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The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010.

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They connect buyers and sellers in creative new verticals, helping merchants and non-profits interact with customers or donors. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over a 1 million employees. During the same time, the US labor force lost over a million private wage and salary workers.

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Homebrew, an early stage venture firm focused on this same revolution has illustrated the following: An engineer or designer gets work by offering his skills via vertical marketplaces. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over one million employees.

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You can measure this yourself: go to any list of startups, maybe look at YCombinator’s recent graduate class , or Scoble’s list of picks for 2010 , or Sequoia’s list of seed companies — or go find a list you like better. It’s like arguing against vertical software. March 26, 2011 at 9:02 am. Arve Systad.

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