YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 5, 2013
It’s been over a decade since Westin left Singapore’s shores; the hotel chain sold off its two properties – The Westin Stamford and The Westin Plaza – to Swissôtel and Raffles Hotel in 2002, after the brand’s own acquisition by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 1998.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. 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.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. And then came AOL.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. Mr. Lindzon’s new media and internet business investments also include: Limos.com, Blogtalkradio.com, Buddy Media, Ticketfly, Assistly, Bit.ly Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!,
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Either way the "one stop shop" model went out with portals in 1998. internet technology. That business is called Google and now they’re the largest internet company in the world, still headquartered in California with over 19,000 employees. That's just the way it works. What does that even mean? continued to expand.
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).
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