Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition). Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

That keeps people from pushing themselves to develop the kind of new solutions that will permanently change the business for the better, versus short-term band-aids. These days, the market is moving so fast that it is rarely adequate to rely only on internal development to keep up with change.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

We had been working on a merger between BuildOnline and a competitor called iScraper. We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). I had developed a great relationship with the CEO whom I still admire (he left many years ago).

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Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise 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. So what’s left?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. The options here include going public (IPO), merger/acquisition, liquidate, or no exit, just paying off investors. You need both to survive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. Think of it as a succession plan, to keep you and what you have started growing.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

For many start-up companies, the dream is to one day become the other half in a merger or acquisition with a larger, more developed organisation. Start-up company ‘Blu Cigs’ was acquired by Lorrilard, one of the oldest continually operating tobacco organisations in America, for the impressive figure of $135 million for the merger.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. Think of it as a succession plan, to keep growing what you have started.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Geoloqi’s tools help software developers integrate sensitive location features, which are hard to build from scratch. Geoloqi solves those problems for its developer customers. Geoloqi’s free apps show off the kinds of superpowers that can be built using its software development kit. Solving Real-World Problems.

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Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition). Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

Software Review 173

Software Review Software Technical Review Intellectual Property 173

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa).

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With over three decades of experience in private equity investments, acquisitions and mergers, Mark Hauser has developed a keen ability to recognize trends and do his due diligence. As leader of Hauser Private Equity, Mark Hauser has played an instrumental role in developing the firm’s portfolio within the industrial sector.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

When they promise to help you with marketing, sales, distribution, integrated product development, etc. Imagine your investor has to call the CEO of a $20 billion company for approval for your merger or sale. And Microsoft always convinces me that their next version of Windows won’t be slow and I get fooled every time.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2018

The days of outsourcing your professional development and financial stability to an employer are quickly coming to a close. With constant downsizing, mergers, and business pivots, today’s workers must be able to create a stable income. Develop an understanding of the value of time as money. Financial Management. Sales Skills.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

9- A merger of two companies. Enventys Partners was born when my company Command Partners, a digital marketing firm, vertically merged with Enventys, a product development firm. With that merger, half of each of our business’ names also merged, and that’s how we came up with ‘Enventys Partners’. Photo Credit: Roy Morejon.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Transcript of Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. It’s relatively small business, but I had a big part in helping build the infrastructure for the firm and hiring people and kind of the whole business development side and just really helping a firm grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Restricted Supply: We love the content that is produced by the companies that are the primary suppliers to hulu: Modern Family, The Office, The Simpsons or even classics such as Arrested Development. As NBC (founding shareholder at Hulu) and Comcast complete their merger I suspect the pressure on and control of Hulu will be even firmer.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Once the order is fulfilled and paid for, the funds can be paid back. ? Research and development. In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Geoloqi’s tools help software developers integrate sensitive location features, which are hard to build from scratch. Geoloqi solves those problems for its developer customers. Geoloqi’s free apps show off the kinds of superpowers that can be built using its software development kit. Solving Real-World Problems.

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Portland Oregon Merger Software Developers 104

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2013

How Empires Fall: The Publicis Omnicom Merger Underscores The Rapid Decay Of The Ad Industry – [link]. On Publicis/Omnicom merger: Between 70 & 90% of most mergers fail – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Parekh started his career at Goldman Sachs, developing the firm’s equities business in the Middle East, with high net worth family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Previously, he was Vice President of Global Business Development for Massive, Inc., He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Successful Innovation Outposts typically develop over a period of time through three stages. Therefore, the profile of the initial team to staff an Innovation Outpost should be a technology-savvy business development group. In Stage 2, the corporation adds venture capital and/or mergers-and-acquisition teams to provide these functions.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2022

The virtual real estate (currently living in virtual worlds like Decentraland or Sandbox, can then be developed into virtual shops or experiences where users can interact with the brand or with each other. billion merger in Jan 2022. Companies and individuals are spending millions on Metaverse real estate. Source: VentureBeat ).

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VC Cafe

JULY 13, 2022

As active members of GameIS , Israel’s Game Developers Association, and investors in Israeli gaming, we ( Remagine Ventures ) were delighted to support the industry report on the local gaming ecosystem. With today’s news on the merger between Unity and Ironsource (valuing the latter at $4.4 GameIS Israeli gaming report.

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Technical Review Israel Early Stage Merger 158

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

As pre-seed investors in the world of gaming (both studios and infrastructure) at Remagine Ventures, we stay up to date on the trends and new developments in the world of gaming. The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4 Multiple new funds focused on gaming/blockchain were announced in Q2 including by Andreessen Horowitz ($4.5

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

There are many benefits of selling your startup through a mergers and acquisitions advisor. When selling your startup with a mergers and acquisitions advisor, it’s essential to identify the key employees who have made the most valuable contributions to the business. Hiring a Mergers and Acquisitions advisor.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

According to Lee M Von Kraus, PHD and a mentor at Clarity.fm, “Early stage startups are usually pre-money startup that are bootstrapping the early development of a product.”. Product development. Now that you have a refined product idea and a team that can turn this idea into reality, the product development stage will start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If your new venture is still in the idea or development stages, don’t even think about a high valuation. The smartest ventures are always courting a multi-billion dollar sale or merger with giants in the industry, including Google (YouTube), Microsoft (Skype), and Facebook (WhatsApp).

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Intellectual Property Valuation Merger Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. Think of it as a succession plan, to keep you and what you have started growing.

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Equity Exit Strategy Private Equity Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Switch your focus from product development to sales. Utilize mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth. Now is the time to start buying your competitors, rather than just crushing them, or trying to develop enough new products internally to overrun them. In fact, it’s highly unlikely that you as the Founder will survive.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 10, 2019

My suggestion is for people to really learn and develop their power of unlimited thinking. I believe that as leaders we must always be learning, growing and looking for opportunities to lift others up, support them and give them opportunities to grow and develop.”. My life has been such a gift in reinforcing that mentality.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Merger Labs, a full service digital marketing agency for middle market private equity and M&A professionals, is the first of its kind.The new firm’s success caught the attention of Wonderist Agency. Merger Labs will join Wonderist Agency in their newly renovated office, located in San Diego’s Point Loma neighborhood.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

Mergers and Acquisitions. CDRs are constantly growing and developing into highly secure sites that are popularly used by many corporations globally. These services have been used by companies to share information with outsiders like lawyers, auditors, partners or even customers. In the year 2015, global companies spent over $4.2

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2010

One of the most striking attributes of founders is their individual contribution to the company, be it in sales or product development. This shift from Customer and Agile Development teams to mission-centric organization may be beyond the scope and/or understanding of a first-time CEO and team.

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