Essentially by cutting as much of the supply chain as possible, and lowering the cost of doing business (i.e. by operating online). This makes sense.

SEO 97

SEO PPC America Design 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2013

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Jerry Leven and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. It’s been downhill from there.

Merger 239

Merger Entrepreneur Analytics Open Source 239

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2012

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Jerry Leven and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. We’ve all worked with autocratic leaders in large companies who seem to thrive in this mode. It’s been downhill from there.

Merger 235

Merger Analytics Open Source America 235

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. For a specific startup this list is probably a few hundred names.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

The benefits usually far outweigh the costs. People scoop company layoffs, mergers, key people leaving a company or being fired and the like. So in my opinion you should design your funding story to get wide distribution. But I wouldn’t delay too long or unnecessarily. Should I Bundle it With More Juicy News?

Startup 355

Startup PR Dividend Merger 355

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. Morgan credit card business to acquire tons of Square customers at a very low cost.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2018

Certainly, on the face of it, the argument appears compelling for S-Corps to switch, having previously shied away from such consideration given the onerous double tax that accompanied C-Corp status – at both the entity level, and secondly, upon distribution of dividends to shareholders. Costs of Retaining Cash.

Dividend 157

Dividend Merger Limited Liability Company Distribution 157

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

The only practical situation that I can think of where a dividend preference is beneficial to a stockholder is where a company does a partial sale of assets and wishes to distribute the proceeds to stockholders. Changes in preferred and merger/sale of assets only. Registration rights. Investor pressure. Board composition.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

"Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. He prefers to work with companies that are building Web-based applications and have relatively low start-up costs. Get ahead.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

One of the biggest in this decade was the merger of America Online (AOL) with Time Warner, engineered in the early 2000’s by Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin and AOL CEO Steve Case for a whopping $164 billion. Time Warner was forced to take a $99 billion loss only two years after the merger, and Levin was forced out.

Merger 120

Merger Analytics Open Source America 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Merger 120

Merger Acquisition Differentiation Channel 120

ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

For Furlenco, the acquisition will provide access to Sheela Foam’s extensive distribution network and marketing expertise. This could lead to a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the industry, with larger players acquiring smaller ones to gain a larger market share. The deal is a win-win situation for both Furlenco and Sheela Foam.

India 104

India Acquisition Merger Curation 104

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Unfortunately, their understanding of a great deal is limited to the cost of the acquisition alone. A good example of synergy is distribution synergy. When choosing the company to acquire, most businesses go for one that gives them the best deal. A good deal should not necessarily be a cheap one.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Social Media Distribution Startup 100

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 18, 2018

That means the next year or two will likely bring some blockbuster mergers and acquisitions as companies determine how they can mesh their services and products with others’. billion merger with 21 st -Century Fox, many experts feel Netflix will need a stronger distribution and acquisition arm in order to compete.

Merger 70

Merger Acquisition Stock Valuation 70

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale. Plenty of headroom there!

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

www.copelandfirm.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Home About Fee Arrangements Location Referrals Testimonials Business Law HUB Certification Mergers & Acquisitions Startup Advice Intellectual Property Copyrights Trademarks Securities Law Debt and Bridge Financing Series A Startup Law Entity Formation Corporation LLC Series LLC RSS Founders Shares: How do you split them up?

Intellectual Property 40

Intellectual Property Founder Vesting Bridge Financing 40

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

With new virtual and augmented reality technologies emerging, the merger of traditional and digital media is more than just on the horizon. Design, print and distribute. It’s now the name given to eye-catching and simple advertisements that can be distributed across social media, and not just in your city.

Software Review 100

Software Review Marketing Technical Review Merger 100

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

It is defined as an online repository of information for storing and distributing shared documents, and can be used during business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and private equity and venture capital funding. This is for security, cost and efficiency reason. Value and cost go hand in hand.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Due Diligence Merger Private Equity 87

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

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. If you’re not focused on your customers, they will leave as soon as they find a viable alternative, and their departure is only a matter of time.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Technology Customer Qatar 145

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

Partner 434

Partner Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Non-Compete 434

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. Sales reps are also likely to be familiar with Salesforce because it’s the most widely used CRM, reducing onboarding costs for companies that use it. Low-cost production. Dig a deep moat. That’s my moat.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

Non-disclosure Agreement 257

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 257

Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

The same is applicable to the minimum wage and the average market pay rate if you are planning on opening an office and hiring distributed workforce overseas. This can bring down operational or production costs permitting the companies to improve their profit margins. Allows you to offset the fluctuations in the existing local market.

Global 52

Global Merger Singapore Technical Review 52

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Business partnerships come in all shapes and sizes, from finding a single partner to help you run your startup, to signing a strategic agreement with another large company for development, marketing, distribution, or international sales. Agree on performance indicators measuring partnership effectiveness.

B2B 388

B2B Matching Partner Algorithm 388

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? There are a lot of inherent costs and responsibilities associated with being public that make it not very attractive for entrepreneurs any longer. This is often in the 5-7% range. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

After that there’s a discussion of how the product will reach the customer and the potential distribution channel. The distribution discussion leads to some conclusions about competition: who are they and how they differ. The distribution discussion also leads to some assumptions about pricing. Ortho kills.

Silicon Valley 271

Silicon Valley Product Startup RSS 271

Startup Company Lawyer

APRIL 23, 2009

Startup companies consume resources intelligently, put people to work in efficient ways, and produce market driven products at lower costs. The Class F common stock and the Class A common stock otherwise participate equally with respect to dividends and distributions and other economic rights.

Common Stock 33

Common Stock Stock Dividend Delaware 33