It’s worth noting that acquisition-fueled growth likely overstates the employment and revenue growth figures to some degree. The Kauffman Foundation released today a new study by Martin Kenney, Don Patton, and Jay Ritter on the employment and revenue growth of all companies that have made initial public offerings over the past 14 years. MORE >>

In that role, he championed the acquisition of a little known company named Weblogic. When Alfred presented the acquisition to BEA’s board of directors, one prominent board member said: “if you think that this company is going to pay $150M for a company with $150K in revenue, you are out of your f&%!$n’ Nas, U.B.R. n’ mind.” MORE >>

Just Eat launched their first site in 2001. In April they announced the acquisition of an Italian ClickEat.it. Just Eat is a Copenhagen based online service founded in 2000 that has created an online portal for food delivery. Just Eat is now live in 14 countries and has 15 000 restaurants in its system. Just Eat is also growing strong. MORE >>

Since then, Universal has grown in large part through acquisition. In 2001, they launched Universal University, an internal training program for employees with management potential. Steve Jones, co-CEO of Universal Services of America, turns janitors and security guards into leaders. He's created 17,330 jobs since 2008. MORE >>

They usually want the entrepreneur to stay in the game, NOT sell, and aim for a larger / later win -- typically by FORGOING an acquisition and instead taking a round of capital -- which, in fact, was exactly what Twitter did when you were hypocritically whining about them last week. The Internet Revolution, Act III. Part II! Nope, CPM Sucks. MORE >>