Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Startup exits in the next three years will include IPO’s as well as acquisitions. The New Exits. Here’s how: Order of Battle.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Version One Ventures

MAY 17, 2016

For example, Mike George joined Amazon in 1998 through Junglee’s acquisition. Bezos has said this program helps weed out the “cultural misfits” at Amazon and makes sure the company makes good hiring choices by forcing several diverse employees to sign off on a candidate.

API 113

API Early Stage Hiring Acquisition 113

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

Second, emerging growth companies lose negotiating leverage in acquisitions when they have no other viable liquidity alternatives. Between 2001 and 2008 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounted for 87% of venture-backed company exits, up from an average of 44% in between 1992 and 2000. years in 1998 to 9.6

IPO 28

IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 13, 2014

billion acquisition of Nest , a Silicon Valley based company that sells “smart” thermostats and smoke detectors: - Build vs Buy: Even for a company with significant resources such as Google, it is difficult to innovate beyond core products. A few observations from the just announced Google $3.2

Silicon Valley 94

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Acquisition 94

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

1998 saw the 300 th pub open and its rapid expansion saw them reach 500 pubs being open by 2001. Fast forward a few decades and the business’s first major acquisition took place in the 60s when the Group moved into Yorkshire. By 1994, the chain had reached an impressive 100 pubs and ventured as far north as the Midlands.

Asia 98

Asia Austin Europe Naming 98

www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

New Attitude to Acquisition Another thing I see starting to get standardized is acquisitions. As the volume of startups increases, big companies will start to develop standardized procedures that make acquisitions little more work than hiring someone. One problem theyve solved is how to think about acquisitions.

Web 54

Web Startup Silicon Valley Technical Review 54

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Yaacov previously founded PictureVision, a start up sold to Kodak in 1998 for $150 million. Catch Media’s “Play Anywhere&# technology enables users to access media stored in their home computers (digital movies, music, books, etc) through a range of devices, including mobile phones, DVRs and car media players.

Media 88

Media Cloud Acquisition 88

Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

As I embark on founding a new company , I have become very aware that technically I haven’t done this since 1998 when I started Spunlogic with Raj. And while I certainly helped lead Engauge and felt like I was able to help steer the ship, I wasn’t a founder of Engauge (though I was part of the founding acquisitions).

Founder 61

Founder Cofounder Acquisition Mobile 61

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Larry Greiner wrote about precisely this dynamic in Harvard Business Review in 1998: “The critical task for management in each revolutionary period is to find a new set of organizational practices that will become the basis for managing the next period of evolutionary growth.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Early Stage Software Review Employee 36

Babbling VC

JUNE 15, 2010

I started interacting with the venture industry back in 1998 when still with Davis Polk & Wardwell but I didn't actually become a VC on paper until August of 2000. They were probably praying silently I'd lead to a further investment or acquisition via my position at SAP Ventures. Now that was great timing, wasn't it?

Venture Capital 53

Venture Capital Acquisition Networking 53

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

Daniel Confino, Founder, MergerID Is a qualified lawyer who has 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions with a strong international element. His passions and hobbies include entrepreneurship, America Economic History, writing, motorcycles, skiing, tennis and golf. and Goldsmith Agio Helms in the US (now Lazard MM).

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So the acquisition came toa screeching halt while we tried to sort this out. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it. Surely 1998 was a little late to arrive at the party. In theory, that could have meant someoneelse owned big chunks of our software. Now we needed to raise more to keep going.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Either way the "one stop shop" model went out with portals in 1998. So maybe the Touchco acquisition will, in a roundabout way, actually create a lot of future jobs here. That's just the way it works. 90% of the startups out there, even more, aren't even close to being legitimately venture fundable businesses. What does that even mean?

Government 97

Government New York City New York San Diego 97

www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

The true challenge with FPI and/or Process Improvement initiatives as they relate to Recruiting and Talent Acquisition is the following: We get so focused on ‘Output’ that we forget about what really matters — ‘Outcome.’ Joshua Letourneau. May 11, 2010 at 9:59 am.

Hiring 57

Hiring Metrics Search Widget 57

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. Bates: You know Josh—. Joshua Reeves: You don’t have to wear those twenty hats any longer.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I managed to visit Seattle as part of the Australian national Magic The Gathering team in 1998, so that was the highlight of my career as a professional Magic player. If you decide to follow a blog acquisition strategy, you’re not going to write the blog yourself, not very likely. I like to write, but not that much.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Putting aside for now the hot topic of Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles, or SPACs (which account for about 40% of IPOs this year), we are still experiencing historically low levels of tech IPOs. What you see from the above is that median floats were pretty consistent from 1980-1998, but dropped significantly during the dot-com bubble.

IPO 36

IPO Securities and Exchange Commission Demand SEC 36